PEN  ILLUSTRATIONS 


OF 


NEW  or; 


ANS, 


d88i-82. 


Trade,  Commerce  and  Manufactures. 


MANUFACTURING  ADVANTAGES,  BUSINESS  AND 
TRANSPORTATION  FACILITIES, 


TOGETHER  WITH 


Sketches  of  the  Principal  Business  Houses  and  Manufacturing  Concerns 


IN  THE 


ti 


CRESCENT  CITY.” 


Historical  and  Descriptive  Review. 


By  Jno.  E.  Land. 

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Author  of  the  Industries  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.;  Industries  of  Evansville,  Ind.;  Industries  of  Terre 
Haute,  Ind;  Industries  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.;  Industries  of  Peoria,  Ills.;  Industrie.s  of 
Bloomington,  Ills.;  Industries  of  The  Tri-Cities;  Industries  of  Quincy,  Ills.; 

Industries  of  Dubuque,  Iowa',  Etc. 


New  Orleans: 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR. 

1882. 


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GENERAL  INDEX. 


Aycock.  Mlchell  &  Co.,  Dealers  in  Live  Stock . - . 

Allen  Thomas  H.  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors . . . 

Adams  J.  W.,  Agent  Weston’s  Mills,  Pearl  Eiver.  Miss . 

iFtna  Steam  Pressed  Fire  Clay  Furnace  and  Pottery  Works . 

Angell  R  ,  Druggist,  etc  .  . . . . 

Academy  of  Music,  DaAud  Bidwell,  Proprietor . 

Adams  E.  H.  &  Bro.,  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  etc . - . 

Auvray  J.  E..  “‘Mississippi”  and  “Iron”  Warehouses . 

American,  Foreign  and  European  Express . 

American  District  Telegraph  Company . 

Adams  John  I.  &  Co  ,  Wholesale  Grocers . 

Agency  Keep’s  Shirts,  etc.,  V.  C.  Merwin,  Manager . 

Atlas  Steam  Cordage  Company . . . . 

American  Sewing  Machine  Company . . . 

Angaud  E.,  Boots  and  Shoes . . . 

Astredo  John,  Hotel  and  Restaurant . . . 

Aitkens  J.  S.  &  Son,  Hardware,  Tools,  etc . . 

Andrien  Bros  ,  Boots  and  Shoes  . . . 

Abita  Springs.  W.  G.  Coyle,  Agent . 

Allen  B.,  Saw  Repairer  and  Furnisher . . . 

Alexander  S.,  Dry  Goods . 

Arny  L.  C  ,  Bottler  of  Lager  Beer,  etc . 

Ayers,  Richard  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers . 

Boericke  &  Tafel,  Homoeopathic  Medicines  and  Books . 

Bonquois  L.,  Manufacturer  of  Hand  Sewed  Boots  and  Shoes . 

Baldwin  A.  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Hardware . . . 

Bonnabel  H.,  Manufacturer  of  Bi-Sulphite  of  Lime . 

Blessing  S.  T.,  Dealer  in  Photograph  Albums,  etc  . 

Boyd  Samuel  L.,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  etc . 

Bradley,  Kurtz  &  Co.,  Bag  Manufacturers  and  Importers . 

Bartholomew  &  Co.,  Dealers  in  Fish . 

Billard  H.,  Bookseller  and  Stationer . - . . . 

Busch  &  Hagstette.  Manufacturers  of  Safes,  Vault  Doors,  etc . 

Baliman  Melle  M.,  French  Millinery . . . 

Bakeler  &  Ugland,  Ship  Chandlers  and  Grocers . 

Bayou  Teche,  Steamboat  Co . 

Boston  Warehouse  No.  2..  J.  D.  Conway,  Proprietor. . . 

Bidwell  David,  Personal  Sketch . . 

Beck  Gustave,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer . . . 

Brandin  J.  &  A.,  Slaters,  etc . 

Britton  &  Mayson,  Cotton  Factors . 

Braselman  J.  A  ,  Dry  Goods,  Carpets,  etc . 

Baker,  E.,  Seedsman  and  Florist . 

Biri  V.,  Willow -ware,  etc . 

Betat  Mrs.  A.,  Manufacturess  of  Flags,  Regalia,  etc . 

Bassetti  &  Xiques,  Importers  of  Whines,  etc . 

Buddig  H.,  Lumber  Commission  Merchant . . . . 

Bozant  George,  Manufacturing  Jeweler . . 

Billet  Adolph.  Groceries,  Wines,  Liquors,  etc . 

Beck  T.  A.,  General  Cooperage . 

Brown  J.  E.,  Merchant  Tailor . 

Booth  Edward,  Wholesale  Hats,  Caps,  etc . 

Berkson  Bros.,  Wholesale  Grocers . 

Brunet  J.  P.,  Shoe  Manufactirrer . 

Buddecke,  C.  B.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants . 

Bush  &  Levert,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . 

Cromwell  Steamship  Line . 

Chapsky  A.,  Merchant  Tailor . . . 

Colomb.  Raimondy  &  Co.,  General  Insurance  Agents . .7.’.’.’.’."... 

Cusachs  P.  L.,  Chemist  and  Druggist . 

Clarke,  John  H.,  Photographer . 

Coats  George  &  Son,  Southern  Safe  and  Scales  Works . — . 

Crescent  City  Seitz  and  Mineral  Water  Manufactory . 

Coyle  W ,  G.  &  Co  ,  Coal  Dealers . 

Crescent  Insurance  Companv . . . 

Conger  &  Kelley,  Cotton,  Sugar  and  Rice  Factors,  etc . . . . 

Chatte  Robert  R.,  Wholesale  Grocer . . . 

Cage  Duncan  S..  Jr.,  General  Commission  Merchant . . 

Crescent  City  Cigar  Store,  Louis  Tiemann,  Proprietor . 

Camors  J.  B.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants . 

Cole^nan  H.  Dudley  &  Bro.  Manufacturers  of  Machinery,  etc...*.’.* 

Choppiu  A.  L.,  Proprietor  Cotton  Gin  and  Press . 

Charles  Thomas  H  ,  Fashionable  Hatter . . 

Claudel  E.,  Optician  and  Manufacturer  of  Sugar  Thermometers 

Conery  E.  &  Son,  Wholesale  Grocers . 

Claverie  Hotel,  Mrs.  T.  G.  Noel,  Proprietress . ..7. 

Crescent  Jute  Manufacturing  Company . . . . 

Cochran  &  Mims,  Engineers  and  Machinists,  et'c!!’. . 

Clark  James  G.,  Commission  Merchant,  etc . 

Carroll  M.,  Furniture . . 


...  105 
...  107 
...  108 
...  116 
...  117 
...  119 
...  122 
...  126 
...  128 
...  128 
...  133 
...  139 
...  162 
...  163 
...  164 
...  166 
...  180 
...  183 
...  184 
...  186 
...  191 
...  203 

....  66 
..  70 

....  71 
....  76 
...  84 
....  85 
....  86 
....  87 
....  87 
....  96 
....  98 
....  98 

....  99 

105 
....  117 
...  121 
....  125 
....  129 
.  ..  143 
....  145 
....  146 
....  149 
....  158 
....  161 
...  165 
....  175 
....  178 
....  180 
....  182 
....  188 
....  191 
.....  127 
.  204 

.  67 

.  70 

.  72 

.  75 

.  79 

.....  85 

.  87 

.  90 

.  91 

.  100 

.  102 

.  104 

.  105 

.  113 

.  114 

.  129 

.  132 

.  136 

.  147 

. .  158 

.  159 

.  161 

.  162 

.  186 


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GKNERAL INDEX. 


Chaffe  &  Powell,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . 

Ca||kle  F.  C.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 

Crescent  City  Ice  Company . 

Cockburn  P.  J.,  Cotton  Factor  ,  etc . . 


187 

190 

109 

201 

207 


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I>erby  C.  S.  &  Bro.,  Agency  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York . . 

Demoruelle  &  Cusachs,  Dealers  in  Lime,  Plaster,  etc . 

Duncan  &  Kennard.  Agents  for  T.  S.  Atwater  &  Co  . 

Doussan  Auguste,  Manufacturer  and  Jobber  of  Perfumery,  etc 

Davison  Geo.  W.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants . . . 

Daniel  W.  B.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants,  etc.... 

Denegre  &  Villere,  Dealers  in  Coal . . 

Duffy  L  Trunks,  Valises,  etc . 

Damiens  Importer  of  fancy  Goods, .  . 

Danziger’s  Theo.  Sons,  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  etc 

Dunn  M.  F.  &  Bro.,  Stationers,  etc . . 

Dillard  &  Cassard,  Commission  Merchants  for  Live  Stock....« 

D’Amico.  Sidoti  &  Lewis,  Commission  Merchants,  etc . . 

Del  Bondio  E.  F.,  Commission  Merchant . . . . 

Dolbear  Commercial  College . . . . 

Dunbar’s  G  W.  Sons,  Distillers  of  Liquors,  etc . 

Dastillon  Wm.,  Feed  Store . . 

DeBlanc  James.  Boots  and  Shoes  ., . . . . 

David  Joseph,  Wholesale  Groceries . . . 

Dubois  Edmond,  Wines  and  Brandies . . . . . 

Del  Bondio.  Weber  &  Staudinger,  Commission  Merchants,  etc 

Douglas  John  Engraver,  etc . . . . . 

D'lLac  Stephen,  MUUng  Agency . . . . . 

Delta  Warehouse . . . 

D  smaries  P.,  Leather,  etc . . . . . . 

DeVerges  H.  &Co.,  Hardware . . . . 


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74 

78 

83 

94 

108 

120 

122 

141 

143 

145 

167 

169 
106 
160 

170 
170 
177 
179 
185 
188 
189 
192 
198 
201 
206 
200 


Edwards  James  D.,  Manufacturer  of  Sugar  Apparatus . . .  73 

Eike  George,  Dealer  in  Wood,  Sand,  Shinies,  etc . . .  77 

Eager,  Ellerman  &  Co.,  Contractors  and  Wharf  Builders— . . .  96 

Eagle  Oderless  Apparatus,  Hussmann  &  Co. proprietors . . .  100 

Ebert  William,  Ornamental  Iron  and  Wire  Work . - . . .  110 

Elkin  &  Co.,  Dealers  in  Carpets,  etc . . .  133 

Echard  Photograph  Gallery,  Ecnard  &  Anderson,  Proprietors  .  ..  138 

Escobal  M.,  Manufacturer  of  Smoking  Tobacco,  etc . . .  147 

Ensminger  A.,  Crescent  Steam  Trunk  Manufactory . . . . .  151 


Flash,  Preston  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers . . . 

Factors'  ana  Traders’  Insurance  Co . 

Foy  Flor^hlle,  Marble  Works  . 

Frankenbush  &  Borland,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . 

Feahney^Charles,  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Wines  and  Liquors 

Folsom  Bros.,  Manufacturers  Agents,  Guns,  Pistols,  etc . . . 

Flautt  R.  M.,  Commission  Merchant  for  Live  Stock . 

Finney  John  C^,  Grain  and  Hay  Depot . 

Fred’s  House,  Wm.  Troegel,  Proprietor . . 

Finlay  G.  B-  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Druggists . 

Frantz  &  Opitz,  Diamond  Setters  and  Jewelers  . . 

Font  Sons,  Ship  Chandlers,  etc . . 

Finlay  Alex.  K.,  Druggist . 

Felt  A.  M.pigars,  Tobacco,  etc . 

Frotsoher  Richard,  Dealer  in  Seeds . 

Frederickson  F.,  Druggist  And  Importer . 

Fasnacht  Robert,  Wines,  Liquors,  etc . . 

Flynn  Hi^,  Furniture  and  Mirrors . 

Forstall  Octav^  Lime,  Cement,  etc  . . . 

Frank  John  &  Co.,  Leather  etc . . 

Fritz  &  Helmann,  Druggists . . . 


71 

71 

78 

79 

80 
87 
89 
89 

106 

111 

113 

119 

127 

139 

163 

164 
167 
179 
191 
196 
203 


Oardner  &  Copp,  Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants . .  67 

Gibert  P.  G.,  Cotton  Factor  and  Commission  Merchant . . — .  77 

Gardes  &  Wisdom,  Future  Brokers,  etc . .  77 

Goilard  Madame,  Millinery  and  Dressmaking . . . .  80 

Geiger  A.,  Agent  for  Attakapas  Cottonade,  etc . .  84 

Gerber  Charles,  Dealer  in  Hats,  Caps,  etc  . .  107 

Gelpi  Paul  &  Bro.,  Commission  Merchants,  etc . . . . .  109 

■  Gogarty  P.  F.,  Bookseller  and  Stationer . . . . .  121 

Gautier  J.  L.  &  Co.,  Cotton  Futures . — . . .  123 

Graveley  F.  P.  Machinery.  Saw  Mills,  etc .  .  137 

Guedry  F.  E  ,  i^ent  “Allan  Line” . . . .  137 

Gerson  Ben.  &  Son,  Cotton  Factors,  etc .  . .  . . .  144 

Goudchaux  &  Silbernagel,  Wholesale  Grooero,  -etc . . .  147 

Gaspard  John  P.,  Manufacturer  of  Cigars . . . .  164 

Giefers  F.,  Saddles  and  Harness . . . .  150 

Grunewald  Louis,  Piano,  Organ  and  Music 'House... . . . . .  170 

Gimble  Louis,  Hats,  Caps,  etc . . . — * .  177 

Griswold  A.  B.  &  Co.,  Jewelers . . . . .  185 

Gex  L.  M..  Roofti^  Slate,  etc . . . . '. . .  187 

Goldthwaite  W.  F.,  Antiquarian  Bookseller . . .  200 

Howard,  Flower  &  Co.,  General  Produce  Commission  Merchants .  82 

Hausmann  Mrs.  T.,  Silver  and  Plated  Ware  Manufactory . .  86 

Hogan  Wm..  Agent,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Boots  and  Shoes . . .  91 

Ilallen  &  Co.,  General  Commission  Merchants,  etc . . . . . .  98 

Holmes  John,  General  Steamboat,  Ship  and  City  Blacksmithlng .  101 

Harden  F.  R..  Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods .  104 

Hinrichs  J.  H.,  Manufacturer  of  Show  Cases . . .  108 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


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Hogan  E.  M.  &  Co..  Cotton  Factors.  «tc . - . . . . . 

Hobson  John  &  Son,  Lumber  Merchants.....^. . . . . . . . 

Holmes  John  St  Co.,  Warehouses . . . . . . . . . . 

Hartwell  C.  C.,  Plumbing,  Gas  Materials,  . . . . . - .  i^i 

Hodgson  W.  I.,  Auctioneer,  etc . . . . . . . . . .  ^  ^  ^ 

Hibernia  Insurance  Company . .  . . — . . . . . . - 

Heskamp  H.,  Tailor . . . . . — . . - . - . - . . .  i 

Holloway  Chas.,  Wholesale  Hardware 

Hackett  Michael, Retail  Grocer.. . . . - . . . - .  i^o 

Hirsch  Phillip,  Manufacturer  of  Cooperate . . . . . 

TTvninn  T.iph tPTiqtPin  A:  flo..  Gotton  FaCtOrS.  CtC . . .  . - . 

Z  179 
...  198 
..  199 

Hardie  John  T.  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors . . . .  . . . . . . . .  199 

Irby  W.  R.  &  Bro.,  Wholesale  Tobacconists . - . — . . .  74 


Hyman,  Lichtenstein  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors,  etc. 

Harrison  &  Bettison.  Commission  Merchants,  etc . . . . . 

Hudgins  M.  L.  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Tobacco  Merchants. 


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Hyatt  A.  W.,  Stationer,  etc 
Hill  Alexander,  Americ^an  SlaUs,  etc . . 


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Ivens  Edmund  M.  &  Son,  Manufacturers  of  Steam  Engines,  etc . 

Isaacson  Alf.  H.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer . . . - 

Isaac  Herrmann,  Wholesale  Tobacconist . . . - .  • 

Jane  J.,  Confectionery,  Pastry.  Ice  Creanu  etc . . . . . . . - . . .  G5 

Jun<4ua  J.  B.,  Commission  Merchant  and  Importer . . . .  7y 

Johnson  Lewis,  Manufacturer  of  Engines,  etc . .  . - . .  123 

Jurey  &  Gillis.  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . .  129 

Jackson  &  Kilpatrick,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Salt . .  142 

Jackson  &  Manson,  Importers  jand  Dealers  in  Salt .  151 

Jamison’s  S.  Son,  Lime . . . . . - .  198 

“Itlevorn,”  the  Tailor . . . - . . .  70 

King  Thomas  F.,  Bricklayer,  etc . . . . .  102 

King  Thomas,  Commission  Merchant,  etc . . . . . . . .  105 

Knapp  J.  Rollo,  Dentist . ......1 .  125 

Kiirten  Wm.,  Jewelry,  Fancy  Goods,  etc . — .  128 

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Kern  H.,  Dry  Goods  . . . .  190 

Kirkpatrick  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . . . .  205 

Liouisiaiia  Oil  Company . . . . .  66 

Latour  Victor,  Cotton  Factor  and  Commission  Merchant .  69 

Louisiana  Cistern  Manufactory,  J.  Hussey,  Proprietor . - . .  79 

Lilienthal  E.,  Dealer  in  Watches,  Jewelry,  etc . .  83 

Leefe  &  Fink,  Dealers  in  Carpets,  Mattings,  etc .  90 

Lagan  &  Mackison,  Hardware  and  Ship  Chandlery  . .  1 10 

Lehde  E.  O.,  Dealer  in  Teas,  Coffees,  etc . . . . . . .  115 

Lafargue  &  Brierre,  Dealers  In  Books,  etc . .  120 

Lehde  A.  B..  Boots  and  Shoes . . . .  132 

Louisiana  Mirror  Manufacturing  Company . . . - .  134 

Lyle  D.  M.  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . - .  134 

Leber  Phillip,  Merchant  Tailor . .  .  137 

Lafayette  Fire  Insurance  Company,.  . . .  139 

Lafitte,  John  B.,  Insurance  Agent . . .  141 

Lee,  Frank  A.  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers . . .  144 

Ij0pde ,  Eld  ward  Cl. ,  at  ch  maker  and  J  e  weler  •....  ..m.. ......  m......  ........................  m.. ....................... ......  i  ^16 

Loenard,  George.  Livery,  Boarding  and  Sale  Stables . . . .  146 

Lalitte,  Jas.  A.,  Cotton  Broker . .  152 

Lacassagne,  Laurent,  Commission  Merchant,  etc. . .  155 

Levy,  Mme.  M.,  Milliner . . - .  161 

Levy,  M.,  Dealer  in  Dry  Goods,  etc . - .  161 

Lehman,  M..  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  etc . . .  163 

Lilienthal,  Theo.,  Photographer . .  165 

Levois’,  J.  Heirs,  Dry  Goods,  etc . . . . .  165 

'  Lochte  &  Cordes,  Wines  and  Liquors . . . . .  167 

Luce,  Geo,  D,,Mftr.  of  Star  Brand  Moss . . . . .  167 

Louisiana  Rice  Mills  . . . . . .  171 

Leland,  E.  E.,  French  Millinery . . . . . .  J73 

Lawrence,  C.  H.  &  Co.,  Com.  and  Fish  Merchants  •  ••••••••••••••••••••••  «••••••••  •••••••••••••••••■••••••■•••«••••••••••.•«••••••••••■••••  178 

Leeds  Foundry  and  Machine  Shops . . . . . . . .  184 

Loeb  &  Gumbel,  Wholesale  Notions . . .  189 

Lemle,  George  &  Son,  Copper,  Tin.  etc .  >••  ••••••  ••••••••••••••■••••••••«••••••«•••••••■•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••«•••••••••••••••••  195 

Larose,  J.  O..  Building  Materials,  etc . . .  •••••••••  *••••••••••••••••••«•••«•  ••••••••'  ••••••••••••  ••*••••••••••••  ••••••  198 

Lee,  J.  W„  Slater . . .  I  ••••••  ••••••••«■  »•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••  •••••••••••••••  200 

Lathrop,  G.  T.  Books,  etc..  •  •••••••••••••••  •••••••••••••••  •••••••••••••••  ••••••  ••••••  ••••«•••••••  »••••—♦  •••••••••  ••••••  •••••••«•••••••••  ••••  •<  .  201 

Lhote  &  Co.,  Lumber,  etc....  •  ••••••*•••*•••••■••••• •••••••••  ■••••■ •••••••••••••••••• •••••«  »•••••«••  ••  ••«  . . .  208 

Louisiana  Silver  and  Plated  Ware  Manufactory...... . . . . . . . .  146 

69 

70 
82 
90 
95 
99 

101 
103 
106 
113 
116 
120 
121 
123 
123 
125 


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Marqueze.  E.  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Boots  and  Shoes 
Miller,  A.  K.  &  Co.,  Steamship  and  Ship  Agents 

Moriarty,  D.  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers . . . 

Meyer,  Julius,  Paper  Warehouse . 

Muller,  J.  C.,  Millinery,  Fancy  Goods,  etc . 

Morris  European  Express  . . . 

Mullan,  H.  J.,  Wholesale  Hardware . 

McCloskey  &  Henderson,  Commission  Merchants... 

Marks  Henry,  Clothiers’  Agent . 

McDermott,  A.,  Mftr  Artitical  Limbs,  etc . 

McKendrick.  Thos  ,  Gas  and  Steam  Fitting . . 

McCracken  «  Brewster,  Dealers  in  Furniture . 

Montreuil,  H.,  Importer  of  t'ancy  Goods,  etc . 

Mariposa  Rice  Mills,  Stewart  &  Rickert,  Proprietors 

Muir,  Duckworth  &  Co.,  Cotton  Buyers . . 

Martin,  A.,  Pelican  Saw  and  Planing  Mill . 


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GENERAL  INDEX. 


Mitchell.  E.  B.,  Cistern  Tanks,  etc . . . 

Maher,  James  E.,  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Worker,  etc 
Morris,  J.  C.,  Dealer  in  Wood  and  Willow-ware,  etc... 

Moody,  N.  H.,  Gent’s  Furnishing  Goods,  etc . 

Mechanics’  and  Traders’  Insurance  Company . 

Magee,  G.  H.,  Hides,  Wool,  Furs,  etc., . . . 

Machecaj^J.  P.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants . 

Morin  &  Faurie,  Brokers . 

McGraw,  Morris,  Wooden  and  Willow-ware,  etc . 

Mercier’s,  D.  Son^  Clothing,  Hats,  Caps,  etc . . 

Micolo  &  Lacaze,  General  Commission  Merchants . 

Muncy  &  Marcy,  Lumber  and  Shingles . . . 

McAdams,  M.  J.,  Lumber,  etc . 

Moyses  &  Meyn,  Mftrs.  Show  Cases,  etc . 

Memphis,  Helena  and  New  Orleans  Packets . 

Moffat,  Geo.  D. .Confectioner,  etc . 

Marsh,  Theo.  H.,  Commission  Merchant,  etc . 

Merilh  J.  Edmond.  Leather  and  Findings . 

McCaffrey,  James,  Commission  Merchants . 

Montgomery,  Albert.  Stock  Dealer . 

Mehle,  C.  &  Co.,  Dealers  in  Live  Stock . 

INIaiire,  E.,  Florist  and  Seedsman . 

Meyer’s  Eating  House . 

McClure,  J.  S.,  Photographer . 

Merchants’ Eice  Mills . 

Mather,  A  T.,  Eeal  Estate  Agent,  etc . 

McCrystal,  J.  F.,  Tin,  Copper,  etc  . 

Maginnis,  C.  B.  &  W.  D.,  Warehouses . 

Miller  Bros.,  Commission  Merchants . 

McGrath  &  Lemon,  Sacks  and  Bags . 

Macou,  P.  &Co.,  Dry  Goods . . 


Norton  &  Bell,  Ship  Brokers  and  Commission  Merchants 

New  Orleans  Cotton  Seed  Association . 

New  Orleans  and  Gulf  Transportation  Co . . . 

New  Orleans  Cigar  Factory . 

New  Orleans,  Baton  Eouge  and  Bayou  Sara  Packet  Co.... 

New  Orleans  Mechanical  Corps . . 

New  Orleans  Lightning  Eod  Company . 

New  Orleans  Canal  ranking  Company . . 

New  Orleans  Insurance  Company . 

New  Orleans  Sugar  Eetinery . 

New  York  Bird  Store . 

National  Oil  Co.,  Quinn  &  Brown,  Agents . . •. . 


Ouachita  Eiver  Consolidated  Line  of  Steamboats . 

Ong  Eichard  M.,  Dealer  in  Paints,  Oils,  etc . 

Onorato  B.,  Auctioneer . . . 

Otiden  &  Eayne,  Dealers  in  Bagging,  Ties,  etc . 

O'ehmichen  V..  Dealer  in  Hardware . 

O’Eourke  Ed.  &  Jas.,  Manufacturers  of  Steam  Boilers,  etc 

Orleans  Turning  Mill . . 

Olivier  A.  &  Co.,  Importing  and  Foreign  Agents . 

Pelican  Steam  Brew'ery,  Eugene  Erath,  Proprietor . 

Pavne,  Kennedy  &  Co.,  Cotton  and  Sugar  Factors . 

Pattison  &  Bovard,  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealers . 

Pascal,  G.  &  Co.,  General  Commission  Merchants . 

Picavune  Saw  Mill,  F.  Fischer  &  Son,  Proprietors . 

Perseverance  Eice  Mills.  Louis  Euch,  Proprietor . 

People’s  Insurance  Company . 

Poitevent  &  Favre,  Lumber  Dealers . 

Plassan,  A.  &  Co  ,  Cotton  Factors,  etc . . 

Planters’  Sugar  Eefining  Company . 

Popovich  M.,  Groceries,  Wines  and  Liquors,  etc . 

Pruschen  G.  C.,  Sewing  Machine  Agent . 

Peters  W.  H.,  Dry  Goods,  etc . 

Pokorny  M.,  Boots  and  Shoes .  . . 

Patton  &  Benedict,  Produce  Commission  Merchants . 

quinlan  F.  J.,  Wholesale  Hats  and  Caps . 

Queyrouze  &  Bois,  Wholesale  Grocers . 


Ked Eiver  Line  of  Steamboats . . . . . . 

Eichardson,  JohnP.  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  &c . 

Eivet,  H.  J.,  Wholesale  and  Eetail  Druggist  . 

Euess,  G.  B.  &  Co.,  Iron  Wind  Engine  Agents . 

Eoberts  &  Co.,  Mftrs.  Sash,  Blinds  and  Doors . 

Eobert  E.  Lee  Sale  Stables . 

Eauxet,  Aug.,  Wholesale  Gpcer . . . .  . . •;••• 

Eenshaw.  Cammack  &  Co.,  Cotton  and  Sugar  Factors,  etc 

Eosenberg,  J.,  Fancy  Goods  and  Novelties . 

Eingrose,  Wm.  B.  Dealer  in  Furniture . 

Eed  Shoe  Store,  J.  E.  Comes,  Propr . . . 

Eobert  E.  Lee  Hat  Emporium . 

Ehodes,  Richard,  Sportsmen’s  Depot... . . 

Runkel,  A.,  Ladies’  and  Gents’  Furnishing  Goods . 

Eeiss,  James  J.,  Confectionery,  etc  . 

Eice,  Born  &  Co.,  Hardware,  Cutlery,  etc . 

Eenaud.  J.  K  &  Co.,  Grocers . 

Eeynoldslron  Works . . 

Rolling,  H.  &  Co.,  Carriage  -Manufacturers . . 

Regan,  James,  Stonewall  Jackson  Stables . 

Eedersheimer,  C.,  Groceries . 


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Sclnvaner  Otto,  Dealer  in  Watches,  Clocks,  Jewelry,  etc . 

Souby  E.  J.,  Artist  Photographer . 

Schwahacher  &  Hirsch,  Commission  Merchants  . 

Shlenker  Alex  &  Co..  Cotton  Factors,  etc . 

Stewart  Brothers  &  Co.,  Commission  INIerchants.  etc . 

Schwab  Ignace,  Dealer  in  Furniture . 

Shakepeare  Iron  Works . 

Sontheimer  Mrs.  B.,  Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods . 

Sarrazin  C.  E.  Steam  Tobacco  Manufactory,  etc . 

Star  Planing  Mill,  Nicholas  Connell,  Proprietor . 

St.  Charles  Theatre.  David  Bidwell,  Proprietor . 

Southern  Express  Company . 

Schmidt  &  Ziegler,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Grocers . 

Shei)ard  W.  C.  &  Co  .  China  Crockery,  etc . 

Samson  Mine.  C.  Fashionable  Millinery . 

Shepherd  Kobert  G.  T..  General  Insurance  Agent . 

Steers  S.  B..  Proprietor  Morse  Cotton  Compress . 

Sun  Mutual  Insurance  Company . 

Senac  &  Larose.  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  etc  . 

Schaefer  C.  H.,  Buyer  and  Importer  of  Cotton,  etc . 

Strangers’ Hotel,  Mrs.  V.  Caillier,  Proprietress... . 

St.  Louis  &  New  Orleans  Anchor  Line  Steamers . 

Southern  Transportation  Co..  Cincinnati  &  New  Orleans  Steamboats 

Simms  B.  F.  &  Son.  Commission  Merchants,  etc . 

Solari  Angelo  M.  &  Joseph,  Fancy  Groceries . 

Schilling  G  T  .Millinery  and  Real  Hair  Goods . 

Sehemel  John  P  ,  Manutacturer  of  Horse  and  Mule  Collars . 

Schwartz  M.  &  Bro,,  Engines,  Pumps,  etc  . 

Sauve  Paul.  Stationer . . . 

Sivori  E  M.,  Wholesale  Fruits . 

Schwartz  Joseph  &  Co.,  Carriages,  etc . .  . 

Short  J.  P.  H  ,  Dealer  in  Coal . . 

Sunlight  Gas  Machine . . 4 . 

Sombre  Brice,  Canes,  Umbrellas,  etc . : . 

Staehle  Fred.,  Bakery . 

Samory  H  &  N  ,  Auctioneers . 

Schwarz  Louis,  Nursery . . 


.  65 

....  91 

....  93 

.  94 

.  97 

.  99 

....  104 

.  107 

.  Ill 

.  116 

.  119 

.  122 

.  124 

.  131 

.  136 

.  140 

.....  149 

.  150 

.  152 

.  152 

.  153 

.  154 

....  159 
.....  160 

.  163 

.  164 

.  169 

.  181 

..  .  -  182 

.  183 

.  193 

.  194 

.  196 

.o....  197 

.  202 

.  207 

207 


The  New  Orleans  Cotton  Press  Association  . 

Trico  1  P.  P.,  Gents'  Furnisher . . 

Texas  Brokerage  Association.  Dealers  in  Cotton,  Grain,  etc 
The  Southern  Benevolent  and  Mutual  Relief  Association  .... 

'  The  Bayou  Lafourche  Packet  Line .  . 

The  Menge  Patent  Dredge,  Joseph  INIenge,  Proprietor . 

Tesson  Mrs.  A..  Dealer  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Goods,  etc  . 

The  Louisiana  Telephone  Conijianv  '  . 

,  The  Singer  Manufacturing  Co  .  S.  fe  Rundle  Agent . 

Tamna  Steamship  Co.'s  Line,  Florida  and  Havana  Steamers 

The  Novelty  Iron  Works,  Win.  Golding  Proprietor . . 

Teutonia  Insurance  Company  . 

The  Firemen’s  Insurance  Company  . . 

The  Merchants’  Mutual  Insurance'Company . . 

Talmage’s  Dan.  Sons  &  Co.,  Rice  Dealers . 

Tosso  John  &  Bro.,  Retail  Hardware  . 

.  Theurer  &  Becker,  Wholesale  Grocers  . 

The  American  Salt  Company . 

Tebault  W.  G..  Furniture . 

Thorniaehlen  P.,  Leather  and  Findings . . 

Te  isas  and  Bavou  Macon  Packet  Co . . . 

Todd  Samuel  ]\f  ,  Paints.  Oils,  etc .  . 

Thompson  Edward,  Building  Materials . 


71* 

73 

77 

80 

92 

101 

104 

109 

112 

115 

135 

135 

138 

142 

149 

152 

164 

170 

180 

182 

188 

194 


Tniacke,  Painter  and  Calsominer 


97 


Villavaso,  J,  M.,  Real  Estate  Agent .  72 

Virgin,  E.  F.,  Seed  Store .  157 

Volckmann,  F.  N.,  Grocer,  etc .  172 

Villermin,  P.  A.  Wholesale  Grocer . .  190 


^  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Co .  81 

Wehrmann,  Mrs  H  ,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Guns,  etc .  81 

Welirmann,  Hermn  ,  Practical  Engraver  and  Lithographer .  81 

Walz,  Alph.,  Wholesale  Li(pior  Dealer,  etc .  88 

West,  B.  J.  &  Son,  Dealers  in  Hardware .  90 

Widow  George  Huye,  Steam  Box  Factory .  94 

Washburn,  VV.  W.,  Photographer,  Artist,  &c .  94 

Walmslev,  R  M.  &  Co.,  Cotton  Factors,  etc .  97 

Wilson,  Childs  &  Co.,  Mftrs.  of  Farmi  Wagons,  etc .  lOO 

Wilmot,  W.  G  &  Co  ,  Dealers  in  Coal . 112 

Warner,  J.  D.,  Dealer  in  Wood  and  Coal .  115 

Willoz,  A.,  Agt  ,  Broker . 133 

Woods  Cotton  Press,  J  C.  Van  Wickle,  Propr  .  138 

West,  I.  S.  Jr  ,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods  and  Notions .  155 

Wendling,  John  &  Bro,,  Mftrs  ,  of  Brooms,  etc .  156 

Werlein,  Philip,  Musical  Instruments .  174 

Wolf,  A.,  Crockery .  185 

Weydig,  Martin,  flarness,  etc . . .  195 

Wilson,  E.  H.&  Co.,  Com.  Mer.’s . .  197 

Winteler  &  Ricks,  Leather,  etc .  199 

Wiegel&  Dannenfelser,  Furniture .  204 

Young,  Wm.  J.,  Harness  &  Saddles .  173 

Yalets,  G.,  Wholesale  Beer  Depot .  182 

Zuberbier  &  Behan,  Wholesale  Grocers  and  Commission  Merchants .  69 


VI 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


INDEX  TO  CARD  RACK  AND  ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Aitkens,  J.  S.  &  Son,  Hardware . 

Barker,  P.  A.,  Insurance  Agent . 

Rarbier  &  Thourot,  Jewelers . 

Brousseau’s.  A.,  Son,  Carpets . .  . . 

Bodley  Brothers,  Wagon  Repository . 

Coojjer.  Joseph.  Stevedore,  etc . 

Casey,  Robert  W.  Horse-Shoeing,  etc . . 

Carver,  Thos.  J.,  ("otton  Factor . . 

Converse,  E.  K  ,- Commission  Merchant . . 

Bonald  &  McKeusie.  Boiler  Makers . . 

Duffy,  L.  J.,  Mftr.  Trunks,  etc . .  .  .V 

Fredericksou,  F.  Druggist . 

Fred’s  House . .'. . . 

Flynn,  James,  Bags,  Twine,  etc . . . '......../..  ....i.iT............ ..... 

Iwriswold,  A.  B.  &  Co  .  Jewelers . . . 

Guinalt,  Jas.  P.,  Auctioneer . . . . 

Hurley,  Dan.  Hats  and  {’aps . 

.Jones  &  Dumee,  Cotton  Buyers  . 

Kennett  &  Huey,  Ship  Chandlery . 

Koehle,  A  ,  Gilder . .* . : . ‘ . . 


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a 

c 

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liehmau,  ^I.,  Dry  Goods . 

Luchuer.  L..  Sr  .’Box  Factory . 

Leland.  E.  E..  Millinery  .' . 

Levi  &  Co..  Crockery,  Glassware,  etc . , 

Leroy,  A.  J.,  Book-Binder . 

Lafttte.  James  A..  Commission  Merchant . 

Lafftte,  John  B.,  Commission  ISIerchaut . 

Lange  &  Legendre,  Commission  Merchants . 

Hiller’s  Bar  and  Billiard  Saloon . . 

Miller  &  Dielmann,  Confectioneries  and  Licpiors 

]Mevers.  S..  Commission  Merchant . 

McLaughlin,  Wm.i'Western  Produce,  etc . 

Xorton  &  Manning,  Commission  ^Merchants . 

Proctor  &  Gamble’s  Soaps  and  Candles . 

Paul,  Albert,  Auctioneer . . . . . 

Ramsey,  A.  G.  &  Co..  Leaf  Tobacco . 

Kuess,  G.  B.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants . 

Stern.  H.  &  Co.,  Auctioneers,  etc  . 

Weis,  Mrs.  Charles.  Costumer . . . 

'Waldo,  J.  Curtis,  Publisher . 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R  . 

Xew  Grleans  Bee  . . . 

The  Times-Democrat . 

The  Picayune .  .  . . 


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d 

d 

a 

a 

b 

c 

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....  d 

....  b 

....  1) 
....  b 

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Adv 

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ERRATA. 

A.  M.  Dermott,  page  113,  should  read,  A.  McDERMOTT. 
Gebst  &  Hablizel,  page  180  should  read  GEBS  &  HABLIZEL 
Quin  &  Brown,  page  202  should  read  QUINN  &  BROWN. 

J.  C.  Dennis,  pages  37  and  38  should  read  J.  C.  DENIS. 


NEW  ORLEANS, 


The  Crescent  City  of  the  South. 


Historical  axd  Descriptive  Review  of  the  Commercial  Emporium  of  the 

Mississippi  Valley. 

The  Cit}'  of  New  Orleans,  the  metropolis  of  the  South,  and  for  many  years  the  acknowledged 
and  famous  commercial  emporium  of  the  vast  Mississippi  Valley,  although  one  of  the  most  active 
business  centers  on  the  globe,  as  well  as  one  of  the  largest,  wealthiest  and  most  beautiful  cities  in 
America,  has  a  fame  which  includes  a  noble  historic  record  of  social  splendor,  of  brilliant  munici¬ 
pal,  State  and  National  connection,  quite  in  keeping  with  her  possession  of  elements  and  advanta¬ 
ges  for  commercial  supremacy,  manufacturing  facilities,  internal  navigation  and  maritime  power, 
which,  when  fully  understood,  will  quite  overshadow  the  claims  of  many  other  places  of  more  pre¬ 
tentious,  but  of  far  less  real  significance  and  importance.  This  is  true  beyond  question,  and  the 
reason  in  a  nutshell,  is,  that  hitherto  she  has  been  practically  without  a  comprehensive  written 
commercial  history.  It  is  left,  then,  to  this  modest  and  unbiased  History  of  the  Commerce 
AND  Industries  of  New'  Orleans  to  supply  the  desideratum  and,  in  a  manner,  introduce  her  to 
the  world. 

the  imperial  MARCII  of  CIVILIZATION. 

It  does  not  require  the  “gift  of  tongues”  nor  yet  the  lamps  of  prophesy  to  recite  the  develop¬ 
ment  or  to  picture  the  possibilities  of  a  theme  so  fruitful.  Results  of  man's  labor  in  other  and 
less  favoied  quarters  of  the  earth,  have  engaged  far  abler  pens,  but  they  did  not  justify  the  san¬ 
guine  views  called  forth  by  contemplation  of  this  section  Labor,  the  handmaiden  and  auxiliary 
of  art,  has  here  overcome  barriers,  and  achieved  conquests  that  at  first  seemed  insurmountable  and 
unconquerable.  With  this  proposition  set  down  as  a  foundation-fact  speculation  as  to  the  future, 
is  not  altogether  inappropriate. 

Philosophy,  the  Alpha  of  accomplishment  as  development  is  the  Omega  of  speculation,  may  seem 
to  some  impracticable  dreaming,  but  to  the  mental  conjurer  humanity  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  for 
many — nay,  we  may  say  all,  of  the  blessings  of  modern  civilization  Left  alone,  without  his  think¬ 
ing  apparatus  in  play,  man  would  rise  but  little  above  the  beast  of  the  forest,  and  it  was  only 
when  man  began  to  w'onder,  to  think,  to  experiment  on  this  or  that  natural  element,  which  hith¬ 
erto  seemed  an  untranslatable  phenomenon,  that  mankind  began  to  show  themselves  made  in  the 
image  of  Deity.  Step  by  step,  as  we  ascend  the  rugged  sides  of  a  mountain,  the  perilous  march  of 
mind  has  been  made  from  the  dim  ages  to  the  present  noonlight  of  civilization,  of  refinement  and 
splendor.  AVhen  intellect  first  began  to  feel  it  w'as  allied  to  a  soul,  and  that  that  soul  was  immor¬ 
tal,  it  cast  off  the  shackles  ,  of  physical  force,  and  disdained  the  task  of  ministering  alone  to  the 
physical  wants  of  men.  When  the  fetters  were  removed  from  the  brain,  the  manacles  began  to 
,  fall  from  the  muscles  of  human-kind,  and  thus,  w’hen  freedom  dawned  for  both,  freely  and  joyfully 
they  joined  forces — locked  their  shields  in  a  crusade  against  the  vis  inertice  of  matter. 

Like  two  young  giants  with  untried,  though  conscious  strength,  they  went  forth  conquering  and 
to  conquer.  Triumph  succeeded  triumph;  victory  followed  victory,  striking  out  dauntl^ssly;  they 
forced  the  elements  into  their  service  The  winds  howled;  the  ocean  raged  like  an  angry  lion, 
and  dashed  and  beat  against  their  good  stout  craft.  But  brain  and  muscle  arose,  and,  with  execu¬ 
tive  ability  that  was  almost  god-like  in  potentiality,  rebuked  the  foolish  air  and  water,  and,  as  some 
naughty  child  that  hides  its  shamefacedness  upon  its  mother’s  breast,  the  tired  winds  nestled  down 
and  feU  asleep  on  the  soft  bosom  of  the  sea. 

Still  they  did  not  pause  when  one  star  and  anotlier  had  been  added  to  the  constellation  of  their  • 
success,  or  the  najme  of  one  dearly-bought  conquest  was  emblazoned  in  letters  of  gold  upon  their 
banner.  On  and  on  they  went — mountains  were  scaled;  hills  were  pierced;  rivers  spanned  and 
tunneled.;  red  lightning  chained;  .time:  and  space  annihilated;  the  hidden  treasures  in  the  rich,  red 
heart  of  earth  were. dug  up  and  dragged  forth  to  beautify  and  bless  the  world.  Ocean’s  depths 
were  explored,  and  “the  dark  unfathomed  caves”  paid  tribute  to  their  genius.  The  wilderness  felt 
the  touch  of  the  woodman’s  axe.  and  kingly  forests  bowed  their  royal  crests.  Prairies  caught  the 
contagion  of  joy,  and  “when  tickled  with  the  plow  laughed  with  a  harvest.”  The  solitudes  were  re¬ 
deemed  and  hecame  the  land  of  the  leal  and  the  domain  of  the  cultured.  Cities,  with  their  gor- 

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1  10  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

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I  geoiis  palaces,  their  busy  marts,  their  eleemosynary  institutions,  their  churches,  colleges,  conserva- 
j  tories,  and  a  thousand  avenues  for  refinement  sprang  up  as  if  from  the  magic  stroke  of  the  enchant- 
!  er’s  wand.  Towns  and  villages  blossomed  on  the  bosom  of  the  desert,  and  everywhere— from  pole 
J  to  pole — from  center  to  circumference,  the  glad  exclamation  went  up:  Labor  and  knowledge  are  of 
j  the  same  fraternity!  Capital  and  muscle  are  allied  forces!  Art,  culture,  love,  liberty  and  joy — 

I  these  are  the  benedictions  of  God  that  have  followed  after  prayer — these  are  the  benisons  of  "ap- 
i  proval  for  taith  when  linked  with  works ! 

’THE  BIRTH  AND  PROGRESS  OF  CITIES. 

j  In  many  respects,  therefore,  the  birth  and  life  of  a  citv  is  correspondential  and  corelative  ^vith 
I  the  birth,  intancy,  growth  and  development  of  a  human  loeing.  There  were  the  earliest  days  and 
i  years  of  its  being,  when  the  pulsing  life  was  feeble  and  it  recognized  scarcely  anything  beyond  the 
I  fond  associations  that  gave  it  existence  and  nurtured  it  with  tender  care.  Then  came  the  period  of 
i  youth — it  could  walk  alone,  could  put  on  the  habiliments  of  youthful  manhood  and  begin  to  breathe 
i  the  air  of  independent  action;  then  it  must  pass  through  the  experiences  and  trials  of  conflicting 
I  emotions  and  interests  before  it  could  harmonize  its  antagonism^  and  utilize  its  untried  energies, 
j  Through  the  earlier  days— through  the  struggles  that  presage  the  strength  of  healthful  adulted 
j  growth,  at  length  it  stands  before  the  world  with  its  ten  talents,  brightly  burnished  by  active  em- 
j  ployment,  and  with  manifest  intent  to  assert  its  power  and  fulfill  its  mission  of  usefulness  in  lifting 
;  humanity  higher  towards  those  perfected  times  when  earth  holds  jubilee  a  thousand  years. 

Thus  it  is,  all  civilization  grows  up  from,  and  out  of  small  centers  and  humble'resources,  .A 
man.  a  house,  a  village,  and  a  machine,  are  often  the  starting  points  of  new  and  grand  developments 
of  commercial  success,  social  life  and  national  glory.'  The  world  is  full  of  such  records,  that  find  illus¬ 
tration  and  culmination  in  the  fame  and  wealth  and  power  that  give  success  and  triumph  to  per¬ 
sonal  enteiprise  and  stability  and  grandeur  to  a  city’s  liistory. 

New  Orleans  is  nch  m  annals,  rich  in  associations  that  make  her  name  beloved  and  honored  in 
many  a  clime.  “These,  then,  are  the  treasured  memorials  of  her  people  ”  The.se,  whether  they 
came  down  from  the  dim  and  shadowy’  past,  or  have  their  birth  and  fruition  in  the  near  and  still 
:  remembered,  are  the  cherished  antiquities  of  her  dv^ting  sons  and  daughters.  Art,  science,  litera- 
;  ture,  music,  poetry,  philanthropy,  courage,  have  left  their  noble  records — erected  their  enduring 
monuments.  her  physical  conditions — glorious,  comprehensive  phrase!  taking  in,  as  it  were, 

in  one  grand  re.spiration.  the  commercial  situation,  and  the  multiplied  riches  and  industries  of  this 
Queen  City  of  the  Inland  Sea — these  are  her  modem  monuments;  and  monumental,  too,  of 
I  the  “Eternal  Power  and  Godhead.” 

Aside  from  these,  and  with  these,  what  do  Ave  lack  for  ought  that  wisdom  can  employ  or  skillful 
labor  produce,  our  historic  pages  are  teeming  treasure-houses  filled  with  reminiscences  of  Indian 
life  and  warfare;  of  the  hard.ships,  endurance  and  fortitude  of  pioneer  struggles  in  strange  contrast 
with  the  romantic  chivalry  apd  the  opulent  planter-life  of  the  sons  of  glorious  France  and  proud 
i  Castile — thrice-noble  scions  of  thrice-illustrious  lands.  But  the  aboriginal  times  as  to  the  authen- 
:  ticity  of  incidents  are  involved  in  mystery  and  mixed  with  fables.  Yet  they  are  replete  vuth  inter- 
!  est  to  the  curious,  and  gorgeous  with  thrilling  tales  of  forest  and  flood  to  workers  of  fiction.  The 
I  latter  times  blush  even  yet  in  virgin  loveliness  and  beauty,  and  yet  lifts  its  maiden  hands,  imploring 
I  Old  Mortahty  to  decipher  its  inscriptions,  to  freshen  its  facts,  to  revivify  its  memorials  and  hand 
J  doAvn  to  generations  coming  and  to  come,  the  annals  of  a  knightly  race,  who,  believing  with  the 
poet,  that  “Westward  the  star  of  empire”  would  take  its  way,  breasted  the  dangers  of  the  storm 
and  trackless  sea,  and  settled  in  this  summer-land  on  the  banks  of  the  Great  Father  of  Waters, 
whose  fertile  plains  their  children  have  enriched  as  a  garden  and  made  to  bloom  and  blossom  as 
the  rose. 

Time,  since  then,  has  completed  many  cycles  and  brought  many  years  of  curious  changes;  years 
of  history  chdl  and  social,  personal  and  domestic,  unfold  their  pages  of  trial  'ind  triumph,  progress 
and  pause,  toil  and  suffering,  failure  and  success,  Aurtue  and  vice,  life  and  death.  War,  fire,  fam- 
I  iiie  and  pestilence  haA’e  held  high  carnNal  in  her  center:  sword  and  gun,  riot  ^nd  epidemic,  have 
claimed  many  of  her  bravest  and  truest  and  best  beloved  children.  The  march  of  commerce,  of 
literature,  of  art  and  kindred  deA’elopments  approach,  anxious  to  be  chronicled ;  while  festivals  and 
!  fasts,  religion  and  licentiousness — in  glittering  pageants  or  in  tattered  rags,  each  with  then-  multi- 
;  tudes  “come  trooping  up  like  bannered  ai’mies”  Avith  their  contributions  of  glory  or  of  shame,  to 
fill  the  measm'e  of  the  city's  history.  The  leaves  are  brimming  full;  the  acts  and  incidents  are 
innumerable.  Would  that  we  could  open  the  long  closed  volume  and  bring  things  long  hidden  out 
into  the  sunlight,  make  scenes  long  lyung  m  obscurity,  names  long  lost  in  the  whirlpool  of  life, 
sweet  voices  long  silent,  address  us  from  the  past — 

“The  humblest  of  thy  pilgrims  passing  by. 

Would  gladly  AA’OO  thine  echoes  vuth  his  string,” 

But  such  is  not  our  task.  Therefore,  we  shall  only  garland  a  few  of  the  reminiscenses,  skip 
lightly  over  the  remainder,  and  speak  Avith  words  of  soberness  and  practicability  of  the  great  and 
living  present. 

Without  unnecessaiy  reiteration  it  may  oe  stated  it  is  not  the  intention  of  the  publisher  of  this 
work  to  present  an  elaborate  history  of  the  New  Orleans  of  the  past,  but  her  conditions  at  the 
present  and  the  reference  she  bears,  in  a  commercial  sense  to  the  world  of  to-day.  The  fact  is  that 
'  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  therefore  the  city  of  New  Orleans  presents  so  many  varied  phases  and 
epochs  of  groAvdh — through  its  aboriginal  and  colonial  times;  its  territorial  probation;  its  entre  into 


the  Union— subsequent  withdrawal  and  connection  with  the  Confederacy,  and  final  reconstruction 
and  restoration  to  the  Republic,  that  all  of  these  combined,  or  any  of  these  periods  singly,  would 
afford  ample  fields  for  satisfying  the  cacoeth^s  scrihendi  of  the  most  anxious  and  persistent  writor. 
However,  we  deem  it  appropriate  to  mention  a  few'  facts  giving  a  brief  account  of  her  past  condi¬ 
tion  in  relation  to’ commercial  progi-ess,  in  order  to  l)etter  show'  her  importance  and  the  claims  she 
ha^  upon  the  countrv.  This  Uads  us  to  speak  first  of 

ANCIENT  LOUISIANA. 

Robert  de  La  Salle,  when  he  descended  the  Great  Father  of  Waters,  and  reached  the  mouth  of 
the  Missis.sippi  Apnl  9,  1682,  erected  an  in.scribed  column  with  the  court  of  aims  of  France  cut 
thereupon,  and  named  the  country  along  the  great  river  “from  the  Illinois  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,” 
Louisiane,  in  honor  of  “Le  Grande  Monarque,”  Louis  XIV.  King  of  France. 

A  settlement  of  the  State  by  the  La  Salle  party  was  attempted  in  1684,  but  failed. 

In  1699  a  more  successful  attempt  w^as  made  by  M.  Iberville,  who  entered  the  Mississippi  and 
founded  a  colony.  His  efforts  w'ere  followed  by  Crozart.  w'ho  held  the  exclusive  trade  of  the  coun¬ 
try  for  a  number  of  years.  About  1717  he  transferred  his  interest  to  a  chartered  company,  at  the 
head  of  w'hich  was  the  notorious  John  Law,  whose  national  bank  and  Mississippi  speculation 
scheme  involved  half  the  French  nobility.  In  1781  the  company  resigned  the  concern  to  the  Crowui. 
who,  in  1762,  ceded  the  country  of  Louisiana  to  Spain.  In  1800  Spain  re-conveyed  the  province  to 
France,  from  whom,  in  18"8;  the  United  States  purchased  the  entire  territory  for  $lo, (>>0,000.  The 
portion  now  included  in  the  State  formed  a  constitution,  and  was  admitted  into  the  f^nion  in  1812. 

When  the  United  States  acquired  the  dominion  of  Louisiana  in  1803.  this  name  w'as  quite  extin¬ 
guished  on  the  shores  of  the  Gulf.  The  whole  southern  part  of  old  Louisiana  w'as  called  “The 
Territory  of  New'  Orleans.’’  The  old  name  w'a.',  how'ever,  revived  again  m  the  \'ear  1812,  w'hen,  as 
before  stated,  a  part  of  the  old  French  colony  was  admitted  into  the  Union  under  the  name  of  the 
“State  of  Louisiana.”  After  the  final  settlement  of  the  Ixiundaries  of  this  State,  the  fiame  Louisi¬ 
ana  comprised  all  the  shores  between  the  mouth  of  Pearl  river  to  the  Fast  and  that  of  Sabine 
river  to  the  West,  the  w'hole  Mississippi  Delta,  and  on  both  sides  a  Little  more.  We  may  remark 
that  the  orthogi-aphy  of  the  name  Louisiana,  w'hich  w'e  have  adopted,  is  half  Spanish,  half  French 
Purely  French  it  ought  to  be  '' Louisiane,  '  <fnd  purely  Spanish.  " Luisiana." 

The  foregoing  data,  briefly  stated,  refers  more  especially  to  the  history  of  Louisiana,  which  we 
have  presented  prior  to  introducing  matter  appertaining  to  the  city  proper. 

HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

New  Orleans  (  French  La  Nouvelle  Orleans)  was  named  in  honor  of  the  Due  d’Orleans,  afterw^ards 
King  Louis  XV’.,  of  France. 

The  first  settlement  w^as  made  at  New  Orleans,  in  1718.  by  Bien\dlle,  then  Governor  of  the  prov¬ 
ince  of  Louisiana,  who  had  become  convinced  of  the  propriety  of  removing  the  cliief  seat  of  the  col¬ 
ony  from  Mobile  to  the  more  productive  region  lying  on  the  Mis.'sissippi . 

CharDvoix.  w'ho  visited  it  in  1722.  speaks  of  it  even  then  as  “this  famous  tow'n  which  ha<  been 
named  New'  Orleans.”  He  expresses  his  disappointment,  how'ever,  on  finding  it  really  to  consist  of 
“a  hundred  cabins,  disposed  wdth  little  regularity;  a  large  wooden  w'arehouse;  tw'O  or  three  dwell¬ 
ings  that  w'ould  be  no  ornament  to  a  French  village;  and  the  half  of  a  sorry  storehouse,  w'hich 
they  W'ere  pleased  to  lend  to  the  Lord,  but  of  w'hicli  He  had  hardly  taken  possession  when  it  was 
proposed  to  turn  him  out  to  lodge  under  a  tent.'’  He  goes  on,  nevertheless,  to  make  the  prediction 
that  “this  wild  and  drear}'  place,  still  almost  covered  with  w’^oods  and  reeds,  w'ill.  one  day.  (and  per¬ 
haps  that  day  is  not  far  distant),  be  an  opulent  city  and  the  metropolis  of  a  great  and  rich  colony.” 
The  population  at  this  time  consisted  of  alxnit  2(»  persons 

In  1723  Bienville  removed  his  headquarters  from  Mobile  to  New'  Orleans,  and  the  seat  of  govern¬ 
ment  was  permanently  transferred.  On  Septemlier  11th  of  the  same  year  occurred  a  frightful  hur¬ 
ricane,  which  destrf>yed  the  church,  hospital  and  three  ships  that  w'ere  lying  in  the  river,  besides 
doing  immense  damage  to  the  crops  in  the  adjacent  countr}'. 

In  1726  Bienville  w'as  superseded  by  Perier,  one  of  the  eaijiest  acts  of  w'hose  administration  w'as 
the  construction,  in  1727,  of  a  strong  levee,  more  than  a  mile  in  length,  in  front  of  the  city,  w'hich 
had  previously  been  subjected  to  annual  overflows  from  the  river.  SmalleiTevees  were  also  ex¬ 
tended  for  about  fifteen  miles  above  and  the  same  distance  below',  and  a  deep  ditch  or  canal  w'a* 
dug  around  the  city 

About  the  same  time  arrived  a  colony  of  Jesuits,  and  one  of  the  L^rsuline  nuns  sent  out  by  the 
Western  company  to  take  charge  of  the  spiritual  interests  of  the  colony.  Grants  of  land  and  other 
property  were  made  to  each  of  these  societies,  and  a  building  was  erected  for  the  use  of  the  Ursu- 
Imes.  which  w'as  occupied  by  them  from  1730  to  1824,  and  which  is  still,  if  we  mistake  not,  occu¬ 
pied  as  a  residence  by  the  venerable  Most  Reverend  Napoleon  J.  Perche,  Roman  Catholic  Arch- 
oishop  of  the  Diocese  of  New  Orleans.  The  Ursulines  have  erected  a  spacious  and  handsome 
building  near  the  lower  limits  of  the  city,  devoting  themselves  chiefly  to  female  education  The 
Jesuits  established  theitiselves  just  above  what  w'as  then  the  city,  but  now  known  as  the  First  Dis¬ 
trict,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  1763,  when  they  were  expelled  from  the  colony  of  Louis¬ 
iana  by  an  order  from  Pope  Clement  XIII.,  and  all*  their  propeiiy  confiscated.  This  property. 
W'hich  was  then  estimated  to  be  w'orth  $180,(Xf^,  is  now  in  the  ver}'  heart  of  the  great  city — includes 
the  site  of  the  St  Charles  Hotel,  the  Cotton  Exchange,  and  many  other  magnificent  buildings,  and 
is  now'  worth  at  least  $2.5,0^*0,900  or  $-30,0  '0,000. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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The  following-  description  of  New  Orleans,  by  Le  Page  du  Pratz,  probably  applies  to  a  period 
some  ten  or  twelve  years  subsequent  to  that  quoted  before  from  Charlevoix:  “In  the  middle  of  the 
city,  facing  the  river,  is  the  Place  d’Armes  Midway  of  the  rear  of  this  square  is  the  parish 
church,  dedicated  to  St.  Louis,  (now  known  as  St.  Louis  Cathedral),  where  officiate  the  Reverend 
F ather  Capuchins ;  their  residences  is  on  the  left  of  the  church :  on  the  right  are  the  prison  and 
guard  house.  The  two  sides  of  the  square,  {place)  ai-e  occupied  by  two  sets  of  barracks.  The 
square  is  entirely  open  on  the  side  next  the  river.  All  the  streets  are  regularly  laid  out  in  length 
and  width;  they  cross  each  other  at  right  angles.  TJiese  streets  divide  the  city  into  sixtv-six' 
squares,  {isles),  eleven  in  length  along  the  river,  and  six  in  depth.  These  squares  measure'fifty 
toises  (about  320  feet)  each  way,  and  are  each  divided  into  twelve  lots.” 

Bienville  was  reappointed  governor  of  the  colony  in  1732,  and  continued  in  office  until  1742.  He 
was  followed  in  succession  by  the  Marquis  de  Vaudreuil  in  1742;  Kerlerc  in  1753;  D’Abbadie  in 
1763,  and  Aubry — for  a  brief  regime.  During  this  period  of  French  occupation,  the  progress  of* 
New  Orleans  appears  to  have  been  steady,  though  very  gradual. 

In  1745  the  population  was  estimated  at  about  800  white  inhabitants,  exclusive  of  women,  chil¬ 
dren  and  20' I  soldiers,  besides  3(>0  negroes. 

In  1763  the  city  ot  New  Orleans,  with  the  rest  of  the  colony  of  Louisiana,  was  ceded  to  Spain, 
and  Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa  was  made  governor.  Such,  however,  was  the  aversion  of  the  inhabitants 
to  the  transfer,  that  it  was  not  until  six  years  afterward  that  the  Spanish  government  actually  ob¬ 
tained  possession. 

□The  next  Spanish  governors  were  Alexander  O’Reilly,  who  succeeded  in  1769,  and  Louis  de  Unzaga, 
in  1770.  At  this  time  the  whole  population  was  3,190,  of  whom  1,803  were  free  whites,  31  free 


French  Market. 

blacks,  68  of  mixed  blood,  1,225  negro  slaves,  and  60  domesticated  Indians.  The  whole  number  ol 
houses  was  468.  The  city  and  colony  declined  somewhat  during  the  brief  and  vigorous  administra¬ 
tion  of  O’Reilly,  many  of  the  best  inhabitants  leraoving  to  the  West  Indies  and  elsewhere,  but  re¬ 
vived  under  the  government  of  a  series  of  moderate  and  judicious  successors — notably  that  of  Oov- 
emor  Bernardo  de  Galvez  (1777)  and  Governor  Estevan  Miro  (1784). 

In  1785  a  census  taken  by  order  ot  Governor  Galvez  exhibited  a  population  of  4,980  souls. 

On  March  21,  1788,  a  terrible  conflagration  occurred,  by  which  900  houses  were  destroyed  with  a 
vast  quantity  of  property  of  every  description.  Provisions  became  very  scarce,  and  the  inhabitants 
were  threatened  with  famine.  Nevertheless,  the  population,  according  to  a  census  taken  in  the 
course  of  the  same  year,  amounted  to  5,338. 

The  administration  of  Francois  Louis  Hector,  Baron  de  Carondelet,  extending  from  1792  to  1797. 
was  marked  by  various  improvements,  among  which  were  the  lighting  of  the  streets,  the  qrganiza 
tion  of  fire  companies,  and  the  opening  of  the  canal  Carondelet.  He  also  erected  new  tortification> 
around  the  city,  and  organized  a  militia  force  of  about  700  ilien. 

During  Carondelet’s  administration,  in  1794,  the  first  newspaper,  the  Moniteur.^  was  issued. 

A  new  impetus  was  given  to  the  trade  of  New  Orleans  in  1795,  by  the  treaty  ot  Madrid,  between 
Spain  and  the  United  States. 

The  Spanish  governors  who  succeeded  Carondelet  were  as  follows:  Gayoso  de  Lemos,  1797; 
Sebastian  de  Caso  Calvo,  Y.  O’Farril,  Marquis  de  Caso  Calvo,  1799;  Juan  Manuel  de  Salcedo,  1801 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS 


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In  1803,  when  the  State  of  Louisiana  was  transferred  by  purchase  to  the  United  States,  the  popu¬ 
lation  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans  was  about  8,000.  The  city  limits  at  that  time  compri^d  only  a 
portion  of  what  is  now  the  Second  District.  It  was  bounded  by  Canal,  Rampart  and  Lsplanade 
streets,  and  the  river,  forming  nearly  a  rectangle,  defended  by  four  strong  forts,  one  at  each  corner. 
The  faubourgs,  (or  suburbs),  St.  Mary,  Marigny,  Treme,  &c.,  now  comprising  some  of  the  most 
wealthy  and  populous  portions  of  the  modem  city,  were  then  little  more  than  wild  meadows  and 

inB  rshes 

In  1804  Hon  W.  C.  C.  Claiborne  was  made  Governor  of  the  Territory  of  New  Orleans.  The 
State  of  Louisiana  having  adopted  a  constitution,  was  admitted  into  the  Union  April  8,  1812,  and 
Governor  Claiborne  continued  to  be  its  gubernatorial  head  trom  1812  to  1816. 

New  Orleans  was  incoqiorated  as  a  city  February  28,  1805.  In  1810  the  first  street  was  paved  in 
the  city.  At  that  time  such  was  the  state  of  the  stieets  after  a  rain,  that  sleds  were  used  to  drag 

cotton,  which  paid  $1  a  bale.  i  •  t 

The  first  steamboat,  the  ‘‘New  Orleans,”  arrived  at  the  wharves  of  New  Orleans  in  January, 


The  most  memorable  event  in  the  historv  of  New  Orleans  since  its  transfer  to  the  United  States, 
is  the  battle  fought  on  January  8,  18 1 5.  The  British  forces  under  General  Sir  Edward  Packenham, 
made  an  attack  on  the  city,  approaching  it  through  Lake  Borgne,  but  were  signally  defeated  by  the 
Ameiicans  under  General  Andrew  Jackson.  The  British  loss  in  killed  and  wounded  was  3,000 
men,  and  General  Packenham  was  killed;  the  Americans  lost  only  seven  men  killed  and  six 
wounded  The  engagement  took  place  on  the  field  of  Chalmette,  which  at  that  time  was  six  miles 
Jaelow  the  city,  but  now  adjoins  the  city  limits.  A  monument  marks  the  place  of  conflict. 

Gas  was  first  employed  for  lighting  the  streets  in  1834,  through  the  enterprise  of  James  H.  Cald¬ 
well,  Esqr.,  a  most  enterprising  citizen,  and  well  remembered  as  a  prominent  theatrical  manager. 

Water  works  were  also  introduced  in  1834,  and  the  city  seems  to  have  made  commendable  steps 


in  progress. 

In  1836  the  city  was  divided  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  into  three  municipalities,  each  with  a 
separate  government;  but  in  1852  these  municipalities  were  consolidated,  and  the  limits  of  the  cor¬ 
poration  were  extended  to  include  the  town  of  Lafaj’ette,  lying  in  the  adjacent  parish  of  the  same 
name.  The  first,  second  and  third  municipalities  then  became  respectively  the  second,  first  and 
third  districts,  while  the  former  city  of  Lafayette  constituted  the  fourth  district. 

At  this  juncture  in  our  labors  propriety,  for  the  object  in  view,suggests  that  we  briefly  mention  only 
a  few  additional  historical  facts  in  regard  to  the  city:  In  a  commercial  sense  these  include  the  mone¬ 
tary  troubles,  incident  to  the  disasters  of  the  war  of  1815, the  bankruptcies  of  1837, the  monetary  troubles 
of  1842,  the  national  panic  of  1857  and  the  general  trouble  following  upon  the  unhappy  civil  war  of 
186')-65.  And  yet  from  the  outbreak  of  the  war  up  to  restoration  of  commerce,  say  in  1867-68, 
facts  indicate  clearly  that,  although  in  each  decade,  depressing  periods  of  business  and  stagnations 
of  commerce,  similar  to  those  of  1873^-5,  have  occurred,  the  city  as  a  whole,  has  continued  to  in¬ 
crease  its  population  and  consequently  its  business,  however,  individuals  may  have,  in  the  crash  and 
wreck  of  private  fortunes  and  undivided  interests,  sunk  and  been  forgotten. 

Therefore,  we  may  say,  the  past  of  this  city  has  been  well  cared  for  ;  its  historical  records  are  pre¬ 
served  in  its  own  and  the  records  of  our  country  ;  the  fame  of  its  great  men  will  survive  “fresh  in 
eternal  youth”  long  after  the  humble  historian  has  been  forgotten.  As  a.  Neophyte  in  Archaeology, 
one  may  well  then  despair  of  success,  and  devote  attention  to  the  actual  and  The  Present  of  our 
city,  which,  sustained  by  energy,  backed  by  capital,  stimulated  with  fortitude  by  virtue  of  success, 
presents  with  its  material  progress,  its  advances  in  commerce  and  manufactures,  its  maritime  inter¬ 
ests,  its  internal  navigation  by  river  and  rail,  its  industrial  features,  its  telegraphy,  telephones, 
electric  lights  ;  its  enlightened  press,  its  metropolitan  advancements  in  every  particular,  thernes 
sufficiently  comprehensive  and  voluminous  and  to  which  we  invite  the  closest  attention,  and  in  which 
we  promise  faithful  account  of  its  magnitude  and  development.  In  this  respect  we  may  truth¬ 
fully  say 


RETROSPECTIVELY  AND  PROSPECTIVELY : — 

Rich  land  !  Noble  history  !  A  land  so  fertile  God  seems  to  have  pronounced  upon  it  his  sweetest 
benediction.  A  climate  so  mildly  tempered  “the  mock-bird  has  no  winter  in  his  song,  no  sorrow  in 
his  year.”  A  soil  so  generous  it  gave  ample  competence  to  all  who  came  and  afforded  ability  to 
indulge  not  only  in  those  pursuits  which  tended  to  satisfy  animal  wants  and  desires, but  softened  into 
poetry  the  selfish  passions,  improved  the  moral  and  intellectual  character  and  gave  leisure  for  liberal 
studies  and  pursuits.  Thus  with  that  tranquility  and  leisure  afforded  by  the  enjoyment  of  accumu¬ 
lated  riches,  those  speculative  and  elegant  studies  which  enlarge  views,  purify  tastes,  and  lift  man¬ 
kind  higher  in  the  scale  of  being  were  successfully  prosecuted  and  thus  do  we  account  for  the  illus¬ 
trious  names  New  Orleans  has  furnished  to  the  world — inlaw,  in  medicine,  in  divinity,  in  judiciture, 
in  commerce,  in  military  science  and  literary  accomplishments — names  that  enrich  not  only  the 
biographical  wealth  of  the  city,  but  have  been  enrolled  among  the  nornina  clara  of  the  Republic. 

It  should  be  an  accepted  fact,  therefore,  that  the  barbarism  or  refinement  of  a  people — whether 
National  or  municipal,  depends  more  on  their  wealth  than  on  any  other  circumstance.  No  people 
have  ever  made  any  distinguished  figure  in  philosophy  or  the  fine  arts  without  being  celebrated  at 
the  same  time  for  their  employed  riches  and  industries.  Pericles  and  Phidias,  Petrarch  and  Raphoel, 
adorned  the  flourishing  ages  of  Grecian  and  Italian  commerce.  The  inflnence  of  productive  wealth 
in  this  respect  is  almo.st  omnipotent.  It  raised  Venice  from  the  bosom  of  the  deep,  and  made  the 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


desert  and  sandy  islands  on  which  she  is  built,  the  powerful  “Queen  of  the  Adriatic/'  It  rendered 
the  unhealthy  swamps  of  Holland  the  favored  abodes  of  literature,  science  and  art,  and  it  has  done 
Xortrin^Soifth^^^  Orleans,  the  Imperial  City  of  the  Gulf— the  midway-mart  of 

While  it  IS  true  there  are  a  few,  even  ot  our  best  informed  citizens,  who  are  skeptical  as  to  the  con- 
Unuance  of  this  magnificent  prosperity,  and  are  evermore  on  the  lookout  for  sudden  and  fatal  checks 
to  the  city  s  trade  and  enlargement  ;  ic  is  equally  as  trae  thev  fail  to  notice  fully  either  what  has 
already  been  accomplished,  or  the  unlimited  resources  about  us  yet  undeveloped,  but  certainly  to  be 
dmwn  upon  in  the  grander  conquests  of  the  not  distant  future.  Let  us.  therefore  be  candid  with 
all  such,  and  assert  without  fear  of  successful  contradiction,  that  the  veiy  best  assurance  of  tL  con¬ 
tinued  healthful  propess  of  New  Orleans  is  found  in  what  she  is  to-<^ayX  centre  of  enormous  trade 
111  spite  of  some  of  the  most  unfavorable  sunnundings  and  drawbacks  that  ever  beset  a  dtv  more 
crcrttwre  of  the  necessities — the  inexorable  demands  of  the  position  than  any  American 
city  that  has  ever  struggled  for  eminence  ;  and  yet  the  forces  that  have  thus  successfully  built  un 
the  city  are  far  from  being  exhausted  or  even  fully  comprehended.  Humanly  speaking  then  there 
IS  no  power  on  earth  that  can  prevent  New  Orleans  from  becoming  a  vast  commercial  city.  It  will 
gTOw  111  wealth  and  power,  in  industry  and  influence  in  spite  of  itself— in  spite  even  of  the  bad  fame 
she  has  abroad  on  account  of  climate.  The  demands  of  commerce  like  the  demands  of  necessity 
know  no  law  ;  admit  no  obstacles  ;  overcome  all  barriers.  Back  of  the  city  to  North,  to  East  to 
V\  est  lies  a  vast  empire  of  productive  wealth  with  many  millions  of  people,  all  of  whom  in  a  man¬ 
ner  are  ministering  to  its  traffic  and  wealth.  Like  fabled  Cerberus  who  guarded  the  entrance  to 
Bluto  s  realnis,  New  Orleans  mounts  guard  on  the  Highway  of  the  Mississippi  Valley— and  whoso¬ 
ever  approaches  vnll  be  challenged  and  whosoever  passes  must  pay  tribute  for  the  privilege  of  egress 
or  ingress  through  this  grand  gateway-,  this  unrivalled  outlet,  this  natural  inlet  of  trade  and  travel 
tioiii  the  heart  of  the  American  Continent  to  every  land  and  clime  and  sea  where  the  flag  of  com¬ 
In  truth,  the  view  is  propitious  from  every-  stand-point.  The  city  is  in  a  condition  of  vastly 
improved  sanity  and  health,  and  has  commenced  -  nav,  is  far  upon  the  road  in  a  brilliant  career  of 
improvement.  Ihe  motives  of  social  and  political  freedom,  fertility  of  soil,  salubrity  of  climate 
wealth  of  agricultural  resources,  facilities  for  commerce  and  manufactures,  and  ease  of  river  and 
railroad  transportation,  are  the  material  advantages  which  invite  capitalists,  tradesmen  and  manu- 
tactuieis  of  every  chine  and  nationality  to  a  home  in  our  midst  ;  to  a  co-operation  in  the  develope- 
nient  of  its  measureless  possibilities,  and  to  an  enriching  participation  in  its  prosperity  '  A  live 
intelligent  and  enterprising  people,  now  full>  aroused  to  all  the  requirements  of  the  age,,  have  posses- 
multifarious  labors,  and  the  day  is  now  at  hand  when  man}^  a  stately  edifice  is  musical 
with  clanging  machinery  and  those  sounds  of  diversified  industry  that  quickens  the  pulse  of  a  nation 
and  prolongs  the  life  of  a  Republic  ;  while  her  possibilities,  thus  foreshadowed,  dazzle  the  mind  by 
their  vaiiety  and  magnitude,  and  leave  the  calmest  and  most  unimpassioned  obseiwer  quite  bewild¬ 
ered  111  the  prospect  for  this  magnificent  metropolis  of  the  New  World. 

NEW  ORLEANS  COMMERCIAI,  HISTORY. 

New  Orleans  is  the  natural  emporium  of  all  the  vast  tracts  traversed  by  the  Mississippi,  the  Missouri, 
the  (Jmo,  and  their  tnbutaiy  streams,  and  enjoys  a  greater  command  of  inteinal  navigation  than 
any  other  cit>%  either  of  the  Old  or  New  World.  Even  many  years  prior  to  the  late  civil  war  it  was 
the  gland  entiepot  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  and  for  many  years  it  was  regarded  as  almost  without 
a  rival.  Lp  to  1860  civilization  had  struck  its  roots,  and  begun  to  flourish  onlvin  some  comparatively 
small  portions  of  the  immense  territories  of  v-hich  New  Orleans  is  the  sea-port  ;  and  vet  its  progress 
was  rapid  beyond  all  precedent. 

While  New  Orleans,  even  from  her  inception,  has  been  regarded  as  an  important  commercial 
point,  her  trae  commercial  history  may  be  dated  from  1822.  It  appears  from  the  accounts  printed 
by  oirter  ot  Congress  that  the  receipts  and  exports  of  cotton  and  tobacco  at  the  Port  of  New  Orleans 
1822-23  amounted  to  the  following  figures:  receipts  of  cotton,  161,959  bales;  exports, 
171,872  bales;  receipts  of  tobacco,  16,  292  hog.sheads;  exports,  28,624  hogsheads. 

In  1841—42  the  city  had  grown  so  rapidly  that  the  figures  were  swelled  to  the  following  amounts: 
receipts  of  cotton,  1,089,642  bales;  exports.  1,088,870  bales;  receipts  of  tobacco,  92,509  hogsheads; 
exports  89,891  hogsheads. 

With  frequent  vanations^  but  always  on  the  increase,  these  figures  had  grown  in  1856-57  as  follows: 
.receipts  of  cotton,  1,513,247  bales;  expoi-ts,  1.516,921  bales;  receipts  of  tobacco.  55,067  hogsheads; 
exports  of  tobacco,  50,181  hogsheads. 

Aggregating  these  figures  for  the  thirty-five  years  from  1822  to  1857,  the  total  receipts  of  cotton 
were  2i, 201, 866  bales;  total  exports,  27.181,859  bales;  total  receipts  of  tobacco,  1,642,481  hogsheads- 
total  exports,  16,625,581  hogsheads. 

Upon  the  supposition  that  the  average  value  of  cotton  and  tobacco  for  the  35  years  (1822-57)  as 
above  stated  may  be  fau-ly  estimated  at  $40  per  bale  for  the  former,  and  $70  pei*  hogshead  for  the 
latter,  it  would  give  a  total  value  for  these  two  articles  alone  of  $l,2o3,048,310. 

Ihe  exports  ot  sugar  from  New  Orleans  in  1834  was  as  follows:  exported  to  Atlantic  ports,  45,500 
hogsheads;  exported  to  Western  States,  44,500  hogsheads. 

In  1853  those  figures  had  swollen  to  the  following  amounts:  exported  to  Atlantic  ports,  166,000 
hogsheads;  exported  to  Western  States,  185,000  hogsheads. 

1 01  the  twenty-two  years  extending  from  1834  to  1855,  inclusive,  the  exports  of  sugar  were  as  fol- 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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lows:  exported  to  Atlantic  ports,  1,316,088  hogsheads;  exported  to  Western  States,  1,984,527  hogs¬ 
heads;  total,  8  ;250, 660  hogsheads.  j 

In  order  to  show  the  commercial  progress  of  New  Orleans  for  the  years  mentioned  we  append  the 
following  table  showing  the  total  value  of  produce  from  the  interior  received  at  the  port  ot  New 

Orleans. 


Articles. 


i856~57 


Cotton . 

Sugar . 

Tobacco . 

•Flour . 

Fork . 

Lard . 

Lead . . 

Molasses . 

Bacon . 

Corn . 

Whisky . 

Wheat . 

Bagging . 

Beef . 

Hemp . 

Bale  rope . 

Butter . 

Hay . 

Hides . 

Coal . 

Potatoes . 

Staves . 

Tallow . 

Feathers . 

Oats . . . . . 

Corn  meal . . . . 
^ Other  articles. 

Total . 


Dollars. 
86,255.079 
8,187,860 
11,978,645 
9,0;14,179 

5.859.287 
4,262,958 

91,455 

2,685,809 

6,772,241 

2.588.287 
2,829,182 
2,827,886 

512,448 
484,5851 
890,090! 
l,128,460i 
860, 550 i 
296,805i 
579,411 
1,150,500! 
185,882' 
455,000: 
28,950! 
41,150 
629,078 
4,280 
9.557,967 


1855-56. 

Dollars. 


18t>4— o5. 


Dollars. 


0,871,720  51,890,720 


16,199,890 

8,072,775 

8,407,805 

5,584,505 

8,881,278 

409,940 

4,582,242 

4,570,868 

8,020,081 

1,785,086 

2.782,476 

610,290 

824,289 

504,540 

1,018,810 

895,065 

612.850 
454,298 
444,150 
456,890 

282.850 
82,265 
82,676l 

587,180! 

960i 

8,888,412 


!l 


158.061,869  144.256,081  117,106,828 


18,025,020 
7,215,195 
5,558,166 
4,980,557 
4,092,580 
859,290 
4,255.000 
4,998,154  . 
2.402,440 
2.806,248 
87,606 

608.670 
610,414 
940,050 
667,852 
267,628 
866,870 

189.670 
559,900 
176,848 
188.000 

21,8:10 
80,184 
.549, 9i  2  • 
1,018 

7,260,001  > 


Years.  Total  value. 

1858-54 . $115,3.86,798 

18.52-58  .  184,288,7.85 

1851-52 .  108,051,708 

1850-.51  . 106,924,088 

1849-50 .  96,897,878 

1848-49 .  81,989,692 

1847-48 . 79,779,151  _ _ 

From  the  above  table  it  results  that  the  total  value  of  all  the  products*  received  at  this  poid  fixnn 
the  interior  from  September  1,  1841,  to  September  1,  18.57,  a  period  of  16  years,  amountedto  $1,.526,- 

652,970-  ^  ^  n  1 

The  Ibllowmg  is  a  statement  of  the  imports  at  New  Orleans,  for  the  four  consecutive  hscal  years 

mentioned : 


Years.  I’otal  value. 

1846-47 . $90,038,251 

184.5-46 .  77,198,464 

1844-45  .  57,196,122 

1848-44  .  60,094,719 

1842-48  .  58,782,0.54 

1841-42 .  : .  45,716,045 


Year  ending 
June  1858. 

Y^ear  ending 
June  18.54. 

Y"ear  ending 
June  1855. 

Yearendiug 

June  1856. 

Dutiable  .  . . . . 

Dollars. 
8,019,029 
■  4,272,2.52 
1,862,882 

Dollars. 

8,272,449 

8,876,572 

2,2.52,128 

Dollars. 

6,989,002 

4,297,170 

1,687,436 

Dollars. 

8,990,588 

6,417,595 

1,775,148 

V  rpf* . 

Bullion  and  Specie . 

'total . 

i:i,654,118 

i4,802,:1.50 

12,928,608 

17,188,827 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  figures  it  appears,  from  ofiicial  accounts,  that  during  the  year  en(Bng 
June  80th,  1852,  the  value  of  the  native  American  produce  exported  from  this  city  amounted  to 
$48,808,169,  while  the  value  of  that  exported  from  New  York  was  $74,042,.581.  With  respect  to 
imports,  the  case  was  materially  different;  the  value  of  those  ot  New  Orleans,  in  the  year  just  men¬ 
tioned,  being  only  $12,057,724;*  whereas  those  of  Ne\v  York  amounted  to  $182,:129,806.  H  was  be¬ 
lieved  however,  by  many,  even  at  that  time,  that  owing  to  the  rapid  settlement  of  the  \v  est, 
that  New  Orleans  would,  at  no  very  distant  period,  exceed  every  other  city  of  America,  as  well  in 
the  magnitude  of  its  imports  as  of  its  exports;  and,  considering  the  boundless  extent  and  extraordi¬ 
nary  lertility  of  the  uncultivated  and  unoccupied  basins  of  the  Mississippi  and  Missouri,  the  antici- 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


pations  of  those  who  contended  that  New  Orleans  was  destined  to  become  the  greatest  emporium 

notot  America  only,  but  of  the  world,  do  not  appear  unreasonable,  in  the  light  of  fulfillment  of 
recent  events  and  the  possibilities  of  the  future.  uiuunieni,  oi 

,  In  order  to  briefly  show  the  total  amount  of  business  transacted  at  New  Orleans  for  the  interven- 
mg  years  1852  to  1881  we  have  prepared  the  following  table: 


VALUE  OP  PRODUCE  IMPORTED  INTO  NEW  ORLEANS  PROM  THE  MISSISSIPPI 

INTERIOR,  IN  EACH  COMMERCIAL  YEAR,  ENDING  \UGUST  31 

1852- 53 . 

1853- 54 .  . 

1854^55 .  . : . 

1855- 56 .  . 

1856- 57 .  . 

1857- 58 . . . . 

1858- 59 .  . 

1859- 60 .  . 

1860- 61 .  . 


VALLEY  AND  THE 

$134,233,735 
.  115,336,798 
.  117,106,823 
144,256,081 
158,061,369 
.  167,155,546 
.  172,952,654 
.  185,211.254 
155,863,561 


> 


PERIOD  OP  THE  WAR  OMITTED, 

1867- 68 . 

1868- 69 . 

1869- 70 . 

1870- 71 . 

1871- 72 . 

1872- 73 . 

1873- 74 . 

1874- 75 . 

1875- 76 . 

1876- 77 . 

1877- 78 . .\ . 

1878- 79 . 

1879- 80 . ; ! 

1880- 81 . 


$127,459,568 

167,559,661 

200,82",499 

179,100,419 

169,653,107 

184,620,947 

156,944,215 

151,582,054 

155,388,102 

135,270,726 

143,411,562 

127,216,038 

179,771,600 

153,387,850 


We  have  thus  hastily  and  briefly,  and  we  grant  imperfectly,  sketched  some  of  the  leading  inci¬ 
dents  in  the  history  of  New  Orleans,  more  especially  for  the  purpose  of  referring  to  facts  illustrative 
of  her  past  progress.  At  the  same  time,  by  no  means  claiming  to  be  the  historian  of  the  place,  and 
trenching  in  no  part  upon  ground  that  properly  belongs  to  the  domain  of  biography,  or  personal 
laudation,  or  flattering  testimonials  as  to  “leading  citizens”  or  “representative  men,  ”  we  have 
sought  only  to  balance  all  drafts  upon  the  Past  by  the  marvelously  increased  value  of  the  Present, 
demonstrating  the  philosophy  of  political  economy  in  presentation  of  cause  by  the  grander  illustra¬ 
tion  of  effect. 

And  for  this  good  and  sufficient  reason :  A  more  extended  account  would  be  without  the  scope  of 
this  work,  besides  stretching  it  beyond  the  limits  to  which  it  was  originally  intended  and  necessarily 
assigned.  Besides,  our  own  citizens  hardly  need  such  remembrances  as  these  to  impress  them  with 
full  confidence  in  the  upward  and  onward  progress  of  a  city  of  which  they  know  so  well  they  have 
reason  to  be  proud.  Strangers,  however,— those  who  know  New  Orleans — only  by  name,  we  may 
say,  whose  ambition  and  desire  may  be  to  know  somewhat  of  this  Southwest  metropohs,  whose  faces 
are  set  westwardly  with  a  view  to  the  permanent  establishment  of  their  homes,  may  be  interested, 
even  by  the  imperfect  report  made  by  us,  to  stimulate  further  inquiry  on  their  part.  Such  an  inqui¬ 
ry  will  disclose  a  thousand  additional  facts  to  strengthen  the  conviction  that  New  Orleans  has  a 
rightful  claim  to  the  prominence  which  her  friends  assign  to  her.  What  forbids  the  reahzation  of 
their  most  enthusiastic  predictions  as  to  its  future  growth  and  greatness  ? 

Briefly,  the  situation  is  this:  Here  stands  a  city,  already  with  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million  pop 
ulation;  with  a  natural  highway  of  travel  which  reaches  nearly  one  half  the  States  of  the  Union 
besides  her  railways  which  connect  with  the  network  of  similar  roads  stretching  to  every  quarter  o " 
the  civilized  part  of  the  continent.  What  shall  prevent  an  aggregation  here  of  inhabitants  beyond 
anything  of  which  we  of  to-day  may  dream  ?  Thousands  after  thousands,  until  there  shall  have 
sprung  up  here  a  city  containing  hundreds  of  square  miles — taking  m  the  outlying  parishes  on  both 
sides  the  river,  with  an  area  even  then  afPording  but  reasonable  accommodations  for  the  vast  multi¬ 
tudes  collected  within  it.  Of  course  such  visions  relate  to  the  future;  but  that  future  amidst  the 
growth  of  such  a  nation  as  ours,  cannot  be  long  postponed  Meanwhile  the  present  generation  will 
witness  a  progress  with  which  it  may  well  be  content.  That  progress  it  is  true,  will  depend  much 
upon  the  energy  and  the  enterprise  of  our  citizens.  Yet,  we  fully  rely  on  the  belief  that  the  people 
of  New  Orleans  will  be  true  to  their  city  and  themselves,  and  it  may  be  no  idle  dream  which  con¬ 
ceives  for  New  Orleans  the  most  exalted  destiny;  which,  with  a  just  prophetic  forecast,  transforms 
the  humble  colony  of  Bienville  into  the  future  trans-continental  and  inter- American  metropolis. 

GEOGRAPHICAL  POSITION  OP  NEW  ORLEANS. 

The  city  of  New  Orleans  (French  La  Nouvelle  Orleans),  in  the  parish  of  Orleans,  is  the  chief  city 
of  Louisiana,  and  the  metropolis  of  the  Mississippi  Valley.  It  is  situated  on  the  left  bank  of  the 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


Mississippi  river,  about  one  hundred  miles  from  its  mouth,  m  latitude  29  degrees,  o6  minutes  and 
59  seconds  North,  and  longitude  90  degrees,  4  minutes  and  6  seconds  ^\  est  trom  Greenwich. 

The  fj-eoo-raphic  placement  of  New  Orleans  combines  more  advantages  of  position  than  any  wty 
in  America.  These  advantages  include  both  inland  facilities  and  unrivaled  seaport  situation.  Her  ; 
location  with  respect  to  the  whole  extent  of  th^country  embraced  m  the  Mississippi  \  alley  and  i 
extending  from  the  lakes  of  the  North  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  on  the jSouth,  is  of  such  a  peculiar 
character  that  when  viewed  wdth  reference  to  her  natural  means  of  intercourse  with  the  btates  | 
within  these  boundaries,  she  stands  in  a  position  both  to  demand  and  command  the  trade  of  a  (ireater  | 
empire  in  territory  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  any  American  city.  , ,  ^  .  ,,  ^  .  i 

'  The  territory  embraces  along  the  Mississippi  river  and  its  navigable  tinbutanes  the  tollo'vung  | 
States  entire  and  in  parts :  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Missoun,  lUi- 
nois,  Iowa,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Ohio,  West  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  Kansas,  Colorado,  and  a 
number  of  Northern  territories.  This  embraces  every  variety  of  cHmate,  and  nearly,  it  not  quite, 

all  the  staples  of  the  various  sections  of  the  Union.  ^  ••  ,  r 

Tli0  increasing'  demand  for  clieap  transportation,  and,  in  fact,  all  the  transportation  arising  out  oi 
the  multiplving  wants  of  the  growing  population  of  the  various  sections  of  the  nation,  must  at  an 
early  day  cause  the  Mississippi  to  be  made  as  fully  available  for  transportation  as  it  is  possible  for 
eno’ineenng  skill  to  render  it.  The  improvement  of  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi  has  in  past 
^  years  been  so 

strongly 
pressed  on 
Jongess  that 
he  Mississip¬ 
pi  River  Im¬ 
prove  m  e  n  t 
Commission 
will  no  doubt 
soon  perfect 
plans  and  se¬ 
cure  appro¬ 
priation  to 
make  the 
river  naviga¬ 
ble  at  all  sea¬ 
sons,  insuring 
a  certain  daily 
passage  by 
boats  and 
steamships  — 
the  largest 
that  can  float 
on  inland  wa¬ 
ters.  How 
greatly  this 
will  strength- 

City  Hall.  en  the  already 

strong  geographical  position  of  New  Orleans  is  easily  seen.  Already  she  reaches,  through  the  nat¬ 
ural  avenues  of  travel,  the  folio-wing  States  and  counties  by  steamboats,  without  transhipment  of 
goods: 

The  Mississippi  traverses  the  boundaries  of  ten  States,  and  gives  na-vigation  to  95  counties  and 
parishes,  viz. :  17  in  Louisiana,  10  in  Mississippi,  6  in  Arkansas,  5  in  Tennessee,  2  in  Kentucky,  14 

m  Missouri,  17  in  Illinois,  8  in  Wisconsin,  10  in  Iowa  and  6  in  Minnesota. 

The  Missouri  washes  the  shores  of  three  States;  24  counties  in  Missouri,  Gin  Kansas  and  11  in 
Nebraska.  The  Ohio  passes  along  the  borders  of  six  States,  washing  the  shores  of  71  counties,  viz. : 

5  in  Illinois,  14  in  Indiana,  25  in  Kentucky,  13  in  Ohio,  12  in  West  X^irginia  and  2  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  Tennessee  gives  water  transportation  to  three  States,  and  outlet  to  14  counties,  -viz. :  6  in  Ken¬ 
tucky,  5  in  Tennessee  and  3  in  Alabama.  The  Cumberland  affords  water  carriage  through  2 
States  and  to  9  counties,  viz. :  3  in  Kentucky  and  6  in  Tennessee.  The  Red  liver  affords  transpor¬ 
tation  to  9  rich  parishes,  in  Louisiana,  the  Ouachita  to  7  parishes  in  Louisiana  and  5  counties  in  Ar 
kansas.  The  Arkansas  affords  12  counties  like  advantage,  and  the  White  river  gives  carriage  to  9 
counties  in  Arkansas  and  5  in  Missouri.  The  Yazoo,  the  Sun  Flower  and  Big  Black  afford  to  11 
counties  in  Mississippi  travel  by  river  communication.  The  Hatchee  and  Obion,  the  same  facilities 
to  6  counties  in  Tennessee.  The  Illinois  and  Kaskaskia  give  to  24  counties  in  Illinois  na\dgation, 
and  the  Wabash  similar  privileges  to  6  counties  in  Indiana  and  5  in  Illinois.  The  Green  and  Ken¬ 
tucky  rivers  afford  egress  to  the  Ohio  to  14  counties  in  Kentucky.  The  Osage  and  Missouri  rivers 
steamboat  navigation  to  8  counties  in  Missouri.  The  Platte  river  to  4  counties  in  Nebraska.  The 
Des  Moines  and  Iowa  rivers  give  to  11  counties  in  Iowa  access  to  the  Mississippi  by  water;  and  the 
Wisconsin  and  Rock  rivers  the  same  facilities  to  11  counties  in  Wisconsin.  The  Muskingum  gives 
outlet  to  3  counties  in  Ohio,  the  Kanawha  to  3  counties  in  West  Virginia,  the  Allegheny  gives  8 
counties  in  Pennsylvania  and  1  in  New  York,  and  the  Monongahela’  similar  advantages  to  2 


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States  5  counties  in  Pennsylvania  and  1  in  \  irginia.  communication  bv  water  to  the  New  Orleans 
market  for  their  products.  ‘ 

Thus  New  Orleans  reaches  by  steamboat  na\dgration  eighteen  States  and  two  'J'en-itories,  (377 
aunties  m  aUj,  not  only  those  border  counties  by  direct  travel,  but  the  interior  of  the  aforesaid 
States  as  well  stretching  from  the  46th  degree  of  North  latitude  to  the  29th  degree,  and  from  the 
1st  degree  to  the  22d  longitude  \\est  from  Washington,  affording  fuUy  eighteen  thousand  miles 
ot  internal  navigation,  and  embracing  an  area  of  1,052,0  0  square  miles  of  territory. 

In  view  of  this  unequaled  river  system,  giving  New  Orleans  this  direct  access  to  the  very  hearts 
ot  eighteen  of  the  finest  States  in  the  Lnion,  can  there  be  any  doubt  of  the  magnificent  future  of 
tne  Lrescent  City  as  a  commercial  and  shipping,  as  well  as  a  manufacturing  point? 

“Men  may  come  and  men  may  go,” 

but  the  grand  old  Mississippi  must,  and  will,  go  on  forever.  The  contemplated  improvement  of  its 
channel  and  its  levees  may  for  a  brief  time  be  delayed,  but  the  verv’  necessities  of  the  countiT  will 
torce  the  expenditure  of  the  money  requisite  to  render  tliis  great  liighway  of  ti*ansportation  all  it 
can  be  ^^de,-  not  only  will  the  constantly  increasing  wants  ot  the  people  for  cheap  transportation 
reqmre  this,  but  the  steady  grovdng  bulks  requiring  sliipment  vdll  render  it  necessary,  ^d  such  im- 
proveinents  of  connecting  rivers  as  will  make  most  available  to  those  internal  kingdoms  this  system 
ot  navigation  without  a  parallel  in  any  nation  or  in  any  country  since  the  dawn  of  time. 

COMMERCIAL  ADVANTAGES  OF  NEW  ORIiEANS. 

For  commercial  purposes  New  Orleans  occupies  a  very  superior  and  commanding  situation.  It  is 
the  natural  entrepot  forsupphes  destined  to  dl  parts  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  as  well  as  the  depot 
tor  those  products  of  that  salubrious  region  which  seeks  a  market  seaward.  By  means  of  the  Miss¬ 
issippi  nver  and  its  tributaries,  an  inland  trade  is  opened  to  her  grasp,  the  magnitude  of  which  has 
never  be^  equaled.  Steameis  may  leave  her  wharves  and  proceed  on  voyages  ot  several  thousand 
miles  ^thout  breaking  bulk.  The  Mississippi  and  its  affluents,  as  we  show  elsewhere,  are  flanked 
on  either  side  by  extensive  territories,  unsurpassed  in  richness  of  soil,  which  readily  yields  a  harvest 
to  the  labors  of  the  agriculturist,  whether  it  be  of  sugar,  com  or  cotton.  These  are  the  principal 
staples  of  the  adjacent  region,  and  the  receipts  of  each  of  their  products  at  New  Orleans  are  rapidly 
and  wondeifully  increasing.  Heretofore,  the  river  has  been  the  chief  channel  depended  upon  for 
their  transportation.  Several  lines  of  railroads  now  completed  and  several  others  in  the  course  of 
construction,  however,  facilitate  the  transportotion  of  cotton  and  sugar  produced  at  a  distance  from 
the  nver,  to  market,  and  thus  enlarges  the  area  of  production.  These  bulky  products  will  not  bear 
an  extensive  land  carriage  by  the  old  mode,  and  result  in  w'ealth  to  the  producer;  but  the  constmc- 
fron  of  railroads  for  their  cheap  transit  to  the  river  even,  have  not  only  changed  the  prospects  of  the 
planters  for  the  better,  but  have  added  greatly  to  the  wealth  and  commerce  of  New  Orleans, 
which  IS  pennanently  a  place  of  excbange  and  distribution. 

In  a  word,  then,  the  commercial  character  of  New  Orleans  is  sui  generis  Summed  up  its  pecuH- 
anties  are  as  follows :  It  is  the  great  depot  of  Southwestern  plantations,  where  cotton  and  sugar 
crops  are  bought  and  sold  while  still  in  the  field,  or  “advanced’  upon  prospectively  if  necessary.  It 
has  an  extensive  trade  wdth  Texas,  with  Mexico,  with  Central  America,  South  America,  the  West 
Indies,  and  a  large  coasting  trade  with  the  gulf  ports  of  Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Florida,  and  with 
the  Atlantic  ports  of  the  United  States  extending  as  far  as  Maine.  It  has  an  immense  foreign  trade 
m  cotton  and  grain  with  Liverpool  and  London,  wdth  Scottish  ports,  Havre,  Antwerp,  Hamburg  and 
Bremen.  It  has  a  large  wdne  and  silk  importing  trade  with  Bordeaux,  Marseilles,  and  the  ports  of 
Spam,  Portugal  and  Italy.  It  has  an  immense  fruit  trade  wdth  the  Mediterranean  ports,  and  alarge 
toade  with  Norway,  Sweeden  and  Deimiark,  in  fact  its  vessels  penetrate  every  leading-  harbor  in 
Europe . 

ITie  facilities  and  conveniences  of  business  at  New  Orleans  are  fully  equal  to,  and  in  many  respects 
superior  to  any  other  place.  It  is  the  center  of  immense  exchange  operations,  and  any  amount  of 
funds  can  at  all  times  be  obtained  at  the  shoidest  notice  under  good  letters  of  credit,  and  bills  nego¬ 
tiated  wdth  great  readiness  and  facility  on  any  prominent  point  in  the  United  States,  or  any  of  the 
commercial  cities  of  Europe,  the  Canadas  and  Central  and  South  America;  and  the  banking  institu¬ 
tions  afford  all  reasonable  accommodations  to  the  local  wants  and  trade  of  the  city. 

THE  LEVEES  AT  NEW^  ORLEANS. 

Some  European  cities  can  show  more  magnificent  docks  or  splendid  quays  for  the  accommodation 
of  shipping,  and  the  loading  and  discharging  of  cargoes,  far  exceeding  in  appearance  and  durability 
any  thing  of  the  kind  in  New^  Orleans,  but  in  no  way  superior  in  point  of  actual  convenience  to  the 
unpretending  w^harves  of  the  city.  As  is  generally  knowm,  the  surface  of  the  alluvial  soil  of  Louisi¬ 
ana,  including,  of  course,  the  site  of  the  city,  is  considerably  below  the  river  in  ordhiaiy  stages  of 
and  the  country  is  protected  from  inundation  by  a  raised  and  solid  embankment  called 
the  “levee,”  extending  on  Itoth  sides  of  the  river  below,  and  a  great  distance  above  the  city.  Out-  j 
side  of  the  levee  the  bank  of  the  river  is  called  the  “batture,”  which  in  many  places  is  increasing  I 
from  the  continual  alluvial  deposits,  while  in  other  places  the  river  has  what  is  called  “a  falling 
bank,’  and  the  water  gradually  encroaches  on  the  land.  In  the  former  case  the  levee  is  advanced 
as  the  batture  increases,  and  this  has  been  the  case  in  a  large  portion  of  the  front  of  New  Orleans, 
where,  in  some  parts,  the  levee  has,  in  the  last  40  or  50  years  advanced  fully  1,C00  feet;  and  the 
front  warehouses  now  stand  for  a  long  extent,  that  distance  from  the  water,  affording  a  splendid 
space  tor  the  vast  bulk  of  produce  that  is  annually  loaded  and  shipped.  The  wharyes  are  construct¬ 
ed  outside  the  levee  on  massive  piles,  driven  with  a  heavy  iron  ram  into  the  mud,  and  extending 


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over  the  river  into  the  water  sutficiently  deep  to  admit  the  heaviest  steamboats  and  ships  to  lie  up 
aa-ainst  them;  heavy  sleepers  connect  the  piles  at  their  tops,  and  on  these  piles  the  platform  is  laid, 
of  thick  planking,  the  edges  of  which  are  separated  about  one  inch,  to  prevent  the  -accumulation  of 
‘dirt,  which  falls  through  these  interstices  into  the  river  flowing  below,  and  in  five  minutes  after  the 
heaviest  storm  the  whole  surface  is  in  a  perfect  condition  to  receive  any  description  of  merchandise. 
These,  wharves  are  planked  back  till  they  join  the  crown  of  the  levee,  in  some  places  200  or  800  feet, 
which  is  made  firm  and  solid  by  a  constant  coating  of  shells,  and  -always  kept  in  good  order.  One 
of  these  wharves  presents  an  unbroken  front  on  the  view  of  2,000  feet,  and  others  600  to  1,20  )  feet, 
and  in  the  business  season  it  is  usual  to  see  these  fronts  entirely  occupied  with  steamboats  lying  bow 
on,  -and  each  with  her  stage  rigged  out  to  the  wharf,  actively  engaged  in  loading  or  unloading.  The 
wharves  intended  for  steamships  and  all  sea-going  vessels  are  detached  from  each  other  with 
an  interv'ening  dock,  and  each  wharf  acconiniodates  a  tier  of  vessels,  which,  unlike  the  , 
steamboats  are  moored  up  and  down  the  river,  one  outside  the  other,  three,  four,  and  five  tiers  , 
deep,  with  a  broad,  common  stage  communicating  with  the  levee,  and  extending  on  the  bulwarks  of  | 
the  vessel  to  the  outside  one,  the  timber,  planks,  and  all  the  conveniences  for  this  staging  is  furnish¬ 
ed,  cheaply  by  contractors,  who  also  supply  tarpaulians  to  protect  the  goods  in  case  of  rain  No 
other  city  on  the  continent  presents  its  commercial  marine  in  so  close  a  compass,  and  owing  to  the 


Lee  Place. 

configuration  of  the  stream,  it  can  be  almost  all  taken  in  at  a  single  elance,  and  presenting  during 
the  busy  season  a  scene  of  singular  variety  and  animation. 

And  yet  so  great  and  so  rapidly  growing  is  the  demand  on  the  part  of  New  Orleans  for  wharfage 
room  for  steamboats  and  steamships  that  even  while  this  work  has  been  under  headway  a  bill  has 
been  introduced  in  Congress  by  General  Randall  M.  Gibson,  M.  C  ,  from  Louisiana,  extending  the 
limits  of  the  port,  so  as  to  embrace  the  right  bank  of  the  Mississippi  river  for  some  distance,  as  it 
now  extends  on  the  left  (or  New  Orleans)  side  The  Committee  on  Commerce  reporting  favorably 
on  the  bill  said:  “The  completion  of  the  jetties  at  the  mouth  of  river,  and  of  the  railway  system 
with  the  Southwest  and  Northeast,  and  the  improvement  of  the  Mississippi  river,  increasing  largely 
the  commerce  and  trade  of  the  commercial  emporium  of  the  Southwest,  render  it  expedient  and 
necessary  that  Congress  should  afford  by  legislation  accommodations  adequate  to  its  necessities. 

Should  the  foregoing  bill  become  a  law,  it  will  give  to  New  Orleans  a  river  front  of  not  less  than 
twenty  miles,  the  present  frontage  from  Carrolton  to  the  United  States  Barracks  being  not  less  than 
twelve  miles, 

THE  “crescent  CITY" — WHY  SO  CALLED. 

The  older  portion  of  the  city  is  built  on  the  convex  side  of  a  bend  of  the  river,  which  here  sweeps 
around  in  a  N.  E.,  E.  and  S.  E.  course.  From  this  location  it  derives  its  familiar  soubriquet  of  the 
“Crescent  City.”  Whether  we  take  it  in  the  garish  light  of  day,  or  under  moon  light  or  starlight 
vision,  no  city  of  the  New  World  presents  a  fairer  view  than  New  Orleans,  the  Crescent  city  of  the 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


South  Whoever  has  seen  its  mihtiphed  charms  by  day  wiU  pardon  the  enthusiasm  of  the  writer  who 
described  its  charms  at  night  and  as  seen  from  the  deck  of  one  of  our  noble  steamers  •  ‘  ‘The  mantle 
of  night  had  settled  on  the  scene,  and  the  historic  Crescent  City— with  a  mjTiad  of  gas-iets  beammo- 
seemed  as  we  approached,  a  picture  from  fau-y-land  instead  of  a  reality.  Quite  romantic  and  be- 

®  come  onward,  down  the  stream;  and,  it  did  seem 

that  the  rolhng  flood  of  the  Patriarch  of  Waters  had  merely  made  this  graceful  curve^  as  if  it  longed 
to  look  upon  a  spot  of  so  much  beauty  ere  it  journeyed  on  m  its  unceasing  travel  to  the  remorseless 
sea.  Penchng  like  the  curve  of  a  Mussulman’s  scimeter,  with  each  Hght  from  the  shore  reflected 
from  its  bosom,  the  sight  was  mdeed  Oriental  and  crescent-like,  and  one  might  easily  add  in  imaei- 
nation  the  crescent-standard  battalions  of  the  Grand  Sidtan,  and  picture  the  hosts  of  Islam  nassinff 
m  view,  yet  by  its  shape  alone  does  our  beloved  city  claim  the  symbolic  name  of  the  Mahommedan 
and  we  owe  no  obeisance  to  Sarocenic  poetry  for  the  suggestion.  ’ 

However  in  the  progress  of  its  growth  up  stream,  the  city  has  of  late  vears  so  extended  itself  as  to 
fall  the  hollow  of  a  curve  m  the  opposite  direction,  so  that  the  river  front  now  presents  an  outhne 
somewhat  resembling  two  conjoined  crescents  or  perhaps  more  properly,  the  letter  “S.  ’ '  This  cnnfiff- 
uration  necessarily  renders  the  direction  of  the  streets  very  irregular.  '  ^ 

THE  ADJACENT  COUNTRY. 

The  whole  of  southern  Louisiana  is  a  vast  plain,  but  the  land  immediately  adjacent  to  the  river  is 
more  elevated  than  elsewhere.  There  is  therefore  a  gradual  descent  from  the  river  to  the  adjacent 
swamps,  lying  in  the  rear  of  the  city,  at  a  distance  of  a  mile  to  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  levee  These 
swamps  are  covered  with  a  dense  growth  of  cypress  trees  and  underbush,  and  afford  habitation  for  a 
multitude  of  ahgators  and  other  reptiles.  Peyond  the  swamp,  bordering  on  the  shore  of  Lake 
Pontchartrain,  five  or  six  miles  north  of  the  city,  lies  a  tract  of  drier  and  more  elevated  ground,  known 
as  the  Metairie  ridge.  Here  are  several  of  the  city  cemeteries.  Bayou  St.  John,  a  deep  navigable 
inlet  from  Lake  Pontchartrain,  indents  the  swamp  and  extends  to  the  suburbs.  The  “canal  Caron- 
delet,’’  communicating  with  this  bayoq,  penetrates  into  the  heart  of  the  city,  and  terminates  m  a 
basin  for  the  accommodation  of  vessels.  Most  of  the  coasting  trade,  however,  with  the  ports  of  the 
gulf  l}ung  eastward,  is  now  carried  on  through  the  Nev/  Canal  or  New  Basin  Canal,  communicating 
directly  with  the  lake,  to  the  westward  of  Bayou  St  John.  The  spacious  basin  of  this  canal  is  at  all 
times  filled  with  sloops,  schooners,  and  other  craft,  most  of  which  are  employed  in  the  lumber,  char¬ 
coal,  and  oyster  trade.  Besides  these,  canals,  the  Pontchartrain  railroad,  connectmg  the  city  with 
the  lake,  communicates  at  its  terminus  with  steamers  plying  to  Mobile  and  other  places  on  the  coast. 

BUSINESS  STATUS  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

Having  advanced  thus  far  in  our  labors,  let  us  now  pass  to  and  examine  more  specifically  the 
claims  and  adaptabilities  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  to  the  position  we  have  confidently  and  un¬ 
hesitatingly  ascribed  her.  We  beheve  our  true  functions  to  he  in  that  direction,  and  trust  a  proper 
performance  of  duty  and  self-elected  task  will  be  the  crowning  result. 

Believing,  therefore,  without  shadow  of  doubt  that  we  can  show  that  despite  numerous  prostra¬ 
tions  of  trade  and  commerce,  of  financial  shocks  and  failures  all  round,  of  political  woes  innumera¬ 
ble,  of  internal  strife,  turmoil  and  discord,  the  merchants  and  business  men  of  New  Orleans  pre¬ 
sent,  to-day,  a  sounder  and  more  solvent  record  than  any  competitive  market;  that  they  have  pre¬ 
served  their  commercial  honor  and  mercantile  respect  intact,  and  that  they  have  brought  their  city 
to  a  dignified  prominence  in  the  world  of  trade,  and  thereby  challenged  the  respect,  the  attention 
and  admiration  which  such  conditions  legitimately  entitle  her. 

The  city’s  wealth  and  prosperity  in  aU  the  varied  features  we  propose  describing,  embracing  al¬ 
most  innumerable  bra^nches  of  commerce,  of  mechanical  arts  and  sciences,  manipulated  and  carried 
on  by  a  live,  progressive  and  go-ahead-active  class  of  merchants  and  manufacturers,  who  are  aided 
in  their  transactions  and  labors  by  countless  auxiliaries  such  as  ready  and  ample  capital,  cheap 
transportation,  steam,  concentrated  labor,  and  the  inexhaustible  natural  facilities  and  resources 
a  benefleient  Heaven  has  placed  in  almost  prodigal  liberality  at  then’  disposal.  These,  guided  by 
experience  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  people  and  of  the  demands  of  trade,  with  indomitable 
foreign  and  domestic  labor,  energy,  industry  and  skill,  are  fast  transforming  this  already  mighty 
city  into  a  formidable  rival  of  more  vaunted  ports,  and  will  eventually  render  her  the  peer  of  any 
mart  the  world  has  ever  known. 

RIVER  AND  STEAMBOAT  INTERESTS. 

Already  we  have  alluded  to  the  advantages  possessed  by  New  Orleans  as  a  commercial  city,  but 
we  may  be  pardoned  if  we  again,  and  stubbornly  insist  that  its  location  as  a  maritime  city  should 
naturally,  and  indeed  does,  make  it  the  largest  interior  shipping  point  in  the  Union,  and  places  its 
steamboat  interests  among  the  most  considerable  in  the  world.  As  a  point  for  the  receipt  and  ex¬ 
port  of  staple  agricultural  products  by  water,  it  is  without  a  rival,  and  as  a  point  for  general  steam¬ 
boat  business,  it  is  of  the  very  first  rank.  The  statistics  of  imports  and  exports,  the  registi-y  of  the 
port,  the  number  and  magnitude  of  our  packet  lines,  and  the  daily  arrival  of  vessels  at  our  wharves, 
conclusively  establishes  this  claim,  and  effectually  sets  aside  aU  argument  to  the  contrai-y.  ’ 

Indeed,  steam  navigation  has  been  of  such  incalculable  service  to  the  port,  and.  to  the  whole 
Valley  of  the  Mississippi,  contrasts  with  former  conditions  are  in  order.  The  voyage  up  the 
Mississippi,  that  used  formerly  to  be  so  difficult  and  tedious,  is  now  performed  with  ease,  celerity 
and  comfort  in  commodious  steam  packets,  some  of  them  so  magnificently  constructed  that  they 


may  be  called  floating  palaces— far  surpassing  in  elegance  any  steamers  in  the  world  1  here  have 
been  counted,”  says  Mr.  Flint,  writing  more  than  twenty-flve  years  ago,  m  the  harbor,  1,500  flat 
boats  at  a  time.  Steamboats  are  andving  and  departing  every  hour,  and  it  is  not  uncommon  to  see 
flftv  lying  together  in  the  harbor.  A  forest  of  masts  is  constantlv  seen  along  the  levee,  except  in 
the  sultry  months.  There  are  often  5,000  or  6,000  boatmen  from  the  upper  country  here  at  a  time; 
and  we  haye  known  thirty  vessels  advertised  together  for  Liverpool  and  Havre.  The  intercourse 

with  Havana  and  Vera  Cruz  is  great  and  constantly  increasing.  As  a  shipping  port,  New  Orleans 

now  ranks  third  in  the  Union;  being  in  this  respect  interior  only  to  New  York  and  Boston.  Ves 
sels  of  the  largest  burden  may  navigate  the  river  many  hundreds  of  miles  above  the  city,  i he  ag¬ 
gregate  burden  of  shipping  belonging  to  the  port  on  the  30th  ot  June, 

of  which  162,637  were  employed  in  steam  navigation.  In  the  year  ending  31st  August,  l«o2,  the 
arrivals  of  steamers,  principily  from  the  interior,  were  2.784.  The  depth  of  the  water  in  the 
river  opposite  to  New  Orleans  is,  at  a  medium,  about  seventy  feet;  and  it  maintains  soundings  of 
thirty  feet  within  a  mile  of  its  confluence  with  the  sea.  Besides  three  or  four  of  inferior  consequence, 
the  Mississippi  has  four  principal  passes  or  outlets  In  the  south-east  or  mam  pass,  at  Balize,  e 
water  on  the  bar,  at  ordinary  tides,  does  not  exceed  twelve  feet,  and  as  the  rise  of  tides  in  the  (julf 
of  Mexico  is  not  more  than ‘two  or  two  and  a  half  feet,  vessels  drawing  much  viater  cannot  make 

their  way  from  the  ocean  to  New  Orleans.  ,  .  ,  ,  i  ii  •  j.  j.  r  i.-u 

Such  was  the  condition  of  affairs  in  1852,  and  we  have  merely  introduced  this  exteact  foi  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  contrasting  “those  days  with  these  days.”  According  to  the  New  Orleans  Times- Democrat, 
for  the  year  ending  January  31,  1881,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  forty-tour  steamboats,  with 
an  aggregate  tonnage  of  857,243  tons,  arrived  in  New  Orleans,  and  396  barges,  -v^uth  an  aggregate 
tonnage  of  163,260  tons.  However,  owing  to  the  improvements  at  the  Mouth  ot  the  Mississippi  by 
Eads’  Jetties,  (of  which  we  speak  at  length  elsewhere),  the  tonnage  of  the  steamships  arnving 
during  the  same  time,  amounted  to  507,595  tons;  ships,  260,901  tons;  barks,  009^^593  tons;  schoon¬ 
ers.  32,566  tons,  and  brigs,  17,020  tons,  making  a  grand  total  tonnage  ot  2,3o8,3o8  tons. 

The  follomng  tabulated  statement  wall  show  the  steam  and  barge  tonnage  of  the  Mississpipi  nver, 
omitting  Cincinnati,  which  city  was  not  heard  from  in  time  for  this  publication : 


St.  Lords. . . . 
Louisville. . .  • 
Memphis.  - . . 
Vicksburgh. . 
New  Orleans. 
Pittsburgh. . . 
Cairo . 


Total. 


No.  of 
Steamers. 

Tonage  of 
Steamers. 

No.  of  ■ 
Barges. 

Tonage  of 
Barges. 

150 

58,310 

303 

194,618 

5 

4,500 

.... 

10 

6,370 

•  «  •  ■ 

11 

3,400 

•  . 

45 

18,629 

2 

900 

144 

31,158 

3.300 

783,457 

26 

3,017 

11 

3,113 

391 

125,385 

3,616 

982,089 

This  shows  the  total  tonnage  of  the  Mississippi  to  be  1 . 107,474.  Averaging  twelve  trips  per  year  to 

each  vessel,  we  have  13.289,688  tons  of  freight  carried  each  year. 

The  above  table  however,  indicates  that  while  a  great  bulk  of  the  freight  transported  comes  to 
New  Orleans  only  a  small  proportion  of  the  vessels  are  ovmed  or  Registered  at  this  pork  ihis  may 
be  explained  in  the  statement  that  very  many  of  the  boats  registered  elsewhere  actually  belong  to 
New  Orleans  steamboatmen,  m  whole  or  in  part,  and  being  controlled  here,  it  would  be  a  supposition 
against  nature  for  any  one  to  entertain  the' belief  that  every  advantage  is  not  given  to  home  shippers, 
as  well  as  reduced  and  special  rates  for  commercial  travelers  going  out  from  New  Orleans  houses. 

The  regular  packet  lines,  which  afford  daily  communication  with,  the  principal  towns  on  the  Missis¬ 
sippi,  Red,  Ouachita,  Tensas,  Yazo,  White,  St.  Francis,  Arkansas,  Missouri,  Ohio.  Tennessee,  Cum¬ 
berland  and  their  triliutaries,  comprise  some  of  the  most  elegant  and  capacious  steamboats  afloat  on 
any  waters,  and  the  magnificence  and  splendor  of  Western  and  Southern  steamboats  has  passed  mto 

^  Th^principal  hnes  doing  business  ^vith  New  Orleans  are  as  follows:  New  Orleans,  Natchez  ^d 
Vicksburg;  New  Orleans  and  Memphis;  Anchor  Line,  boats  and  barges,  from  St.  Louis  to  New  Oi^ 
leans;  New  Orleans,  Louisville  and  Cincinnati;  New  Orleans  and  Pittsburgh;  New  Orleans  and  Red 
River-  New  Orleans  and  Ark  msas,  besides  regular  packets  to  the  towns  along  the  nvers  Atehatalaya, 
Boeuf,  Black,  Yazo,  Ouachita,  Tensas  and  others,  and  Bayous  Baratana,  Boeuf,  Lafourche,  Macou, 
Teche,  Terre  Bonne,  VennilHon,  &c.  The  State  of  Louisiana  has  within  its  boundaries  at  least  fifty 
streams  affording  more  than  four  thousand  miles  of  navigation  and  steamboats  from  New  Oileans 

penetrate  to  almost  ever>^  nook  and  comer.  i  p  ,1  •  i  u- 

Railroads  have,  in  a  measure,  seriously  injured  the  passenger  trade  of  the  rivers,  ancl  may  ulty 
matelv  almost  entirely  remove  the  passenger  specialty  as  seen  in  our  “floating  palaces;  but  what  is 
lost  by  the  receipts  for  luxurious  travel  by  cheap  transportation  for  freight,  has  greatte  augmentea 
the  steamboat  business,  and  all  of  the  companies  here  have  made  money,  and  while  they  are  every 
vear  increasing  their  facilities  in  magnitude  and  efficiency,  they  are  at  the  same  time  doing  much  to 
increase  the  trade  and.manufacturing  interests,  and  general  prosper-ity  of  the  city. 


EAD’S  JETTIES. 

greatest  over  on  the  continent  is  the  famous  Delta  of  the  Mississippi,  abou1 
one  hundred  miles  below  ^ew  Orleans.  Situated  at  the  mouth  of  the  South  Pass  is  Port  Eads  oi 
^aa  s  Jetties  one  amon^  the  most  wonderful  works  of  internal  improvement  in  the  world,  a  triumpb 

short  of  the  marvelous.  Briefly  described,  the  Jetties  arf 
2c  moi'e  than  thirteen  thousand  feet,  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  from 

or,ri  if-ci  11  thousand  feet  apart,  and  the  entire  current  of  the  vasl 

ana  mtderto  iincontroUable  Mississippi  bein^f  contracted  between  them  is  forced  to  move  more  rapidlv. 
1,  00  out  the  bottom,  thus  forming  a  channel  navigable  at  all  seasons.  ITis  Herculean  work 

celebrates!  cml  engineer,  Capt.  James  B.  Eads,  under  a.  contraet  with  the 
States  government,  for  some  five  millions  of  dollars. 

1  he  successful  completiim  ol this  stiipenduous  undertal^g  gives  to  the  largest  ships  that  float  a 
1  2"'  ^^Eans.  In  this  secm-e  harbor  of  fresh  water,  protected  from  every  wind 
at  dJows.  hundreds  of  vessels  may  be  seen  in  the  winter  and  spring  seasons  loading  with  cotton. 


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suRar,  grain,  rice,  tobacco,  besides  staves,  lumber,  resinous  stoves,  hides,  peltry  and  other  articles  of 
export.  S^t  is  often  brought  as  ballast  in  ships  coming  from  Liverpool  for  cotton,  and  is  sold  on  the 

levee  even  cheaper  than  in  Liverpool  itself.  ,  .  t  , ,  • 

The  St.  Louis  Republican  speaking  ot  this  Ligth  Wonder  ot  the  World  says:  Ihe  Lads  Jetties 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi,  will  have  cast,  when  fully  paid  for,  $5,2(!0,fJ0<2-  This  is  called  a 
large  sum;  the  real  value  of  the  works  is  not  less  than  ten  times  $5,2(X),O0O.  The  jetties  will  have 
paid  for  themselves  in  three  vears  from  this  time,  if  they  have  not  done  it  already,  in  the  amounts 
Lved  to  the  people  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  in  the  reduction  of  freight  rates.  But  one  of  the 
most  valuable  features  of  the  jetties  is  their  example.  They  have  proved  successful  as  a  mode  of 
contracting  the  flow  of  water  at  harbor-mouths,  and  thereby  deepening  the  channel;  and  it  is  prob¬ 
able  they  will  be  adopted  for  this  purpose  at  the  mouth  of  many  nvers  which  flow  into  sea  harbors. 

Various  other  schemes  for  the  improvement  of  the  Mississippi  have  from  time  to  time  been  pro¬ 
posed,  notably  the  Barataria  Canal,  the  Lake  Borgne  outlet  etc.,  etc.— The  latter  is  the  plan  pro¬ 
posed  bv  Capt.  John  Cowden.  Recently  Hon.  Mr.  Van  Horn,  M.  C.,  from  Missouri  introduced  a 
bill  in  Congress  appropriating  $250,000  for  preventing  any  future  overflows  of  the  Mississippi  bv 
digging  an  outlet  into  Lake  Borgne.  It  is  claimed,  by  Capt.  Cowden,  that  the  proposed  outlet  will 
lower  the  flood  line  of  the  river  at  New  Orleans  from  ten  to  twelve  feet,  with  a  correspondmg  effect 

all  the  way  to  Cairo.  .  •  ^  ^ 

However,  the  Eads  Jetties  having  proven  a  success  so  pronounced,  we  consider  the  following  report 
made  to  the  New  Orleans  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  December  1881,  and  which  we  clip  from  the 

Picayune  as  worth  reproduction :  •  ,  r,  i  i  ^ 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  met  last  night  in  their  rooms,  corner  of  Gravier  and  Carondelet  streets, 

Gen  Cyprus  Bussey,  presiding.  .  ,  t  •  i 

The  object  of  the  meeting  was  to  receive  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Jetties,  which  was 

read  by  Assistant  Secretary  Henderson. 

Mr.  Henderson  prefaced  the  reading  wuth  the  remark  that  the  Chamber  had  made  no  appropria¬ 
tions  for  the  performance  of  the  work,  which  had  been  done  mainly  by  Mr.  David  Jackson  and 
himself. 


The  report’  was  as  follows : 


New  Orleans,  Dec.  20,  1881. 


To  the  New  Orleans  Chamber  of  Commerce: 

Gentlemen — Your  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  existing  and  future  sufficiency  of  the 
outlet  ship  channel  of  the  Msssissippi  to  conduct  the  commerce  of  this  port  and  of  the  valley  of  the 
Mississippi  with  foreign  countries,  beg  leave  to  report  : 

That  on  the  morning  of  Deeember  4th,  1881.  your  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Joseph  Bow¬ 
ling,  H.  Dudley  Coleman,  David  Jackson  and  John  C.  Henderson,  with,  as  invited  guests.  Captain 
Thos.  P.  Leathers,  Captain  John  Cowden  and  Benj.  Mcl^eran,  Esq.,  civil  engineer,  left  this  city  on 

the  steam  tug  Ella  Andrews,  .  .  •  j  i 

We  arrived  the  same  evening  at  Eadsport.  and  early  next  morning,  5th  inst.,  accompanied  by 
C.  Donovan.  Assistant  United  States  Engineer,  and  Mr.  Ubsdell,  Manager  for  Capt.  J.  B  Eads, 
embarked  on  boaxd  the  steam  launch  Brierly  to  commence  soundings,  having  on  board  all  necessary 
equipments 

Wethmkit  well  to  begin  |)y.  explaining  the  manner  of  our  takmg  soundings,  which  was  as 
follo^s^s  * 

At  the  bow  there  was  stationed  a  leadsman,  whose  soundings  were  recorded  bv  Mr.  H.  Dudley 
Coleman  for  the  New  Orleans  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  Mr.  Laws  for  Capt.  J.  B.  Eads. 

At  the  stem  there  was  stationed  another  leadsman.  His  soundings  were  recorded  by  Mr.  W.  L. 
Wright  for  the  U.  S.  Engineer,  Mr  Laws,  for  Capt.  J.  B.  Eads  and  Mr.  David  Jackson  for  this 
Chamber. 

Midship,  Capt.  John  Cowden,  who,  by  his  own  request,  acted  as  leadsman,  and  his  soundings 
were  recorded  by  Benj  McLeran  for  Capt.  Cowden  and  Messrs.  Jos.  Bowling  and  John  C  Hender¬ 
son  for  tins  Chamber. 

All  soundings  were  made  at  thie  same  time  and  from  the  same  side  of  the  launch,  and  the  meas¬ 
urement  was  distinctly  called  and  verified  at  the  time. 

At  a  point  just  below  Eadsport  we  commenced  sounding,  having  stopped  the  engines  of  the 
launch,  and  drifting  down  towards  the  Gulf  to  a  point  close  to  the  east  shore,  neai’  Concrete  Station. 
thirty-four  (84)  feet  as  deepest  and  twenty-six  (26)  feet  as  the  shoalest  in  the  channel. 

Tlie  tide  guage  at  time  of  leaving  marked  one  foot  and  .six-tenths  below  zero,  zero  being  the 
average  on  flood  tide. 

We  continued  to  make  sounchngs  from  east  to  west,  inside,  across  and  outside  the  bar,  these 
soundings  being  made  by  placing  the  launch  in  the  channel  ^d  allowing  her  to  drift  out 
across  the  bar  into  the  Gulf,  and  we  were  again  rewarded  by  finding  a^  deep  as  34  feet  and  the 
shoalest  26  feet  in  channel,  and  your  committee  continued  to  make  soundings  through  the  jetties, 
at  the  mouth  of  the  jetties,  on  the  crest  of  the  bar,  across  the  bar  and  outside  in  the  Gulf,  and  at  no 
place  in  the  channel  found  less  than  26  feet  in  depth.  We  then,  starting  from  the  extreme  west 
end  of  the  jetties  and  working  up  stream,  made  (10)  ten  diagonal  crossings  and  found  as  much  as 
(4'')  forty  feet  in  depth  in  the  channel. 

Your  committee  deem  it  well  to  mention  here,  that  the  lead  line  used  by  Capt.  Cowden  was  only 
marked  for  40  feet,  and  that  where  the  depth  was  greater  than  40  feet,  no  record  could  be  kept  by 
his  representative,  Mr.  McLeran;  so  that  as  this  report  is  based  on  the  reports  of  measurement  made 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


by  Capt.  Cowden  s  Hn^  it  should  not  be  taken  that  40  feet  is  by  any  means  the  greatest  depths 
found.  Keturnmg  to  Eadsport,  after  a  delay  of  thirty  minutes  we  steamed  up  the  jetties  to  a  point 
opposite  ‘Post  232  on  the  east  side,  and  crossed  to  Grand  Bayou,  thence- to  “Pok  6,”  on  the  east 
side,  making  soundings,  and  finding  as  shoalest  in  channel  26  feet. 

Bayou  we  foand  29.4  feet,  which  is  one  foot  more  than  United  States  survey  of  Novem- 

i  -^bove  Goat  Island,  going  west,  we  made  our  next  soundings,  and  found  as  much 

as  o4  teet  m  the  channel. 

Soundings  from  Pole  No.  8  to  Balcony’s  House  showed  a  depth  of  31  feet  in  the  channel,  and  bv 
soundings  taken  above  Balcony’s  house  we  found  34  feet  in  the  channel. 

At  the  head  of  the  Pass  we.  made  our  next  soundings,  going  from  east  to  west  and  repeating  same 
and  found  40  feet  and  over  commencing  at  a  point  on  the  east  shore  above  Cubit’s  house  and  cross¬ 
ing  the  river  in  nearly  a  straight  line  we  found  a  depth  of  35  feet. 

We  then  commenced  taking  soundings  in  the  channel  at  a  point  opposite  Cubit's  house  and  going 
down  stream  as  far  as  Telegraph  Station,  we  found  at  the  shoalest  30  feet  and  for  the  deepest  bevond 
the  hmit  of  our  line,  40  feet. 

Our  last  soundings  were  made  from  Pole  227  on  east  side  to  a  point  opposite  on  west  side  and 
fbund  29  feet  in  channel . 

It  being  then  quite  late,  we  returned  to  Eadsport. 

In  summing  up,  your  committee  desire  to  state  that  bv  actual  count  there  were  936  soundings 
made,  and  the  records  show  that  in  the  channel  through  the  Pass  and  Jetties  and  across  the  bar  the 
shoalest  water  we  found  was  twent3’’-six  feet,  and  this  on  the  bar;  this  sounding  was  made  while  the 
tide  was  a  fraction  over  one  foot  below  average  or  flood  tide. 

Your  committee  cannot  close  this  report  without  expressing  their  high  appreciation  of  the  courtesies 
extended  and  the  facilities  afforded  them  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Ubsdell,  manager,  and  C.  Donnovan,  Esq.. 
Assistant  U.  &.  Engiiieer.  Thanks  are  due  also  to  Capt.  Geo  W.  Adams  and  Miller,  and  to  Messrs. 
Laws  Brothers  and  M  .  L.  Wright  for  attentions;  and  to  Capt.  John  Cowden  are  we  especially  in¬ 
debted  for  his  valuable  services  and  assistance  in  carrying  out  the  letter  of  your  instructions. 

We  desire  to  congratulate  New  Orleans  and  its  Chamber  of  Commerce  on  the  information  your 
committee  has  obtained,  and  have  the  honor  of  presenting  to  j^ou  at  this  time — and  not  only  to  you, 
but  the  world  at  large,  that  this  Chamber  can  announce,  there  is  a  sufficiency  of  water  for  the 
commerce  of  this  port,  and  of  the  Mississippi  valley,  with  foreign  countries. 

Kespectfullj^  submitted, 

Jas.  Bowling. 

David  Jackson. 

H.  Dudley  Coleman. 
John  C.  Henderson, 

The  report  was  received  and  adopted.  Chairman. 

Col.  Sandidge  offered  the  following,  which  was  adopted: 

The  Chamber  of  Cornmerce  declares  that  the  effectiveness  of  the  jetty  .system  has  been  demon¬ 
strated  by  Capt.  Eads,  in  the  removal  of  all  obstructions  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  river,  to  the 
passage  of  the  largest  ships  and  steamers  across  the  bar  at  the  South  Pass,  and  the  official  report  of 
the  Government  made  from  time  to  time,  of  the  depth  of  water  so  obtained  would  seem  to  be  suf¬ 
ficient  to  satisfy  the  world  of  that  fact  It  was  only  to  disarm  the  hypercritics  who  have  sought  by 
systematic  traduction  to  disparage  an  unwelcome  truth,  this  chamber  recently,  by  a  committee  of 
its  members,  who  have  just  reported,  desired  to  put  this  matter  beyond  further  question,  and  does 
now  proclaim  with  all  the  emphasis  which  truth  can  give,  that  the  port  of  New  Orleans  is  easily 
accessable  to  the  largest  ships  of  the  world,  and  offers  a  harbor  in  extent  and  security  unequaled  by 
any  on  either  coast  of  the  continent  of  America.  At  the  wharves  of  our  city,  and  for  handreds  of 
miles  into  the  interior  of  the  country,  alongside  the  plantations  of  our  great  river,  anchorage  aud 
welcome  will  be  found  for  the  ships  of  all  who  come,  and  homes  for  all  who  stay. 

The  Chamber  ordered  that  copies  of  the  report  and  resolution  be  sent  to  the  commercial  bodies  in 
this  country  and  Europe,  and  to  members  of  Congress. 

Gen.  Bussey  said  he  had  observed,  when  in  Europe,  the  effect  of  the  misrepresentations  made  in 
regard  to  the  jetties,  and  thought  that  the  resolution  and  report  would  have  the  effect  of  correcting 
false  statememts. 

NEW  ORLEANS  STEAMSHIP  INTERESTS. 

'I’here  are  numerous  persons,  “native  here  and  to  the  manner  born,’’  who  wiU  remember  when 
our  steamship  squadron  was,  in  number  of  vessels  and  carrying  capacity,  almost  entirely  eclipsed  by 
the  sailing  fleet  that  for  miles  lived  our  wharves,  three  and  four  tiers  deep.  Such  is  no  longer  strictly 
the  case.  Here,  as  at  other  leading  seaports,  the  steamship  has  steadily  encroached  on  the  domain 
of  the  sailing  vessel,  and  still  the  change  goes  on.  The  sailing  vessels  will  perhaps  always  be  seen 
on  the  seas,  but  the  sword  has  indeed  departed  from  Judah,  it  will  no  longer  eclipse  the  steamer, 
and  therefore  a  .sketch  of  the  regular  steamship  lines  to  and  from  New  Orleans  will  be  apropos: 

M0RG4N’s  TEXAS  LINE.  '  . 

Begining  with  the  Morgan  Steamers  for  Texas,  we  find  four  ports  in  that  State  regularly  served: 
Galveston,  Indianola,  Corpus  Christi  and  Brazos  Santiago.  The*  number  of  steamers  in  the  trade 
is  eight,  of  an  average  tonnage  of  1,200  tons  each,  and  all  do  business  in  connection  with  each 
other.  The  managers  leport  that  th®  total  business  for  the  commercial  year,  ending  August  31, 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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.  1881  shows  an  incrcase  of  about  fifteen  per  cent,  over  that  of  the  previous  year;  and  New  Orleans, 

L,"  u  urifVi  •Hipesp  varioiis  steaui  lines  bv  means  of  the  railtoads  to  Morgan  City,  is  directly 

:  bulei  to  the  extentof  seventy-five  per  cent.  These  steam 

lines  are  well  holding  their  own  against  the  competition  ot  the  numerous  radways  now  tiaversmg 
Texas  —This  may  be  accounted  for  by  the  great  and  rapid  increase  of  population .  m  Texas  and  the 
inseauent  large  arid  continues  the  demands  for  supplies  of  all  kinds  to  meet  the  r 

wants  Besides  every  new  railroad  that  conies  from  the  interior  to  a  seaport,  necessarily  calls 
foranincrSseiA  ocean  transportation.  ,  The  Rio  Grande  and  ^Mexican  trade  carried. on  through 
■  these  steamers  has  increased  especially  since  the  “railroad  boom  m  that  section.  This  compa  y 
may  not  enter  the  Central  American  trade,  but  as  soon  as  quarantine  restnctions  are  properly  regu¬ 
lated.  will  put  steamers  in  the  Vera  Cruz  and  Havana  trades. 

'  THE  FLORIDA  LINE. 

Last  vear  there  was  but  one  regular  steamship,  the  Amite,  engaged  in  the  trade  with  Florida,^  but 
indications  point  to  similar  engagement  for  others  soon.  The  Amite  is  employed  in  shipping  to _^anc 
receiving  from  Warrington,  Pensacola,  Cedar  Keys,  St.  Marks,  Apalachicola,  the  Chattaohoche 
river  Tampa,  Key  West  and  Jacksonville.  She  entered  the  trade  a  little  Hi  an  a  year  ag  , 

has  niade  about  twenty  round  trips  in  that  period;  the  cargoes  have  consisted  chiefly  of  cotton,  cot¬ 
ton  seeds,  sugar,  molasses  and  rosin,  and  the  agents  at  New  Orleans  report  the  business  as  generally 

satisfactory. 

CENTRAL  AMERICAN  AND  SOUTH  AMERICAN  lANES. 

The  trade  between  New  Orleans  and  Central  America,  South  America  and  the  Bay  Islands,  by  means 
of  sailing  vessels  is  of  ancient  date.  The  fruit  supply  was  its  chief  stimulus  The  facility  of  shipping 
these  tropical  fruits  hence  by  rail  to  the  Western  cities  increased  the  demand  for  them  to  sucti  an 
extent  as  to  compel  the  introduction  of  the  steamship,  so  as  to  obtain  at  short  dates  a  regular  sup¬ 
ply  at  the  port  of  transhipments.  This  was  done  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago  by  two  of  our  local 
firms;  and  the  results  have  ample  justified  their  energy  and  enterprise.  They  have  now  four  steam¬ 
ers  in  the  trade,  and  others  will  soon  be  added,  each  vessel  making  an  average  of  twenty  round 
trips  in  the  year.  .Of  the  large  fruit  cargoes,  consisting  of  bananas,  plantains,  cocoanuts,  pine¬ 
apples,  oranges  and  limes,  seventy-five  per  cent  go  to  the  West.  Other  valuable  imports  on  hides, 
coffee,  sugar,  sarsaparilla,  india-rubber  and  mahogany,  a  large  portion  of  which  is  transhipped  to 
New  York,  London  and  Havre.  The  number  of  passengers  coming  and  going  is  steadily  on  the 
increase.  Both  firms  mentioned  above,  have  also  a  number  of  small  sailing  vessels  m  the  trade,  but 
they  concur  in  the  opinion  that  steam  will  soon  drive  them  out.  The  prospects  for  this  trade 
every  way  encouragmg.  It  is  the  more  pleasant  to  note  the  marked  and  speedy  success  of  this 
specially  local  enterprise,  as  it  already  promises  to  draw  here  agencies  from  N  orthern  cities  that  will 
place  quite  a  number  of  steamers  in  this  trade  to  make  New  Orleans  their  distributing  point. 

THE  MEXICAN  LINE. 

The  regular  steamship  business  between  New  Orleans  and  Tuxpan,  Tampico,  Vera  Cruz  and  otyer 
Mexican  ports  is  conducted  by  the  Alexander  line.  During  the  months  when  quarantine  restnctions 
do  not  interfere  this  line  does  a  good  business,  exporting  all  manner  of  merchandise  from  New  Or¬ 
leans  and  returning  with  rich  cargoes  of  the  products  of  Mexico.  The  owners  of  the  Alexander  hne 
at  New  York  have  been  so  much  encouraged  that  they  have  determined  not  only  to  add  other  vessels 
the  line,  but  also  to  open  a  line  to  Havana. 

NEW  YORK  AND  NEW  ORLEANS  STEAMSHIP  LINES. 

Our  regular  steamship  business  with  New  York  is  transacted  by  two  lines:  the  Cromwell 
the  “Morgan."  The  former  with  four  vessels,  and  the  latter  with, five— all  large,  fast  and  first- 
class  steamers.  The  Cromwell’s  combined  tonnage  is  8,000  ton*?,  and  they  make  regularly  one  trip 
a  week.  The  number  of  passengers  carried  has  been  larger  the  past  year  than  for  several  previous 
years.  The  cargoes  of  forwarding  goods,  cotton,  sugar,  molasses,  rice,  hides,  etc.,  to  JNew  lorkand 
foreign  ports  h  ive  been  large,  and  the  business  in  that  respect  is  constantly  mcreasmg  ihe  open¬ 
ing  of  the  Jetties  is  considered  by  the  company  as  of  signal  advantage  to  all  steamship  and  sailing 

v0ssg1  ow^nGrs 

Besides  their  own  five  regular  steamers,  the  Morgan  Line  has  every  season,  so  far,  chartered  an 
additional  steamer,  thus  enabling  them  for  six  months  in  the  year  to  make  semi- weekly 
remainder  of  the  year  they  make  one  trip  a  week.  The  line  carnes  no  passengers,  ft  has  done 
an  increased  freight  business  both  from  and  to  New  York.  The  Jetties  are  not  considered  as  having 
produced  any  particular  effect  on  this  line,  as  its  steamers  were  built  specially  for  this  tiade,  drawing 
only  about  seventeen  feet  when  loaded. 

THE  FRENCH  TRANS- ATLANTIC  LINE 

The  French  Trans- Atlantic  Company  have  recently  extended  to  this  port  the  service  of  their  steam¬ 
ship  hne  between  Marseilles  and  Vera  Cruz.  There  are  now  five  steamers  in  this  line,  making  one 
trip  here  a  month.  The  local  agent  is  quite  enthusiastic  over  the  success  of  the  venture.  Uigent 
requests  have  gone  on  from  our  French  merchants  to  have  steam  communication  also  with  Havre. 
It  IS  likely  this  will  be  effected,  when  there  is  every  probability  of  a  steamer  once  a  week  between 
New  Orleans  and  France — the  Marseilles  of  America  and  the  Marseilles  of  the  Mediterranean. 

NORTH  OERMAM  LLOYD  LINE. 

By  the  North  German  Lloyd  Company  we  have  had  for  some  years  steam  communication  with 
Bremen,  via  Havre,  Southampton  and  Havana.  The  number  of  passengers  to  Europe  has  been 


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of  whom  toVe?r^The  ‘>>em  however, 

isiSMiifiSiB 


I-ONDOX  AND  NEW  ORLEANS  LINES. 

The  Adam  Line  is  a  new  Kne  of  steamers  between  New  OH ppTiQ  nriri  T  o’u-  r  '  • 

augurated  last  year  and  is  but  another  result  of  the  improvement  of^thnn^uth  nA'L^M'  ‘“■ 
and  the  increase  of  cotton  and  grain  receipts  at  New  oSeans  Mississippi 


THE  VARIOUS  LIVERPOOL  LINES. 


Oul  regular  lines  to  Liverpool  are  the  Mississippi  and  Dominion  the  West  Tnrlin  lanri  j 

fte  Hamson,  with  a  total  of  fortv-five  steamshipf  in  thri”^  se™  4l  mo^  buiK 
The  pioneer  vessel  was  the  Fire  Queen,  of  the  Harrison  Line,  in  1866.  Her  tonnLe  wS  7^97  W 
|roS."  largest  vessel  of  the  line,  some  of  the  others  barely  attmning  500  ton 

Company  was  formed  for  the  express  purpose  of  buildine-  steamers 

1^881  Ions.  She  entered  upon  he?  ca?STn 
tbis^’i?p  Atlantic  successfully  over  one  hundred  times.  The  others  steamers  of 

Thp  hPpJ  p  ^  steadily  increasing  tonnage,  until  in  the  Brooklyn  3,575  tons  were  reached 
The  three  new  steaniers  now  building  or  just  completed  by  this  company  attain  even  higher  fiffures 
two  measuring  each  3,712  tons,  and  one  as  much  L  5,700  tons.  ^  ^  ’ 

the  other  companies  have  also  steadily  increased  the  size  and  canving  capacity  as  well  as  the 

"^Thp?P  i’  splendid  Lweilool  Steamship  fleet, 

fp  fu;?  increase  in  number  and  size  of  the  foreign  steamships  coming  regularly 

to  this  port  a^ly  also  to  saihng  vessels,  but  it  is  admitted  that  the  steamers  are  gradually  displacing 
the  sailers.  The  opening  of  the  Jetties  has  been  the  main  cause  of  these  striking  cWeT  It  ha! 
enabled  a  steamer  with  a  cargo  of  the  bulk  of  9,500  bales  of  cotton,  to  sea?throu^h  a  depth  S 
twenty-four  feet  three  inches  The  opening  of  the  Jetties  also,  by  hicreasing  so  enormously  the 

be  adde^d?Tat  tb^Bp^  added  largely  to  the  regular  outward  cargoes  of  these  steamships.  It  should 
f  Dominion  steamers  bnng,  on  each  arrival  here,  from  100  to  200  immigrants  prin- 
cipally  English  fanners  and  mechanics,  whose  destination  is  generally  Texas.  The  three  hnes  re¬ 
port  an  evident  improvement  m  busmess  over  previous  years,  and  the  outlook  encouraging. 


VARIOUS  TRANSIENT  STEAMSHIPS. 

JS-fiSf ST  s  £TS,nf.r  str."SE'  Six 


SAILING  VESSELS. 


enterprising  and  industrious  and  transact  a  very  extensive  business  for 
pppqS!  8hips,  barks,  schooners,  bngs,  etc  ,  though  they  are  not  averse  to  also  handling  an 

pccasmnal  steamer  s  cargo.  The  Jetties,  they  report,  have  materially  benefitted  their  business  The 
p  railroad  iron  last  year,  by  sail,  have  been  unprecedentedly  large.  The  shipments  of  gram 
to  Europe,  and  of  lumber  and  other  supplies  for  the  Lessep's  canal  have  also  been  large.  Generally 
their  busmess  has  been  remunerative,  one  leading  firm  reporting  increase  of  100  per  cent,  for  188L 


NUMBER  AND  TONNAGE  OF  VESSELS  ENTERED  AT  NEW  ORLEANS. 


p-P^T^  foUowing  IS  a  condensed  statement  of  the  number  and  tonnage  of  vessels  entered  at  the  Port, 
of  New  Orleans  during  the  year  ending  July  31,  1881 :  Number  of  vessels  entered,  coast-wise,  296- 
tonnage,  415,533;  number  of  American  vessels  from  foreign  ports,  wdth  cargo,  180;  tonnage,  112,- 
509;  number  of  Amencan  vessels  frmn  foreign  ports,  in  baUast,  42:  tonnage,  40,248;  number  of 
foreign  vessels  from  foreign  ports,  with  cargo,  333;  tonnage,  459,188;  number  of  foreign  vessels 

om  foiei^^ports,  m  ballast,  404;  tonnage,  445,248.  Total  number  of  vessels  entered,  1.255:  ton¬ 
nage,  /^b. 


NUMBER  AND  TONNAGE  OF  CLEARANCES. 

The  Mlowing  IS  a  condensed  statement  of  the  number  and  tonnage  of  vessels  cleared  from  the 
Port  of  New  Organs  during  the  year  ending  July  31,  1881:  Number  of  vessels,  coast-wise,  282; 
tonnage,  364,883;  number  of  Amencan  vessels  for  foreign  ports,  with  cargo,  179;  tonnage,  118,449- 
number  of  Amencan  vessels  for  foreign  ports,  in  ballast,  16;  tonnage,  7,104;  number  of  foreign 
vessels  for  foreign  ports,  with  cargo,  766;  tonnage,  904,147;  number  of  foreign  vessels  for  foreign 
ports,  m  ballast,  3;  tonnage,  2,913  Total  number  of  vessels  cleared,  1,257:  tonnage,  1,402,496. 


ORLEANS. 


FOREIGN  CONSULS  AND  CONSULAR  AGENTS  AT  NEM'  _ _ 

f o  character  of  the  foreign  commerce  of  New  Orleans  may  be  ascei- 

tamed  m  the  fact  that  the  following  foreign  governments  have  their  consuls  and  consular  agents 

Austna-Hungary,  Costa  Rica,  Denmark,  France,  German  Empire,  Great 
Guatemala,  Hondura^  Italy,  Netherlands,  Nicaragua,  Norway  and  Sweden,  Russia, 
Spam,  Switzerland,  United  States  of  Columbia,  and  Venezuela. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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NEW  ORLEANS  RAILROAD  INTERESTS. 

The  Dast  eig-hteen  months  have  witnessed  remarkable  developement  not  only  in  the  railroads  that 
were  then  actually  running  into  New  Orleans,  but  in  those  that  m  other  Southern  States  had  apparent 
Ivno  definite  termini  and  formed  merely  a  disjointed  system  of  railways,  each  loolnng  out  for  ite  own 
local  interests.  The  great  railroad  manager  of  the  age  suddenly  appeared  in  the  field,  and  although 
he  did  not  commence  his  work  in  this  immediate  section,  his  gigantic  operations,  whether  m  the 
North  West,  the  far  West,  or  in  Mexico,  have  aU  had  a  direct  bearing  upon  New  Orleans,  i he 
ranid  manner  in  which  he  obtained  control  of  road  after  road,  and  combined  them  into  vast  but  har¬ 
monious  co-operative  systems,  was  suddenly  followed  in  the  South  by  severelbold  railway  managers, 
and  the  product  has  been  the  combination  of  numerous  short  and  weak  roads  into  long  and  sen- 
sustaining  trunk-lines,  reaching  from  the  Lakes  to  the  Gulf,  from  the  Mississippi  to  the  Atlantic. 
The  estabhshment  of  these  trunk  lines  has  produced  a  wonderful  activity  in  ranroad  circles,  the 
benefits  of  which,  to  the  South,  in  the  purchase  of  new  material,  laying  new  and  re-laying  old  tracks, 
securing  a  host  of  new  locomotives  and  cars,  and  engaging  thousands  of  additional  employes,  have 
been  sustained  by  the  competition  natural  between  such  strong  and  wealthy  corporations  to  add  new 
lines,  new  territory  and  new  trade  to  their  resources. 


NEW  ORLEANS,  ST.  LOUIS  &  CHICAGO  RAILWAY. 


1  > 


The  New  Orleans,  St.  Louis  &  Chicago  Railway— familliary  and  locally  known  as  the ‘Big  J. 
road— being  a  consolidation  of  the  New  Orleans,  J^kson  &  Great  Northern,  and  the  Mississippi 
Central,  etc.,  is  the  oldest  of  the  great  lines  running  into  New  Orleans.  It  is  571  miles  in  length,  of 
which  93  miles  are  in  Louisiana;  thence  it  traverses  the  entire  length  of  the  State  of  Mississippi, 
crosses  the  State  of  Tennessee  and  the  Southwest  corner  of  Kentucky,  connecting  at  Cairo,  ms., 
with  the  Illinois  Central  for  Chicago,  and  with  connections  for  St.  Louis— forming  an  almost  perfect 
airline — “such  as  the  crow  flies,”  with  the  Garden  City  of  the  Lakes.  It  has  also  a<  branch  to 
Kosciusko,  Miss.  The  road  is  splendidly  built,  equipped,  officered  and  managed.  ^ 

The  managers  of  this  road  have  been  fully  up  with  the  spirit  of  progress  as  is  demonstrated  by  the 
laying,  last  year,  of  17,000  tons  of  new  steel  rails;  placing  their  track  in  other  respects  in  first-class 
working  ordor,  ciitinging  tho  from  Co/iro  to  OrloB^ns,  so  3,s  to  ^omiit  no  dols-y  to  ttirougn 

trains;  an-anging  for  special  fast  trains  for  large  cargoes  of  perishable  articles,  and  for  the  receiving 
and  shipping  of  freights  here  direct  from  the  side  of  ocean  vessels. 

They  are  also  preparing  to  enter  upon  a  system  of  branch  lateral  roads  that  ^vill  open  up  to  New 
Orleans  merchants  rich  fields  for  commercial  enterprise.  The  first  of  these  will  be  a  branch  road 
from  Canton  to  Yazoo  City,  which  will  mn  to  the  Mississippi,  opposite  Arkansas  City  &  Monticello 
railroad,  connecting  with  the  Pine  Bluff  &  Little  Rock  road,  and  thence  with  the  road  to  Fort  Smith. 

It  is  to  the  credit  of  the  Jackson  management  that  its  heavy  expenditures  for  rails  and  other  sup¬ 
plies  are  nearly  all  disbursed  among  American  manufactories,  and  that  it  gives  employment  so 
largely  to  Southern  workers,  ninety  per  cent  of  its  30,000  employes  being  of  the  South.  \  ery  soon 
it  expects  to  make  an-angement  with  lines  of  ocean  steamers  for  direct  shipments. 

Morgan’s  Louisiana  and  texas  railroad  and  steamship  company. 

Morgan’s  Louisiana  and  Texas  Railroad,  popularly  known,  with  its  connections,  as  the  Star  and 
Crescent  Route,”  is  one  of  the  oldest,  wealthiest,  most  infiuential  and  best  conducted  of  m  the 
internal  improvements  of  which  the  South  can  boast.  It  is  186  miles  in  length,  all  in  Louisiana 
The  road  runs  from  New  Orleans,  crossing  the  river  via  steam  ferry  to  Algiers,  and  continues  to 
Vermillionville,  with  branches  to  Houma,  Thibodeaux  and  Opelousas,  and  has  a  branch  building 
from  Opelousas  North  to  Alexandria. 

At  Morgan  City  it  connects  with  the  Morgan  Steamship  Line  for  Texas,  where  it  owns  and  con¬ 
trols  eight  splendid  steamships  affording  regular  service  to  Galveston,  Indianolia,  Corpus  Christ! 

and  Brazos  Santiago.  ^  m 

At  Vermillionville  it  connects  with  the  Louisiana  Western  Railroad  running  to  Orange,  iexas, 
Length  of  this  road,  112  miles,  of  which  106  are  in  Louisiana. 

During  the  past  year  the  long-looked  for,  long-prayed  for  direct  railway  connection  between  New 
Orleans  and  Houston,  Texas,  became  a  fait  accotnpli,  since  which  time  it  has  worked  smoothly  and 
prosperously,,  although  three  distinct  corporations  were  interested.  Latterly,  the  Louisiana  Western 
from  Vermillionville  to  the  Sabine,  has  consoRdated  with  the  road  to  Houston.  It  is  needless  to 
expatiate  on  the  signal  advantages  the  opening  of  this  route  has  secured  to  New  Orleans.  The  State 
of  Texas  is  being  covered  witH  railways,  and  the  Star  and  Crescent  route  extending  VT estwardly 
gains  connection  with  the  vast  railway  system  of  that  vast  empire,  and  very  shortly  through  freight 
and  through  passengers  from  the  Pacific  to  New  Orleans  wiR  be  regarded  as  a  very  ordmary  occur¬ 
rence.  In  a  few  months,  at  most  a  continuous  line  of  railway  from  New  Orleans  to  San  Francisco, 
and  from  New  Orleans  to  the  city  of  Montezumas  will  be  among  facts  established. 

LOUISVILLE  &  NASHVILLE  &  GREAT  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD. 

That  vast  system  of  railroads  having  its  headquarters  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio  river  has  also 
extended  its  power  and  infiuence  and  found  firm  lodgement  and  resting  place  for  its  feet  at  the  chief 

port  on  the  gulf.  ’  ^  m  i  ^ 

The  management  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  A  Great  Southern  Railroad,  oneot  the  most  power¬ 
ful  railroad  corporations  in  the  country,  having  by  a  series  of  brilliant  operations  obtained  possession 
of  manv  important  trunk  lines  and  feeders  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Georgia  and  Alabama,  during 
the  past  year  effected  combination  with  the  series  of  roads  that  gave  them  a  terminus  at  New 
Orleans. 


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data  m  sufficient  fullness  is  not  at  hand  to  enable  us  to  say  much  authoritatively 
fnnV  company  s  operations  with  the  New  Orleans  &  Mobile  Division  last  year.  When  they 

t  Wmd^fb’p^^n  after,  owing  to  the  accumulation  of  freight,  and  the  bad  condition  of 

the  road,  the  management  were  considerably  embarassed  to  meet  the  demands  upon  them  But 
they  have  proven  in  every  way  equal  to  the  occasion.  The  road  is  being  relaid^^th  sM  rail7 
propeily  equipped  in  every  particular,  and  the  service  now  rendered  is  prompt,  expeditious  safe  and 
satisfactory.  New  depot  buildings  have  been  erected  at  New  Orleans  and^othe?  points.  Superb 

haf  passenger  cars  and  palatial  sleepers-going  through  from  New  OrleLs  to  Louisville 

nave  been  put  on,  and  per  sequence  travel  is  largely  increasing. 

liberal  freight  tariffs,  and  prompt  and  rapid  transportation  this  road  has  already 
done  much  to  throttle  extortionate  monopolies  and  to  introduce  their  lines  to  popular  consideration 
and  favor.  The  possibilities  of  the  road,  and  the  prospect  of  New  Orleans  in  this  resnect.  are  not 


Jewish  Synagogue. 

grand,  but  they  are  dazzling  in  their  importance  and  time — time  alone  is  needed  to  bring  out 
immeasurable  results.  Already  we  see  the  gathering  strength  of  the  road  in  this  respe.ct.  A  very 
proportion  of  the  trade  between  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Cincinnati,  Louisville  and 
other  Northern  and  Ea^ern  cities  finds  by  this  route  the  most  rapid  and  satisfactory  transit,  and  the 
bulk  of  goods  for  New  Orleans  and  Texas  passes  over  this  line.  The  returning  trade  goes  and  will 
continue  to  go  m  larger  quantities  the  same  way. 

•  Ti^^^  lines  owned  and  operated  by  this  stupendiious  management  are  among  the  most]  important 
in  the  country,  and  their  connections  are  in  every  way  first-class.  The  main  trunk  beginning  at 
Louisville  and  running  through  to  Nashville  has  grafted  on  it  the  following  branches:  Louisville 
&  Nashville  &  Memphis;  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis — from  Hickman,  Ky.,  to  Chattanooga; 
Western  &  Atlantic— from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta;  Nashville  &  Decatur;  South  &  North  Road; 
Mobile  &  Montgomery— with  its  branch  to  Pensacola;  Mobile  &  New  Orleans. 

Stretching  North  from  Louisville  they  own  the  Louisville  &  Cincinnati  Short  Line. 

T  j  Northwest  from  Nashville  they  own  the  St.  Louis  &  Southerstern  road  via  Evansville, 

Ind.;  the  Evansville  &  Terre  Haute,  and  the  Chicago  Eastern  Illinois  roads.  In  reference  to  the 
last  acquirement  the  Banker  and  Broker  of  January  16th,  1882,  has  the  following  to  say: 

;  L9uisville  and  Nashville  parties  yesterday  purchased  a  large  interest  in  the  Chicago  and  East 
Illinois.  Hie  same  parties  had  previously  acquired  a  heavy  interest  in  the  Evansville  and  Terre 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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Haute.  Louisville  and  Nashville  stock  was  a  large  part  of  the  consideration,  making  the  two  lines 
'  mentioned  and  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  practically  one  in  interest.  The  Chicago  and  Last  Illinois 
dnd  Evansville  and  Terre  Haute  will  be  consolidated,  placing  under  one  management  the  most  direct 
line  from  Chicago  to  Evansville,  and  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  bridge  at  this  point  will  give  an  air 
line  from  Chicago  to  New  Orleans,  the  gulf  and  our  Southern  Atlantic  ports  via  the  Louisville  and 
N ashville  system ,  and  the  whole  under  control  of  that  system  with  amplest  terminal  tacihties  at 
(yhicago.  This  connection  with  the  great  provision  of  the  Northwest  did  not  cost  the  Louis¬ 

ville  and  Nashville  anything,  although  the  terminal  facihties  acquired  at  Chicago  alone  are  worth  a 

■  half  million  dollars.” 

I  In  this  connection  we  may  say,  that  owing  to  the  large  increase  in  winter  travel  to  the  South  the 
!  Louisville  and  Nashville  and  Great  Southern  management  have  begun  active  steps  towards  develop¬ 
ing  the  many  beautiful  places  along  the  coast,  between  New  Orleans  and  Mobile,  as  places  of  resort 
;  and  winter  residence  for  people  of  more  rigorous  Northern  States.  Schedules  are  to  be  so  arranged 
and  rates  made  so  low  that  it  is  anticipated  a  large  number  will  come  South  to  a  section  that  is  bles¬ 
sed  with  the  mildest  and  most  enjoyable  winters,  having  the  advantage  of  early  fruits  and  vegeta- 
'  bles,  affording  excellent  facilities  for  fishing,  hunting  and  boating,  and  there  seems  bright  future 
ahead  for  Biloxi,  Ocean  Springs,  Pascagoula,  Mississippi  City,  Pass  Christian,  Bay  St.  Louis,  and 
other  equally  favorable  points  along  that  road. 

^  NEW  ORLEANS  PACIFIC  RAILROAD. 

The  New  Orleans  Pacific  I^ilroad  (controlled  by  the  Texas  Pacific,  otherwise  the  Gould  manage¬ 
ment)  is  now  an  accomplish*  fact,  having  completed  its  line  through  from  New  Orleans  to  Shreve- 
I*  port,  in  January  1882.  The  road  has  branches  also,  to  Opelousas  and  Baton  Rouge  The  total 
:  length  of  the  road,  all  of  which  is  in  the  State  of  Louisiana,  is  three  hundred  and  fifty-five>miles. 

The  New  Orleans  Pacific  has  also  arranged  to  run  a  branch  road  from  Alexandria,  through  More¬ 
house  parish  to  Monroe,  wdiere  it  will  connect  with  a  road  to  be  constructed  by  the  Iron  Mountain 
I  Road  from  Knoble,  on  the  northern  boundry  of  Arkansas  via  Forrest  City,  on  the  Memphis  and  Lit- 
-  tie  Rock  Road,  to  the  Louisiana  line.  The  work  will  be  commenced  so  soon  as  the  New  Orleans  Pa- 
cifie  gets  in  proper  trim  in  Shreveport.  This  will  give  the  long  desired  trunk  line  west  of,  and  par- 

■  allel  with  the  Mississippi,  from  St.  Louis  to  New  Orleans. 

At  Shreveport  this  road  connects  with  the  Texas  Pacific  for  all  points  west  and  reaching  as  far  as 
'  the  Pacific  shore.  Already  through  passengers  from  San  Francisco  have  arrived  at  New  Orleans  and 
the  route  has  been  demonstrated  as  feasible  and  the  ambition  of  Mr.  Jay  Gould  to  have  the  nearest, 
quickest  line  from  California  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  has  already  been  realized. 

The  management  is  now  engaged  in  properlj’  equipping  their  road  at  New  Orleans.  Extensive  de- 
t  pot  buildings  and  warehouses  have  been  erected  in  the  city.  An  incline  plane  for  the  transfer  of  cars 
_hasbeen  omit,  steam  transfer  tugs  and  barges  secured,  connecting  with  their  tracks  at  Gouldsboro — 
a  village  just  opposite  New  Orleans,  at  which  point  also,  extensive  machine  shops  andround  houses 
'  have  been  erected. 

,  NEW  ORLEANS  AND  NORTHEASTERN  RAILROAD. 

TTie  Erlanger  synchcate  is  one  of  the  newest  combinations  that  has  suddenly  taken  hold  of  South¬ 
ern  roads,  here  and  there,  and  is  moulding  them  into  a  wide-reaching  system.  New  Orleans  is  the 
chief  objective  point  so  far,  for  a  Gulf  terminus.  The  Vicksburg  and  Meridian  Road  is  being  laid 
1  by  the  syndicate  with  new  rails;  the  Vicksburg  and  Shreveport  road  is  having  its  grade  raised  from 
the  Mississippi  river  to  Monroe,  La.,  and  contracts  have  been  given  out  for  the  construction  of  the 
road  from  Monroe  to  Shreveport.  These,  however,  are  but  minor  matters  compared  with  the  roads 
t  spoken  of  above .  .  . 

I  The  New  Orleans  and  North  Eastern  Road,  now  being  built  by  Messrs.  Fletcher,  Wessenberg  & 

1  Co.,  contractors,  and  which  will  probably  be  completed  by  the  close  of  1882,  runs  on  a  direct — very 
near  air  line  to  Meridian,  Mississippi.  At  Meridian  it  connects  with  the  Alabama  and  Great  South¬ 
ern  for  Chattanooga,  and  at  Chattanooga  it  connects  with  the  Cincinnati  Southern,  giving,  as  a 
glance  at  the  max)  will  show,  the  shortest  route  from  New  Orleans  to  New  York  and  the  East.  No 
expense  or  skdl  is  to  be  spared  in  making  this  one  of  the  very  best  railroads  in  the  country. 

'  •  PROJECTED  RAILROADS. 

So  many  new  railroads  enterprises  making  New  Orleans  the  local  point  of  interest,  are  projected 
that  it  is  quite  bewildering  to  a  wiiter  who  wishes  to  present  only  what  has  become  fact  or  has  reas¬ 
onable  possibilities  for  success.  However,  since  “where  there  is  so  much  smoke  there  must  be  some 
fire,”  we  take  it  these  are  but  among  the  many  indications  pointing  to  the  magnificent  commercial 
'  future  in  store  for  N ew  Orleans . 

I  Prominent  among  the  enterprises  immediately  affecting  this  city  are  the  following:  Tennessee 
^  Southern  Railroad  Company,  from  Memphis  to  Vicksburg,  organized  in  August,  1881,  and  which  is 
to  be  extended  south  and  be  known  as  the  New  Orleans,  Baton  Rogue,  Vicksburg  and  Memphis  Rail¬ 
road. 

The  Natchez  and  New  Orleans  road,  chartered  by  the  Mississippi  Legislature, 

Evansville,  Jackson  and  New  Orleans  Railroad,  organized  and  incorporated  to  run  from  Evans¬ 
ville,  Indiana,  through  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  to  Jackson,  in  the  latter  State,  where  connection 
will  be  made  with  the  New  Orleans,  St.  Louis  and  Chicago  Road. 

The  extension  of  the  Clinton  and  Port  Hudson  road-  to  Baton  Rouge,  there  to  connect  with  the 
'  New  Orleans  Pacific. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


Extension  of  the  Morgan  Road  from  Vermillionville  to  a  connection  with  the  New  Orleans  Pacific 
at  apoint  near  Alexandna,  (now progressing  steadily,)  and  the  Arkansas  Central  system  opened  in 
the  spring  of  1881,  at  Arkansas  City  on  the  Mississippi,  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  State  This 
has  two  leading  branches,  one  from  Arkansas  City,  northwest,  to  Little  Rock,  via  Pine  Bluff  a  dis¬ 
tance  of  113  miles,-  the  other  ftom  Arkan^  City  directly  west  to  JVIonticello,  fortv  miles,  with  an 

extension  towards  Ourchita  valley  and  to  Texarkana.  The  agency  here  reports  a  large  and  steadily 
mcre^ing  New  Orleans  trade  done  with  the  rich  countiw  this  system  traverses  althoulh  it  is  not  yet 
completed.  The  Little  Rock  and  Fort  Smith  will  doubtless  co-operate  with  it  heartilv  ^ 

The  Gulf  and  Pacific  Railroad  is  the  latest  Richmond  in  the  Ld,but  it  promises  to  prove  of  the 
first  importance.  Even  while  this  work  has  been  in  course  of  preparation  a  powerful  hWn  com¬ 
pany  has  been  fomied  to  give  New  Orleans  additional  connection  with  the  Pacific  coast  and  brina-  her 
nearer  to  the  gold  and  gram  districts  of  the  Northwestern  Territories  ^ 

As  of  special  interest  it  is  pleasant  to  note  the  energetic  efforts  being  made  by  substantial  men  to 
revivify  the  old  Mexican  Gulf  railroad,  that  years  ago  ran  from  the  third  municipality  down  the 
coast  some  thirty-five  miles,  and  tnen  turning  at  aright  angle,  traversed  a  number  of  rich  suRar 
plantations  to  the  Lake  Rorgne  terminus.  The  project  is  in  the’ right  hands. 

Another  local  enterprise  of  the  same  character  is  the  proposed  short  route  from  Mandeville  to 
Abita  Springs.  Ihis  enterprise,  also,  is  under  energetic  and  capable  management.  It  must  succeed 

BANKINCt  facilities  of  new  ORLEANS. 

In  the  brief  financial  history  of  the  United  States,  and  even  m  the  still  briefer  financial  history  of 
New  Orleans,  many  important  events  in  the  banking  business  have  occurred.  We  have  been  blessed 
with  very  few  good  banking  systems  and  cursed  with  very  many  bad  ones,  and  while  now  the  fail¬ 
ure  of  a  bank  causes  astonishment  throughout  the  country,  there  have  been  times — those  insecure 
days  of  the  old  “Wild  Cat”  system,  for  instance— when  more  astonishment  was  felt  if  a  week 
passed  without  several  failures. 

It  would  go  beyond  the  purposes  of  this  work,  however,  to  attempt  a  full  record  of  the  disasters 
and  successes,  the  collapses,  failures,  stampedes,  panics  and  what  not  of  the  past,  relieved  here  and 
there  by  a  recital  of  solid  foundations  laid  and  substantial  superstructures  maintained.  In  general 
we  may  say,  that  m  point  of  numbei  the  banking  institutions  of  New  Orleans  will  compare  favora¬ 
bly  with  other  great  commercial  centers;  in  soundness,  and  in  the  amount  of  business  transacted 
on  the  capital  invested  they  hold  high  rank  with  any  in  the  country;  and  any  one  at  all  observant 
would  naturally  be  struck  with  the  extent  of  the  business  of  this  city,  by  merely  noticing  the 
amount  of  capital  possessed  and  the  prosperity  of  the  banking  institutions;  for  the  advance  of  busi¬ 
ness  is  probably  more  accurately  demonstrated  by  the  growth  of  the  banking  interest  than  by  any 
other  one  standard  that  can  be  followed  with  equal  precision. 

Although  there  are  a  large  number  of  private  banks,  brokerage  fiixns  and  others  having  control 
of  a  large  amount  of  aggregated  capital,  the  leading  banks  of  New  Orleans  are  eleven  in  number- 
all  in  sound  condition,  and  conducting  safe  and  profitable  business.  ’ 

During  the  year,  the  New  Orleans  banks  reduced  their  capital  from  $5,925,000  to  $5,098,700,  but 
the  high  value  placed  on  their  stocks  indicates  a  sound  condition  and  paying  business. 

•  INSURANCE  BUSINESS  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

Another  prosperous  financial  element  m  our  midst  may  be  found  in  the  various  local  insurance 
companies.  Although,  as  compared  with  many  other  cities,  the  rates  are  lower  in  New  Orleans,  yet 
the  vast  amount  of  marine  and  river  risks  swell  the  receipts  to  such  an  extent  that  nearly,  if  not  all 
the  companies  are  making  money. 

Independent  of  foreign  companies  in  this  countr}^— England,  France,  &c.,  aU  of  whom  have 
agencies  in  New  Orleans,  (numbering  forty-four  fire  companies  and  nine  hfe  companies),  there  are 
fifteen  local  New  Orleans  companies,  doing  business  on  an  aggregate  capital  of  $5,650,000;  show¬ 
ing,  as  compared  with  the  previous  year,  that  although  there  has  been  a  small  reduction  in  bank 
stocks,  insurance  stocks  have  increased. 

The  following  statement  gives  the  names  of  the  local  comnanies;  date  of  their  organization,  cap- 
ital  stock,  par  value  of  stock,  and  per  cent,  of  dividends  declared  for  the  year  ending  August  81,  ’81 : 


COMPANIES. 


Crescent . 

Factors’  and 
Firemen’s . 


Traders’. 


Germania . 

Hibernia . 

Home . .’. . 

Hope . .  . 

Lafayette . . 

Merchants’  Mutual . . 

Mechanics’  and  Traders’ . 

New  Orleans  Insurance  Association. 

New  Orleans  Insurance  Company . 

People’s . 

Sun  Mutual . . 

Teutonia . 


Organized.... 

CAPITAL 

STOCK. 

Par  Value... 

Per  Cent,  on 
Stock . 

1880 

400.000 

100 

1866 

1,000,000 

100 

io 

1875 

150,000 

50 

20 

1866 

200,000 

100 

15 

1871 

400.000 

100 

10 

1852 

400,000 

40 

5 

1857 

200,000 

100 

5 

1869 

1.50,000 

50 

10 

1832 

600,000 

100 

10 

1869 

500,000 

100 

18 

1869 

300,000 

30 

10 

1859 

.500,000 

50 

10 

1871 

100,000 

25 

5 

ia56 

500,000 

100 

10 

1871 

250,000 

100 

5 

I 


t 


i' 


f 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


31 


NEW  ORLEANS  STOCK  EXCHANGE.  ^ 

Business  transacted  at  the  Xew  Orleans  Stock  Exchange  for  the  past  year  also  indicates  improve¬ 
ment  and  a  growing  healthfulness  in  “the  value  of  Stato  and  City  bonds.  Of  course,  the  exchange 
deals  in  foreign  stocks  and  securities,  but  in  this  work  we  can  not  take  notice  of  such  operations. 
As  an  evidence  of  improvement,  we  may  say  that  in  September,  1880,  State  7s  were  valued  in  the 
market  at  48@483^c  on  the  dollar  ;  September  1,  1881,  they  had  advanced,  and  were  saleable  at  67c, 
other  State  bonds  showing  a  like  improvement.  In  city  premium  bonds,  for  the  same  period,  the 
appreciation  was  even  more  marked,  ruling  September  1,  1881,  at  711^@71%c  as  against  34^@ 
34^.  This  improvement  in  city  securities  is  attributable  to  the  advance  in  the  value  of  real  estate, 
and  the  assured  certainty  that  all  the  obligations  of  the  city  will  finally  be  paid,  I 

On  the  25th  of  August,  1881,  there  were  .State  bonds  outstanding  amounting  to  $14,200,520,  i 

divided  as  follows:  Old  fundable,  $338,300;  Louisiana  7s,  $11,403,600;  Louisiana  23,  $201,300; 
Louisiana  4s,  $186,150,  and  Louisiana  3s  (Baby  bonds),  $1,296,270.  The  volume  of  State  7s  had 
been  reduced  during  the  year,  $178,00 ).  i 

Of  City  bonds  outetanding,  the  amount  on  the  26th  of  August,  1881,  was  $14,616,501,  of  which  j 

$8,521,820  were  “premium”  and  $4,300,750  were  “consolidated.”  | 

The  sales  at  the  Stock  Exchange,  from  September  1,  1880,  to  August  30,  1881,  inclusive,  were  as 
follows : 


Louisiana  7s . 

Louisiana  .3s  (Babies) 

Premium  Bonds . 

Other  Bonds . . 

Shares  of  Stock . 


S  6,098,800 
.  3,1.'>0,785 
.  ^,592.120 
255,300 
58,898 


VARIOUS  OTHER  INCORPORATED  COMPANIES 

Indicative,  also  of  the  general  prosperity  of  the  city  is  the  hansome  sho\ving  a  majority  of  incor-  | 
porated  companies  are  enabled  to  present.  The  following  tabulated  statement  gives  the  name  of  j 
various  chartered  companies;  date  of  their  organization,  capital  stock,  par  value  of  stock,  and  per  | 
cent,  of  dividends  declared  for  the  year  ending  August  31, 1881 :  ; 


COMPANIES. 


CITY  RAILROADS. 

Carrollton . - . 

Crescent  City . . 

Canal  and  Claiborne  Streets . 

New  Orleans  City . 

Orleans . 

St.  Charles  Street . . . 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Bienville  Oil  Works  Company . 

Crescent  City  Oil  Company . 

Crescent  Ci^  Slaughter-Efouse . 

Carondelet  Canal  and  Navigation  Company . 

Importers’  Bonded  Warehouse . ! . 

Jefferson  City  Gaslight  Company.. . 

Louisiana  Ice  Manufacturing  Company . . 

Louisiana  State  Lottery  Company . . . 

Louisiana  Oil  Company . ! . . 

Levee  Steam  Cotton  Press . . 

Metairie  Cemetery  Association . . 

New  Orleans  Gaslight  Company . 

New  Orleans  Water  Works  Company . 

Planters  Oil  Company . .‘ . 

Sugar  Shed  Compan>' . 

Stern’s  Fertilizer  and  Chemical  Manufacturing  Company 
Southern  Manufacturing  and  Exporting  Company.. . 


n 

s 

N* 

O 

V 

1 

CAPITAL  ' 

STOCK.  .  S- 

c 

Per  Cent,  on 
Stock  . 

1867 

800,000  100 

J 

6  1 

18.6 

.500,000'  50 

6 

1878 

600.000'  100 

... 

1860 

1. 400, 000 i  100 

5  i 

1868 

185,000  50 

8 

1866 

600,000^  50 

91/2  ; 

I 

1871 

155.000'  100 

10 

1876 

200,000  100 

1 

1869 

500,000  .50 

10  ; 

220,000  100 

i 

1867 

200.000  100 

1  ' 

1868 

300,000  100 

.•» 

1868 

412,000  50 

4 

1868 

1.000.000  100 

28  1 

1870 

155,000'  100 

1 

1832 

5.50,000  100 

2 _ : 

1872 

120,000  100 

5  i 

1835 

3,750,000  100 

6^2  i 

1878 

2.000,000  100 

2  i 

1877 

200,000  100 

10  ! 

1869 

180,000!  60 

131/2  ; 

1872 

75,000i  .50 

10 

1881 

2.50,000'  ICO 

1 

...  ! 

Among  the  companies  whose  data  we  did  not  obtain,  were  the  Insurance  Oil  Tank  Company,  i 
Louisiana  Levee  Company,  Mississippi  Valley  Navigation  Company,  New  Orleans  Homestead  Asso-  ‘i 
ci'ition.  New  Orleans  Wrecking  Company,  &c.,  (tc. 

NEW  ORLEANS  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 


R.  S.  Howard,  President  Jos,  Bowling,  Second  Vice-President. 

E  C.  Fenner,  First  Vice-President.  W.  M.  Burwell,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

The^  important  influence  exerted  by  Chambers  of  Commerce  and  Merchants*  Exchanges  upon  the  j 
material  interests  of  the  municipalities  in  which  they  are  established,  and  the  manifold  advantages  ! 
which. accrue  from  such  organizations,  cannot  be  over-estimated  by  manufacturers,  merchants  and 
business  men,  and  may  be  briefly  summed  up  as  follows:  by  joint  and  consorted  action  they  have  a 
tendency  to  foster  and  develop  the  commercial,  manufacturing  and  business  interests  of  a  commu¬ 
nity.  They  serve  to  assist  in  the  removal  of  obstacles,  either  natur.al  or  artificial,  tending  to  impede 
the  city’s  growth  or  progress,  and  maintain  a  vigilant  watch  over  all  schemes  which  may  in  any  way 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


tarnish  the  good  name  or  commercial  honor  of  the  municipality.  They  also  assist  in  adiusting  as 
tar  as  possible  the  controversies  and  misunderstandings  which  are  liable  to  arise  between  parties  en- 
gagecl  in  trade,  avoiding  the  delays  and  expenses  of  litigation  in  the  courts,  and  generally  aid  by  all 
lawful  and  legitimate  means  the  encouragement  and  protection  of  home  interests  of  what  ver  nature 
01  description. 

The  above  old  and  time  honored  institution  has  been  in  existence  nearly  half  a  century  and  it 
would  lequire  a  large  volume  to  give  a  notice  of  even  the  most  prominent  measures  of  public 
interest  which  have  been  instituted  or  promoted  by  the  New  Orleans  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


EXECUTIVE  BUSINESS. 

Cyrus  Bussy, 

Thos  J.  Woodward, 

T.  L.  Macon, 

A.  Schreiber. 

Marshall  J.  Smith. 

APPEALS. 

W  c.  Flower, 

A.  J.  Gomila, 

Wm.  Hartwell, 

C.  H.  Lawrence, 

Wm.  B  Schmidt 


STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
FREIGHT  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

.  G.  Morey, 

Jos.  Bowling, 

Daiud  Jackson, 

J.  J.  Gragard, 

L.  H.  Joseph.. 

COMMERCE. 

D  M .  Kilpatrick, 

Blount  Hudson, 

Forester  Dolhonde. 

Sami.  I  rufant, 

W.  J.  Behan. 


L.EVEE  AND  RIVER  IMPOVEMENTS. 

A.  Thomson, 

W.  G.  Coyle, 

John  Phelps, 

A  H.  Isaacson. 

B.  D.  Wood. 


LEGISLATION. 

Judge  J.  H.  Kenard, 
Thos.  L.  Airey, 
Albert  Baldwin, 

Wm.  M.  Burwell, 

Ed  C.  Fenner. 

«RAIN  AND  WESTERN  PRODUCE. 

F.  Dolhonde, 

Sami.  Trufant, 

.J.  T.  Belknap, 

Wm.  Thomson, 

W.  H.  Matthews. 


IMMIGRATION. 

A.  K.  Miller. 
Silas  Weeks, 

C.  A,  Whitney. 

E.  J.  Hart, 

F.  Rickert. 


MANUFACTURES. 

H.  D.  Coleman, 

L.  H.  Joseph, 

R.  M  Montgomery, 

Hugh  Flynn, 

Philip  Werlein. 

lo  those  acquainted  with  our  city's  trade,  it  will  be  seen  at  once  that  the  officers  of  this  commer¬ 
cial  body,  represent  the  highest  element  governing  our  city's  material  business  success;  The  varied 
and  tireless  duties  of  the  Presidency  have  fallen  by  acclamation  of  the  board,  upon  the  hands  of  Mr 
R.  S.  Howard  Mr.  How’ard's  identification  with  the  best  advancements  of  our  city,  and  his  broad 
executive  quaHfications,  with  the  great  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  our  commercial  world  could 
not  better  express  its  hold  upon  the  feelings  of  our  merchants  than  in  extending  to  him  this 
important  post.  The  Chamber  numbers  among  its  members  many  of  the  most  substancial  busi¬ 
ness  men  of  New  Orleans. 


!  ^  NEW  ORLEANS  PRODUCE  EXCHANGE. 

;  The  New  Orleans  Produce  Exchange  is  an  innovation  of  the  past  eighteen  months.  It  came 
:  modestly  into  existence,  and  against  the  predictions  of  a  few  has  already  established  itself  on  a  firm 
and  enduring  foundation,  and  is  prepared  whenever  the  opportunity  arises,  for  organizing  a  grain 
market  on  a  large  scale.  This  of  course  will  depend  greatly  upon  theVolume  of  grain  business  to^be 
drawn  from  the  West — from  Texas,  New  Mexico  and  California.  Considered  apaid  from  these  antici¬ 
pations  of  the  future,  the  Exchange  has  materially  benefited  the  business  of  the  city  already.  To  a 
considerable  extent  it  has  overcome  the  narrow'^  policy  of  personal  rivalry,  which  accepted  losses  to 
gratify  individual  malice  and  jealousy.  To  some  extent  it  has  brought  our  market  into  harmony 
with  those  of  the  West,  following  the  reasonable  fluctuations  in  prices  at  the  centres  whence  come 
our  supplies  of  breadstuffs  and  provisions,  and  thus  maintained  a  position  in  which  it  was  prepared 
to  complete  with  other  exporting  ports  in  the  open  markets  of  the  world.  To  fully  accomplish  this 
power  of  competition  is  the  mission  of  the  Produce  Exchange  It  recognizes  that  whatever  of  great¬ 
ness  New  Orleans  is  to  achieve,  must  be  in  the  amount  of  its  imports  and  exports,  rather  than  in  its 
interior  trade. 

Conditions  favorable  to  this  are  multiplying  and  they  are  in  great  measure  due  to  the  indefatigable 
I  efforts  of  Col.  E.  K.  Converse,  the  Ex-President,  and  Mr.  W.  M.  Smallwood,  Secretary  of  the  Pro- 
■  duce  Exchange.  It  is  gratifying  to  observe  that  the  volume  of  our  business  has  resumed  the  pro¬ 
portions  of  1859 — 60  before  the  war,  and  1869 — 70  after  the  war,  and  the  course  henceforth  is  on- 
1  ward  and  upward. 

I  •  COMMERCE  OF  NEW  ORLEANS  FOR  i88i. 

Before  entering  upon  the  details  of  the  commercial  movements  in  this  city  for  the  year  ending 
September  1,  1881,  some  considerations  of  a  general  nature  are  proper.  We  have  already  spoken 
of  the  benefit  resulting  from  the  recent  establishment  of  a  Produce  Exchang'e,  but  a  still  more  im¬ 
portant  commercial  stride,  in  the  same  period,  was  the  opening  of  a  market  for  sale  of  cotton  for 
future  delivery  by  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange.  Elsewhere  we  speak  at  length  of  this  power¬ 
ful  institution  but  the  interests  of  all  commercial  branches  in  New  Orleans  are  so  identified  and 
interwoven  with  the  cotton  trade  it  is  quite  impossible  to  separate  them.  The  future  delivery  feature 
was  a  bold  movement  of  the  Cotton  Exchange.  Many  predicted  its  failure — but  time  has  demon¬ 
strated  not  only  the  wisdom  of  the  attempt,  but  its  triumph.  The  “Future  Room”  of  the  New 
Orleans  Cotton  Exchange  is  a  fair  rival  of  the  “Future  Room''  of  the  New  York  Exchange.  Nearly 
all  the  Southern  States  are  operating  now  in  this  market,  and  this  is  attracting  capital  from  every 
quarter,  besides  retaining  at  home  vast  sums  of  money  which  were  formerly  sent  to  New  York  for 
^  investment.  It  has  stimulated  the  cotton  trade  of  this  city  to  ^  wonderful  extent  in  every  way 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


33 


It  has  attracted  supplies  which  otherwise  would  have  been  marketed  elsewhere,  and  thus  drawn  to 
this  center  buyers  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  because  here  stocks  are  greatest  in  variety  and  volume. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  present  power  of  the  Cotton  Exchange,  as  a  commercial  body,  is  due 

to  the  facilities 
which  it  offers 
for  the  sale 
and  purchase 
of  futures. 

Moreover,  in 
the  marketing 
'  of  cotton  there 
was  a  gratify¬ 
ing  augmenta¬ 
tion  in  the 
number  of 
bales  handled 
here,many  sec¬ 
tions  which 
were  not  exact¬ 
ly  tributary  to 
Xew  Orleans 
sending  their 
products  here 
to  swell  the 
volume  of  our 
spot  supply. 
No  doubt  this 
was  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  the 
superior  a  d- 
vantages  to  be 
obtained  here 
over  all  other 
markets.  Un¬ 
equalled  cot¬ 
ton  supeiwis- 
ion,  rendering 
waste  almost 
impossible,  un¬ 
surpassed  cot- 
t  o  n  c  0  ni- 
presses,  f u 1 1 
market  values 
by  reason  of 
abundant  buy¬ 
ers  drawn  here 
because  of  the 
amplitude  in 
he  assortments 
for  s  a  le,  a 
plentitude  of 
ocean  ton¬ 
nage,  easy 
freights,  and 
financial  facili¬ 
ties  equal  to  all 
requiremen  t  s, 
were  irresisti- 

Clirist  Church.  forces  in 

favor  of  Xew  Orleans  and  have  already  established  its  reputation  as  the  largest  and  best  cotton 
market  in  the  world. 

Prior  to  1860  the  Y alley  States  used  this  port  almost  exclusively  as  an  outlet  for  their  staple  pro¬ 
ductions.  But  since  then  the  changes  in  our  labor  system,  and  in  our  local  political  governments, 
along  with  the  culmination  of  the  railroad  power  of  the  North  and  West,  has  wrought  a  revolution 
in  our  commerce  and  its  methods.  The  diversions  of  the  railroads  lost  to  us  the  outgoing  trade, 
which  is  apparent  to-day  To  the  change  in  the  labor  system  is  chiefly  attributable  the  steady  de¬ 
cline  in  our  interior  trade.  While  we  do  not  hope  to  recover  this  interior  trade,  for  reasons  that 
will  be  assigned,  we  confidently  believe  the  volume  of  foreign  business  will  not  only  be  recovered 
but  very  largely  augmented.  TlJie  methods  of  the  cotton  business,  for  instance,  have  altered  very 


34  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


materially.  In  former  years  the  relations  of  the  factor  to  the  planter  were  most  intimate  and  interde' 
p^denh  The  factor  supplied  the  planter  in  every  way.  He  was  the  planter's  private  banker,  upon 
whom  the  planter  drew  for  eveiy  requirement,  from  the  pins,  needles,  dry  ^oods  and  wines  for  the 
household  to  the  baiTeled  pork  and  smoked  meats  for  the  negro  quarters.  Now  country  merchants 
in  villages  and  at  cross-roads  have  to  a  large  extent  taken  the  place  of  the  planter  in  regard  to  sup¬ 
plies  consumed  by  the  laboring  population.  There  is  no  bnger  a  state  of  interdependence  between 
the  pmnter  and  the  factor ;  nor  has  any  such  condition  of  interdependence  arisen  between  the  factor 
and  me  country  merchant.  Formerly  there  was  no  competition  between  Western  and  Southern 
merchants  in  the  furnishing  of  plantation  supplies.  It  was  all  in  the  hands  of  the  Southern 
merchant  on  the  warrant  or  order  ot  the  cotton  factor:  but  the  country  merchant  of  to-day  is  differ¬ 
ently  placed.  Thoroughly  independent,  it  has  been  his  policy  to  bring  the  Southern  merchant  into 
direct  competition  with  the  Western  dealer  and  producer  in  order -to  furnish  the  planter  on  the  most 
favorable  terms,  and  being  on  the  spot  to  watch  and  protect  such  crops  as  the  planter  may  make,  he 
is  enabled  to  protect  himself  and  those  from  whom  he  receives  his  credits,  whether  of  factors  or 
Western  supply  merchants.  In  this  competition  the  Southern  produce  merchant  has  suffered. 
Small  lots  are  still  ptu'chased  here,  but  the  large  lots  elsewhere.  Thus  we  see  a  decline  in  the  hand¬ 
ing's  by  the  city  receiver,  while,  in  foct,  the  volume  of  Southern  consumption  has  actually  increased. 
Of  course  there  are  exceptions  to  this  trade  tendency,  but  they  are  points  inaccessible  to  the  West, 
or  represent  periods  when  our  local  markets  decline  below  those  of  the  West. 

Having  in  the  manner  described  lost  much  of  the  interior  trade  in  provisions,  it  is  worthy  of  in¬ 
quiry,  whether  it  is  possible  for  this  port  to  regain  any  portion  of  the  foreign  trade  it  once  had  in 
stapfe  hog  products. 

Hog  packing  is  now  reduced  to  a  science.  So  perfect  are  the  methods  that  American  meats, 
fashioned  after  English  cuts,  are  now  handled  in  England  as  English  productions.  The  time  was 
when  no  meats  were  cured  except  in  the  winter  months,  but  now  it  is  done  equally  well  in  summer 
and  winter,  and  the  cure  so  complete  that  the  production,  following  the  increasing  supply  and  pro¬ 
duction  of  grain,  is  beginning  to  keep  company  with  grain  in  its  movement  this  way,  and  into 
warm  climates,  thus  demonstrating  the  possibility  of  not  only  foreign  movements  through  our 
Southern  ports  equal  to  or  greater  than  in  former  years,  but  persons  are  not  wanting  who  believe  in 
the  possibility  of  manufacturing  meats  right  here  in  New  Orleans.  If  meats  can  be  cured  in  the 
West  when  the  normal  temperature  is  100  degrees,  by  the  use  of  artificial  means  to  reduce  it,  such 
persons  claim  that  it  will  be  hard  to  assign  a  reason  why  hog  packing  might  not  be  profitably  pur¬ 
sued  in  New  Orleans  under  a  normal  temperature  of  from  30  to  50  degrees.  We  readily  understand 
j  the  objection  will  be  raised  that  the  supply  of  hogs  cannot  be  obtained,  but  that  is  by  no  means 
j  certain,  for  as  fine  hogs  can  be  raised  in  the  South  as  anywhere.  All  of  North  Louisiana,  the  past 
j  year  produced  its  own  hog  crop.  Moreover,  the  shipments  of  hogs  on  barges  from  Southern  Mis- 
j  souri,  from  Illinois,  at  Cairo,  from  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Arkansas — corn  producing  States — 

!  would  be  quite  as  economical  as  from  distant  points  in  Wisconsin,  Nebraska  and  Minnesota  to 
!  Chicago.  This  inay  be  looking  a  long  way  into  the  future,  but  it  is  among  the  possibilities  of  the 
1  future  for  enlarging  the  foreign  trade  of  tHs  port.  Certainly  the  meat  supphes  of  the  South  increase 
I  and  the  demands  for  Western  production  increase.  Enlarged  railroad  facilities,  ramifying  into 
I  Texas,  Arizona,  Nebraska,  Kansas,  New  Mexico,  Colorado,  the  Indian  country,  and  other  sections, 

;  drawing  this  way  increasing  supplies  of  grain,  will  also  require  an  outlet  for  meats.  Grain  sections 
I  always  produce  meats,  and  the  transfer  route  for  the  one  vdll  be  the  route  for  the  other .  W e  repeat  our 
I  iuqmry,  can  we  have  a  foreign  demand  for  meats?  Who  will  care  to  say  no?  We  never  say  no 
j  to  any  commercial  possibility.  Certain  it  is  that  the  islands,  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America 
I  are  becoming  educated  to  the  use  of  hog  meats,  while  experience  has  already  proven  that  lard 
i  especially,  at  a  freight  on  a  parity  -with  New  York  would  prefer  this  route  to  accompany  cargoes  of 
I  cotton  and  grain  to  English  and  Continental  markets. 

j  DOMESTIC  EXPORTS  TO  FOEEIOX  COUNTRIES. 

Data  for  all  kinds  of  merchandise  received  at  this  port  are  not  obtainable  though,  we  have  already 
given  the  value  of  produce  imported  during  the  year  ending  August  31,  1881,  from  the  Mississppi 
valley  and  the  interior,  $153,387,850.  But  these  estimates  are  exclusive  of  the  jobbing  trade  in  dry 
goods,  hardware,  furniture,  and  of  many  articles  of  farm  and  garden  production,  of  which  no  records 
have  been  preserved,  and  of  which  further  along  we  have  to  make  our  own  estimates.  The  records 
of  the  foreign  export  and  import  of  the  trade  of  the  port,  however,  will  be  found  in  the  following 
figures : 

Total  Imports . $  1 2,860,073 . 

T otal  Exports . .  1 04, 1 50,450 

The  imports  of  foreign  products  and  manufactures  into  this  port  from  August  1,  1880  to  July  31, 
1881,  was  $5,232,825. 

The  following  is  a  comparative  statement  of  the  imports  and  exports  for  the  years  of  1878,  1879 
and  1880: 

Imports  for  1878,  were  $11,433,420;  1879,  $10,915,642;  1880,  $10,842,254. 

Exports  for  1878,  were  $85,368,466;  1879,  $96..335,880:  1880,  93,335.880. 

Total  for  1873,  $96,801,186:  1879,  $107,251,522;  1880,  $104,178,134. 

NEW  ORLEANS  AS  A  COTTON  SlARKET. 

The  cotton  trade  of  Ne\y  Orleans  is  so  vast  in  extent,  combine^so  many  different  interests,  and 
exerts  such  powerful  influence  on  all  branches  of  business  in  the  city,  it  is  quite  a  difficult  undertak- 


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35 


ing  to  clearly  and  perspicuously  set  forth  its  vaiied  features.  This  difficulty  will  be  the  more  appa¬ 
rent  when  it  is  stated  that  there  are  no  less  than  ninety-one  firms  engaged  in  cotton  factorage;  fifty- 
i|  three  firms  of  direct  cotton  buyers,  to  say  nothing  of  the  scores  of  brokers,  speculators,  and  agents 
V  or  representatives  of  houses  from  other  American  and  foreign  cities  who  operate  on  ’Change;  cotton 
compresses,  thirty-two;  cotton  pickeries,  eleven ;  cotton  manufactories,  two  in  operation  and  one  other 
in  course  of  construction ;  six  cotton  seed  oil  manufactories ;  three  cotton  ginneries ;  four  cotton  gin 
I  dealers  and  two  cotton  press  dealers;  all  of  whom  are  more  or  less  interested  in  the  market. 

\  While  we  endeavor  to  detail  each  of  these  interests  in  proper  place,  we  do  not  claim  for  our  cal¬ 
culations  exactness,  to  the  cent;  to  ascertain  that  would  require  the  purse  of  Fortunatus,  and  in¬ 
quisitorial  powers  far  greater  than  any  possessed  by  the  Pope  of  Rome,  the  King  of  Naples,  or  the 
Emperor  of  all  the  Russias,  or  all  of  them  combined,  but  simply  to  state  facts  from  the  published  rec- 
c  ords;  facts  that  come  within  our  range;  facts  which  might  be  noticed- by  almost  any  person  of  ordi¬ 
nary  intelligence,  meeting  with  them  as  they  do,  on  every  thoroughfare  of  the  metropolis  with 
convincing  proof,  establishing  our  claim,  that  New  Orleans  is  already  the  greatest  cotton  market  on 


the  globe. 


NEW  ORLEANS  COTTON  EXCHANGi:. 


Towards  the  end  of  the  year  1870  the  advisability  of  organizing  a  Cotton  Exchange  in  New  Or¬ 
leans  was,  for  the  first  time,  seriously  agitated  by  the  cotton  merchants  of  this  city,  but  the  difficulties 
that  stood  in  the  way  were  considered  so  great  that  the  originators  of  the  enterprise  became  almost 
disheartened.  While  the  benefits  that  "were  to  accrue  from  the  establishment  of  the  Exchange  were 
duly  recognized,  yet  the  various  interests  in  the  cotton  business  were  so  opposed  that  quite  a  number 
of  practical  men  were  positive  that  the  Exchange,  even  if  begun,  could  not  last  long  enough  to  ac¬ 
complish  any  good. 

The  different  interests  in  the  cotton  trade  to  be  served,  were  planters,  factors,  shippers,  spinners 
and  speculators.  The  planters  and  factors  desired  higher  prices.  While  the  latter  did  not  object  to 
the  market  ruling  at  the  beginning  of  the  season  at  barely  remunerative  figures,  "mth  a  view  of  its 
exhibiting  a  general  upward  tendency  subsequently,  thereby  preventing  losses  and  ensuring  uninter¬ 
rupted  prosperity,  yet,  as  a  class,  they  desired  high  prices  as  much  as  did  the  planters.  Indirectly  the 
brokers  were  alike  interested  with  the  factors  and  planters,  for  the  higher  the  prices  the  greater  their 
brokerage.  The  shippers  were  generally  interested  in  low  prices.  If  trade  was  prosperous  and 
shipments  paid  a  certain  advance  per  pound  they  could  often  derive  as  much  profit  from  cotton  cost¬ 
ing  fifteen  cents  per  pound  as  they  could  if  it  ruled  at  home  at  twenty- five  cents  with  a  similar  ad¬ 
vance  per  pound  oir  foreign  markets. 

So,  these  circumstances /iro  and  con,  being  duly  considered,  January  24,  1871,  a  number  of  prom¬ 
inent  merchants  consulted  together  and  prepared  a  constitution  and  by-laws  for  organization  and  gov¬ 
ernment  of  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange. 

The  document  was  circulated  among  the  business  men  of  the  city  eligible  to  membership,  and  Feb¬ 
ruary  1st  the  requisite  number  of  signatures  having  been  obtained  a  meeting  of  the  subscribers  was 
held  in  the  room  of  the  Life  Association  of  America,  February  7  the  following  officers  were  elect¬ 
ed:  E.  H.  Summers,  of  Summers  &  Brannins,  President;  Fred.  Schroeder,  Vice-President;  Isaac 
Scherck,  of  Alcus,  Scherck  &  Autey,  Treasurer;  Chas.  Eglinger,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Direct¬ 
ors;  Directors,^  Chas.  Cavaroc,  Henry  Abraham,  John  Williams,  John  Chaffe,  J.  E.  Valle,  Samuel 
Simpson,  and  Geo.  Wigg.  Subsequently  the  following  committees  were  appointed:  Membership, 
Trade,  Information  and  Statistics,  Classification  and  Quotations.  Credits.  Finance,  and  a  Board  of 
Areals. 

February  12,  the  Hancock  Club  Rooms  were  occupied  by  the  Exchange.  February  20,  Mr.  H.  G. 
Hester  was  elected  superintendent. 

Februa^  20,  at  12  m..  the  Exchange  was  duly  opened  for  business.  Congratulatoiy  telegrams 
were  received  from  the  Louisville  Board  of  Trade,  Chicago  Union  Merchants  Exchange  and  other 
commercial  bodies. 

The  first  operation  in  futures  was  effected  by  Charles  Holland,  broker,  to  W.  J.  Salter,  of  10} 
bales  for  March  delivery,  on  the  basis  of  low  middling  atl3%  cents. 

Telegraph  wires  were  brought  in  the  meeting  room,  and  operators  were  present  to  transmit  mes¬ 
sages  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  bulletin  boards  contained  the  latest  gold  and  cotton  dispatches 
from  New  York  and  Liverpool,  and  all  the  marine  and  river  arrivals  up  to  the  hour  of  meeting. 

President  Summers  at  the  meeting  of  this  Exchange,  took  occasion  to  say  that  more  especially 
smce  the  war,  the  united  efforts  of  our  cotton  factors  and  buyers  have  been  needed  to  reduce  the 
charges  on  cotton  to  the  lowest  possible  figures  in  order  to  prevent  successful  competition  for  our 
trade  from  other  quarters,  and  that  the  question  of  freights  and  other  expenses  for  moving  the  staple 
from  the  time  it  left  the  plantation  until  it  reached  the  final  point  of  destination,  required  attention. 
The  advice  was  not  unheeded,  for  the  Exchange  immediately  set  to  work  to  remedy  the  evils  that 
had  crept  into  the  cotton  trade. 

The  “future”  sales  were  made  known  each  day  and  brokers  who,  before  had  refused  to  disclose 
how  much  of  the  staple  they  had  bought  for  their  principals,  were  compelled  to  discontinue  their 
practices  of  concealment.  The  good  effects  that  were  expected  to  result  from  the  establishment  of 
the  Exchange  soon  manifested  themselves  in  various  ways.  One  of  the  principal  wants  tRat  had 
been  experienced  by  the  cotton  men  was  the  establishment  of  a  fixed  New  Orleans  standard  for 
classification.  The  Exchange  appointed  a  committee  to  investigate  the  matter,  and  subsequently 
types  were  exhibited  in  the  Exchange,  which  were  generally  approved  by  the  trade.  The  sales  at 


36 

INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

the  Exchange  rooms  were  not  as  well  attended  in  the  beginning  of  its  liistory  as  the  more  enthusi¬ 
astic  members  desired,  but  they  began  to  attract  the  attention  of  strangers.  Speculators  in  New 
York  or  elsewhere  who  wished  to  speculate  either  for  a  rise  or  a  faU,  or  spinners  who  desired  to  pur¬ 
chase  for  future  delivery,  were  enabled  to  readily  effect  their  object  in  New  Orleans  as  in 
New  York  or  Liverpool.  The  moderate  business  for  forward  delivery  formerly  done  in  this  market 
for  the  greater  part  embraced  sales  of  cotton  in  transit  from  the  interior  or  from  other  Gulf  ports, 
and  such  transactions  were  omitted  in  the  market  reports.  Under  the  auspices  of  the  Exchange 
this  business  assumed  a  much  more  important  phase,  and  soon  attracted  the  attention  of  both  specula¬ 
tors  and  brokers. 

However,  the  most  important  innovation  made  in  the  cotton  trade  by  the  Exchange  was  the  cotton 
Supervision  Ser\dce,  which  was  instituted  in  1874,  under  Mr.  John  Phelps’  administration.  Major 
T.  0.  Sully  was  appointed  chief  supervisor  of  the  Press  Supervision  Service  and  although  the  service 
met  with  very  serious  opposition  from  certain  persons  who  were  engaged  in  handling  the  bales,  and 
who  had  been  deriving  considerable  benefit  from  the  careless  manner  in  which  it  was  conducted, 
the  press  owners,  on  the  other  hand  favored  the  system  and  with  their  assistance  it  was  made  a 
success. 

The  duties  of  the  supervisor  were  to  report  all  infractions  of  the  regulations  of  the  Exchange  and 
to  make  monthly  reports  of  all  “loose”  cotton  made  in,  and  the  number  of  bales  stored  and  delivered 
by  each  press.  He  was  aided  in  his  labors  by  assistant  supervisors,  one  of  whom  was  stationed  at 
each  cotton  press  in  the  city,  and  has  under  him  from  three  to  seven  men  each.  The  supervisors 
have  charge  of  all  the  loose  cotton  made  in  the  presses,  and  when  a  suflficient  quantity  of  it  is  obtained 
they  are  required  to  have  it  baled  and  kept  subject  to  the  order  of  the  owner.  The  weight  of  samples 
taken  out  by  the  factors  and  brokers’  classers  is  limited  to  six  ounces  per  bale,  and  cannot  be  taken 
from  the  press  until  it  is  weighed  by  the  assistant  supervisor.  A  record  is  kept  of  these  weights,  and 
a  certificate  given  to  the  sampler  whenever  required  by  the  factor.  Classers  and  the  buyers’  inspec¬ 
tors  are  compelled  to  exhibit  certificates  from  their  principles  in  order  to  make  their  inspections. 
Classers  are  only  allowed  three  assistants  and  a  marker,  in  any  one  press  at  a  time.  The  buyers’ 
inspector  is  not  only  required  to  exhibit  a  certificate  of  his  authority,  but  he  is  also  required  to  replace 
all  cotton  taken  from  the  bales  while  boring. 

The  Exchange  also  increased  the  importance  of  the  inspection  system  by  organizing  in  1874,  the 
Levee  Inspection  Service.  The  duties  incident  to  this  department  are  “to  protect  from  theft  all  cot¬ 
ton  on  the  levee,  whether  landed  from  steamers  or  railroads,  in  process  of  shipment  or  in  transit 
through  the  city;  to  see  that  cotton  whilst  being  landed  or  in  the  process  of  shipment,  is  properly 
cared  for,  protected  from  the  weather  and  kept  out  of  the  mud,”  &c.  Special  attention  therefore 
is  given  to  the  protection  of  the  staple  from  the  levee  thieves,  who  in  previous  years  were  quite  a 
numerous  gentry.  The  inspectors  are  required  to  inform  the  Captains  of  vessels  of  the  impropriety 
of  receiving  cotton  whenever  it  is  being  taken  onboard  in  a  condition  which  renders  it  liable  to  dam¬ 
age  upon  the  voyage,  or  to  damage  other  cotton  near  which  it  is  to  be  stored.  In  case  such  cotton 
has  been  taken  on  board  any  shipper  by  such  vessel  can  receive,  upon  application  to  the  Exchange, 
a  certificate  setting  forth  the  facts  of  the  case. 

The  inspectors  are  also  required  to  make  daily  reports  of  the  weather,  of  the  condition  in  which 
cotton  is  delivered  to  the  various  vessels,  and  its  condition  when  on  board,  whether  wet  or  dry  and 
whether  it  became  so  by  being  rained  on  or  rolled  in  the  mud.  The  chief  inspector  is  specially  re¬ 
quired,  when  a  vessel  clears  at  the  custom  house,  to  draw  up  a  certificate  to  be  countersigned  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Exchange,  setting  fourth  the  condition  in  which  the  cargo  was  taken  on  board. 
This  certificate  is  forwarded  to  the  consignees  at  the  port  of  destination. 

In  February,  1871,  the  Exchange  numbered  one  hundred  and  fifty  members.  February,  25th,  the 
yearly  dues  were  fixed  at  $100,  at  which  figures  they  have  remained  ever  since.  In  1872  the  initia¬ 
tion  fee  was  placed  at  $100  and  a  change  made  in  the  charter  providing  that  each  member  who  had 
paid  his  initiation  fee  be  presented  with  one  share  of  stock.  In  May,  1873,  the  Exchange  was  regu¬ 
larly  incorporated.  The  charter  was  again  changed  in  June,  1876,  the  initiation  being  fixed  at  $100, 
dues  $100  per  annum,  requiring  each  member  to  be  the  holder  of  one  share  of  stock  in  his  own  name; 
the  price  of  stock,  if  purchased  from  the  Exchange,  being  fixed  at  par  value.  This  pro\’ision  has 
prevailed  ever  since  with  the  exception  that  in  June,  1880,  the  par  value  of  the  stock  was  raised  to 
$200,  the  number  of  the  shares  being  reduced  from  one  thousand  to  five  hundred,  thus  keeping  the 
capital  at  the  old  figure,  $100,000. 

THE  NEW  EXCHANGE  BUILDING. 

The  Exchange  rooms  are  situated  at  the  corner  of  Carondelet  and  Gravier  until  the  fall  of  1871, 
when  the  building  at  the  corner  of  Gravier  and  Varieties  Alley,  was  completed  and  rented  to  the 
Exchange  for  $4,000  per  annum.  At  the  last  annual  meeting,  in  view  of  the  immense  increase  in 
the  business  of  tbe  Exchange,  it  was  determined  to  construct  a  building  that  would  not  only  be  com¬ 
modious  throughout,  but  also  a  model  of  architectural  beauty  This  was  the  first  step  towards  the 
erection  of  the  building  now  being  constructed  at  a  cost  of  $400,000,  and  which  will  be  one  of  the 
finest  and  handsomest  buildings  in  the  country.  The  plan  of  the  building  was  designed  by  Mr. 
Walters,  an  architect  of  Louisville,  and  was  selected  by  the  committee  out  of  fifteen  plans  sub¬ 
mitted.  It  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Carondelet  and  Gravier  streets,  and  will  be  four  stories  high, 
120  feet  in  depth  and  78  feet  in  width.  The  style  of  architecture  is  Renaissance.  The  ground  floor 
will  be  occupied  by  the  Exchange  room— a  hall  110  feet  long,  50  feet  wide  and  30  feet  high,  with  a 
gallery  for  visitors.  At  the  rear  of  this  hall,  and  extending  back  to  Varieties  Alley,  will  be  the 
future  room,  where  the  future  sales  will  be  conducted.  A  vestibule,  20  feet  wide,  will  occupy  the 


37 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

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the  front  corner,  and  at  its  rear  end  will  be  the  elevator.  Behind  this  will  be  located  appropriate 
offices  for  the  superintendent  and  his  assistant,  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  committees .  An  eleva¬ 
tor  will  be  built  to  the  rear  of  these  rooms,  and  stairs  ■v\dll  lead  from  Varieties  Alley  to  the  upper 
stories.  A  wide  hall,  extending  the  whole  length  of  the  building,  will  be  the  chief  feature  of  the 
second  story.  The  floor  at  the  comer  of  the  alley  and  Gravier  street  will  be  occupied  by  bathrooms 
and  closets.  The  third  and  fourth  stories  are  designed  for  offices,  and  as  an  indication  of  the  pros¬ 
perity  in  store  for  the  Exchange  it  may  be  mentioned  that  every  available  office  was  rented  by  wide¬ 
awake  business  men  before  the  building  was  commenced.  The  architectural  ornamentation  of  the 
building  is  to  be  lavish  in  the  extreme;  mullioned  windows,  oriels  and  dormers,  mouldings  and  en-  I 
tabulators  over  the  windows  and  rococo  ornament.  The  building  will  have  a  Mansard  roof,  in  the  i 
center  of  which  will  be  a  large  dormer  window.  Over  the  gable  surmounting  the  Carondelet  street 
entrance  will  be  two  minature  cotton  bales  sculptured,  and  over  the  uppermost  gable  will  be  the 
seal  of  the  State.  The  building  will  be  constructed  of  beautiful  white  stone  from  quarries  in 
Indiana.  At  the  time  the  Exchange  determined  to  erect  this  building,  the  stockholders  consented 
to  the  issuance  of  bonds  bearing  six  per  cent,  interest  to  the  amount  of  $150,000  in  order  to  secure 
money  for  its  erection  But  later  developments  established  the  fact  that  this  was  unnecessary,  as 
the  Exchange  was  fully  able  to  control  the  amount  required  for  the  construction  of  the  building. 

.  The  following  are  the  present  officers  of  the  Exchange:  T.  L.  Airey,  President:  A.  J.  R.  Lan- 
dauer,  Vice-President:  Ad.  Schrieber,  Treasurer;  Henry  G.  Hester,  Secretary  and  Superintendent. 

R.  C.  Kerr,  Assistant  Superintedent.  Directors.— T.  D.  Miller  H.  A.  Frederick,  John  Phelps,  Gilbert 
Green,  Gyms  Bussey,  J.  S..  Meilleur,  A.  Brittin,  Wm.  Muller,  L.  C.  Jurey,  Ferd.  Marks,  R.  M^ 
Walmesley  and  Chas.  E.  Black. 

THE  COTTON  TRADE  FOR  1881.  j 

Remarks  on  the  fluctuation  in  quotations  and  the  varied  conditions  of  'he  market  throughout  the  I 
year  are  not  altogether  appropriate  in  a  work  like  this,  our  chief  aim  being .  give  general  results.  The  ; 
business  of  our  port  therefore,  will  be  best  shown  by  the  statement  that  th(;  ales  of  spot  cotton  dur-  ! 
ing  the  year  amounted  to  1 ,382,385  bales .  The  sales  of  futures  to  10,115,800  b  ’es.  and  the  number  of  ! 
bades  delivered  on  contracts  to  51,800  bales.  The  receipts  and  the  sources  from  whence  they  were  | 
derived  are  shown  in  the  following  table; 


lSSO-81. 

1879-80. 

Red  River . 

186,585 

144,616 

129.456 

17,706 

Ouachita  River . 

152.1G7 

24,205 

■423.210 

Arkansas  River . 

Jackson  Railroad . 

401,5.37 

7.956 

Morgan’s  Railroad . 

103.250 

MisiTissippi  River . 

96,661 

1 

787,778 

Total  Net . .  . 

6,678 

1 ,489,049 
167,277 

Mobile.  viaL.  &  N.  and  Steamer . . . 

9,409 

72,5.30 

Galveston  . 

.56,620 

53 

Florida,  etc . 

2,070 

Total  Gross . . . . 

1,879,593 

1,712,999 

'Hie  following  tabulated  statement  showing  the  total  crop  of  cotton  for  the  United  States  for  a 
series  of  years,  with  the  receipts  at  New  Orleans,  and  the  value  of  the  same  for  each  year,  indicates 
also,  that  New  Orleans  handles  about  one-third  of  the  entire  crop  of  the  country: 


Total 

Crop 

Ba  es. 

Receipts 
at  New 
Orleans. 

Average 
Price  per 
Pound. 

Total  Yal. 

X.  0. 
Receipts. 

1867-68 . 

2  430  893 

221/;: 

,*8  68  51 0  487 

1868-69 . 

2  260  .557 

841,216 

1  207  3.3.3 

25^4 

22 

1414 

1944 

98  825  025 

1869-70  . 

3  114  .592 

120  129  683 

1870-71 . . . . 

4, .347 ,066 

2  947  351 

l,5i8.136 

1  AAT  ni1 

101,015,874 

OJ.  47^ 

1871-72 . 

1872-7.3  . 

.3  903  .503 

1  3R9 

18 

1514 

116  168  472 

1873-74. . 

4  170  388 

1  .322  006 

94  5.30  000 

1874-75 .  . 

3,827,845 

4  7.32  31 3 

1  143  .59.5 

xof  /2 

141/4 

187.5-76 .  . . 

1  581  938 

a‘*/2 

11  5  ir> 

9M  4n‘> 

1876-77 .  ' 

4  474  069 

1  388  067 

lo% 

11  15  16 

Qf;7  4A9 

1877-78 .  ...  . 

4  773  865 

1  689  67.5 

82  067  .544 

1878-79 .  . 

5  074  1.55 

1  438  ,567 

10  1-16 

70  720  908 

1879-80 .  . 

5  761  2.52 

1  728  252 

121/^ 

Qnr  ftHi 

1880-81 .  ■  . 

6,611,000 

1,879, .593 

11 

99,035,7.55 

THE  NEW  ORLEANS  COTTON  PRESS  ASSOCIATION. 


•T.  C.  Dexnfs,  President.  H.  D  Hopkins.  Secretarj^  and  Treasurer. 

•  Office,  No.  167  Gravier  Street. 

This  Association  was  started  in  1881,  and  formed  for  twenty-five  years.  The  estimated  warehouse 
or  storing  capacity  of  the  presses  comprising  this  organization  during  the  year  is  2.200,000  bales  of 
cotton,  while  the  compressing  capacity  is  over  12,000  bales  per  day.  The  machinery  used  is  all  new 


38  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

• - ^ _ L- _ _ _ _ _ 

and  of  the  best  improved  patterns,  with  steam  wederes  and  steam  pullers.  Mr.  J.  C.  Dennis,  the 
President,  is  well  known  among  our  business  men  for  enterprise  and  sterling  integrity.  Mr.  H.  D. 
HopkiM  IS  the  efficient  and  trustworthy  secretar>’  and  treasurer,  and  this  Association  is  undoubtedly 
well  officered.  The  following  first-class  presses  comprise  this  well  known  organization,  to-wit: 

Alabanm  and  Factors’  Presses,  S.  Hayward,  proprietor;  Atlantic  Press,  M.  J.  Zunts  A  Co.,  pro¬ 
prietors;  Canal  Street  Press,  J.  C.  \an  Wickle,  proprietor;  Cooper  s  Press,  S.  C.  Coulon,  proprietor; 
Crescent  City  Press,  A.  P.  Ma^on,  proprietor;  Fire  Proof  Press,  J.  P.  Moore,  proprietor;  Intema- 
j  rional  Press,  A.  J.  R  Landauer,  president;  Jackson  Press,  O'Brien  &  Co.,  proprietors;  Kentuckj* 
Press,  Keenan  and  Slawson,  proprietors;  Levee  Steam  Press.  J.  C.  Dennis,  president;  Louisiana 
I  Press,  E.  K.  Brj^ant,  proprietor;  Liverpool  Press,  Johnston  &  Randolph,  proprietors ;  Natchez  Press, 
j  C.  J.  Meyer,  propnetor;  Orleans  Press,  Boyd  &  Herrick,  proprietors;  Penn's  and  Hunter's  Presses, 

:  Parker  and  Pitcher,  proprietors;  Planters’  Press,  Herndon  &  Krumbhaar,  proprietors;  Pelican 
;  Press,  Boyd  A  Herrick,  proprietors;  Shippers'  Press.  Boyd  A  Hemck.  proprietors;  Southern  Press, 

:  H.  B.  Steers,  proprietor;  Ten-ell’s  Press,  R.  Tenell,  propnetor;  Virginia  and  Mississippi  Presses, 

:  Lewis  A  Lynd,  proprietors. 

PRESSES  NOT  IN  THE  ASSOCIATION. 

Commercial  Press,  Smith  &  G-oldsmith,  proprietors;  Empire  Press,  Warren  Ewen,  proptoirer; 
Wood’s  Press,  J.  C.  Van  Wickle,  proprietor. 

THE  GRAIN  TRADE. 

;  One  of  the  commercial  marvels  of  the  age  is  the  immense  grain  trade  of  New  Orleans.  In  the 
I  last  few  years  it  has  suddenly  grown,  and  -\vith  such  remarkable  rapidity  the  per  centum  of  increase 
I  does  not  fall  short  of  the  wonderful.  Hitherto,  New  Orleans  was  celebrated  as  the  great  cotton  and 
I  sugar  market  of  the  country,  but  we  opine  few  cities  of  the  world  could  exhibit  such  radical  change 
I  in  so  short  a  time,  as  is  shown  in  her  grain  trade.  Prior  to  the  war.  New  Orleans  had  no  export 
!  trade  of  bulk  grain  whatever.  Shipments  of  grain  were  made  in  sacks  and  barrels,  and  the  greater 
part  of  exports  went  to  New  York,  Boston  and  other  coast  line  cities,  only  a  small  proportion 
going  direct  to  foreign  ports.  Since  the  war,  and  up  to  a  few  years  ago,  the  Mississippi  nver  had 
I  ceased  to  be  the  outlet  for  the  great  grain  trade  of  the  Northwest,  and  thereupon  Chicago  and 
I  other  lake  cities  grew  rich  and  fat  and  sleek  and  saucy. 

I  But  at  length  there  came  a  change — a  sudden,  rapid,  hitherto  unexpected  change,  and  Chicago, 

:  metaphorically  speaking,  quaked  in  her  boots.  The  completion  of  Ead’s  jetties  opened  up  New 
Orleans  to  access  by  immense  ocean  facilities.  Next  followed  the  highly  successful  establishment  of 
I  the  Anchor  Line  of  steamboats  and  grain  barges  from  St.  Louis  to  New  Orleans;  barges  constructed 
;  so  as  to  afford  wonderful  tonnage,  weU  ventilated,  and  enabled  to  cai-ry  grain  at  a  minimum  charge 
;  so  verj’  low  it  made  railroad  competitors  sick  to  think  of  it.  Rapid  transit  ceased  to  be  so 

,  much  of  an  object  with  shippers  as  low  freights.  One  steamboat  was  enabled  to  tow  or  con- 

i  voy  whole  acres  of  heavily  loaded  barges  whose  cargoes  were  sufficient  to  fill  hundreds  of 
:  cars.  The  course  was  down  stream,  natural,  easy — just  as  the  river  seeks  the  sea.  Chicago 

j  grew  more  and  more  alarmed.  It  is  even  hinted  that  she  suiTeptitiousIy  endeavored  to 

I  ^tagonize  the  raih-oad  and  river  iuterests,  and  offered  various  reasons  against  the  further 
:  improvement  of  the  Mississippi.  This,  however,  seems  needless.  Even  allowing  Chicago  un- 
j  disputed  sway  m  the  region  she  claims  as  her  own.  New  Orleans  can  prosp-r  without  trench- 
:  ing  upon  one  foot  of  her  domain.  To  say  nothing  of  the  many  millions  of  bushels  of  grain 
i  from  California  that  must  seek  outlet  here  when  the  railroad  lines  thither  are  completed.  New  Or- 
I  leans  has  another  section  to  draw  upon,  whose  resources  are  beyond  computation  and  quite  inex- 
i  haustible.  West  of  St.  Louis  and  along  the  Missouri  river,  along  the  headwaters  of  the  Kansas, 
Nebraska,  Big  Sioux  and  other  tributaries  far  away,  there  stretches  an  unbroken  field  of  golden  and 
waving  grain,  and  all  that  belt  of  land  due  west  to  the  Pacific  has  the  same  soil  and  climate  and  affords 
the  same  productions.  These  territories  are  but  just  entered  upon,  and  although  20,000  miles  of 
railroad  already  intersect  their  plains,  fifty  years  of  rapid  emigratfon  will  scarcely  develop  more  than 
j  a  portion  of  their  vast  resources .  And  yet  every  steamer  that  plows  their  waters,  and  everj- rail- 
!  road  laid  in  their  valleys,  will  head  toward  the  Mississippi,  and  contribute  to  still  further  augment 
I  the  tr^de  that  must  ever  sweep  down  with  the  current  through  the  New  Orleans  gateway,  thence 
I  to  the  gulf  and  to  the  sea. 

Nor  IS  this  merely  the  enthusiastic  view  of  the  writer,  for  the  chamiels  of  communication  which 
I .  are  contributing  to  this  end  were  long  since  established,  and  the  general  train  of  influences  conflrm 
i  them  in  this  direction.  It  is  but  a  part  of  that  happy  destiny,  that  measureless  development 
I  marked  out  for  our  valley  on  the  finger-board  of  nature,  and  is  almost  inevitable.  These  views  are 
j  endorsed  by  many  of  the  most  sagacious  grain  merchants,  and  they  are  already  girding  on  the 
armor  of  preparation  to  meet  these  new  demands  and  to  carry  forward  their  business  to  that  leading 
station  to  which  it  is  tending  steaddy  and  surely.  Enlarged  capacities  in  the  way  of  elevators, 
warehouses,  etc.,  are  being  effected^  and  these  are  evidences  that  certainly  point  to  reasonably 
I  anticipated  advancement,  rather  than  to  stationary  condition — much  less  to  letrogression. 

Agents  from  many  foreign  cities  are  constantly  here,  seeking  consignments,  while  a  number  of 
:  firms  have  resident  buyers  stationed  at  New  Orleans;  but  so  healthy  is  the  condition  of  the  market 
I  that  usually  there  is  reluctance  on  the  part  of  merchants  to  comply,  consequenjtly  much  of  the  grain 
j  that  is  shipped  from  New  Orleans  is  sold  before  it  leaves  the  port.  And  with  this  view,  we  proudly 
!  point  to  our  grain  interests  as  one  of  the  grandest  proofs  of  New  Orleans'  commercial  success, 
attained  and  -attainable. 


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’  The  river  receipts  of  bulk  grain  at  New  Orleans  grew  from  66,000  bushels  of  wheat  in  1870,  to 
Tji  the  very  formidable  figures  of  15,762,664  bushels  of  wheat,  corn  and  rye  in  1880,  as  per  the  fol- 
'  lowing  table: 


IE* *  YEAR. 

Bushels 

Wheat. 

Bushels 

Coni. 

Bushels 

Eve. 

Bushels 

Oats. 

Total. 

66,000 

66,000 
.312.077 
1,711,039 
1,. 37.3.969 
1,423.046 
.308, .578 
1,744,379 
4,101,853 
5,449,603 
5,804,294 
14,430,586 
15,762,664 

1 R71  .  . . 

.309,077 

1,711,039 

1,373,969 

1,047,794 

172,617 

1,7.37.237 

.3,578,0.57 

2.8.57.0.56 

3,000 

1873 . . 

. 

10,000 

1874 .  . 

,365,252 
185,961 
37,142 
.351,453 
1 .876.(5.39 

1875  .  . 

1878  . 

1877 . 

171,84.3 
607,041 
272, .504 
6.3.704 
45,243 

108,867 

.30,928 

1879  .  . 

1,901,929'  3,.598,832 

5,2.54.805|  9,112,077 

6..523,747  9,193,674 

1^0 . : . 

1881  . . . 

The  total  actual  receipts  for  1881,  including  local  consumption,  were  6,774j492  bushels  of  whea^ 
and  10,059,094  bushels  of  com.  Of  other  grain  aud  feed  stuffs  we  give  the  following:  Oats — 
j  receipts,  570,280  sacks;  shipments,  7,065  sacks.  Bran — receipts,  128,588  sacks;  shipments,  10,519 
sacks.  Hay — receipts,  210,616  bales;  shipments,  2,851  bales. 
t  The  exports  of  bulk  grain  in  1879-80  were  made  on  186  steamships  and  138  sailing  vessels;  in 
1  1880-81  they  required  228  steamships  and  1 16  sailing  vessels. 

The  value  of  white  sack  corn  on  the  levee  ranged  from  52c  per  bushel  m  January  to  $1  per  bushel 
I  in  August.  Oats  were  quoted  as  low  as  37c  per  bushel  in  November.  1880  and  as  high  as  60c  per 
'  bushel  in  August  1881.  Bran  ranged  from  70c  in  September,  1880,  to  $1.50  in  August,  1881.  Hay, 
prime  article  opened  at  $17  in  September,  1880,  advanced  to  $80  in  April,  1881,  and  dropped  down 
\  to  $16@21  in  August,  1881. 

TUE  FliOUK  TRADE. 

^  The  flour  trade  has  undergone  some  radical  changes  of  late.  In  1880  New  Orleans  had  a  fair 
j  amount  of  business  with  Cuba,  and  some  trade  with  the  ports  of  the  Atlantic  seaboard.  There  was 
^  then  some  competition  in  the  Gulf  carrying  trade,  and  that  enabled  our  merchants  to  compete  with 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  and  Baltimore  in  the  Havana  market,  but  subsequently  a  regular  line  of 
.  steamers  was  entered,  and  that  drove  the  New  Orleans  steamships  out,  and  thereafter  freights  were 
t  soon  advanced  to  approximately  double  the  rates  charged  on  shipments  from  New  York  to  Havana, 
i  In  this  way  the  goose  that  laid  the  Havana  egg  was  killed  outright,  and  in  a  little  while  all  com- 
'  munications  with  the  island  of  Cuba  were  practically  suspended.  The  records  do  not  show  that  a 
I  barrel  of  flour  from  New  Orleans  went  to  Havana  during  1881,  though  it  is  probable  some  property 

*  reached  that  market  from  New  Orleans  through  some  of  the  Gulf  ports.  As  compared  with  1880 
^  the  total  movement  to  the  islands  of  Cuba  and  other  foreign  Gulf  ports  for  1881,  shows  a  decline  of 
^  nearly  35  per  cent.  There  was  some  increase  in  the  shipments  to  the  islands  further  down  the  Span- 
j  ish  main,  to  make  up  for  the  loss  of  trade  with  Havana.  Shipments  to  Atlantic  ports  have  also 
y  fallen  away  to  almost  nothing,  but  f?he  coastwise  shipments  materialy  increased  About  50,000  bbls. 

went  to  Florida,  and  it  is  probable  a  large  proportion  of  these  Florida  shipments  were  for  the  Havana 
market.  On  the  other  hand,  a  large  increase,  amounting  to  about  90  per  cent,  is  reported  in  the 
^  shipments  to  trans- Atlantic  ports.  Details  of  this  movement  are  given  below,  so  far  as  they  relate 
;  to  foreign  ports. 

I  The  local  trade  in  flour  has  been  a  dragging  one  in'the  main  It  has  diminished  in  volume  and 
I  been  materially  less  valuable  to  receivers  than  in  former  years,  the  competition  of  the  West  having 
been  sharp.  There  seems  to  be  a  steady  dimunution  in  the  distribution  to  the  interior,  which  during 
.  -1881  was  compensated  for  by  an  increase  of  about  25  per  cent,  in  coastwise  business.  However,  the 
4*  total  movement,  foreign  and  coastwise,  shows  a  decline  of  234  PGi'  cent.,  approximately.  In  respect 
to  prices,  the  lowest  point  touched  was  in  the  beginning  of  the  year,  the  market  with  the  exception 
j  of  a  break  in  December,  steadil}’  gaining  strength  and  closing  the  year  $1.60  higher  than  in  the 
j  previous  September.  The  average  I'or  the  entire  year  was  $5.75  for  choice,  and  $6.10  for  fancy 
..  grades. 

The  total  shipments  for  1879-80  were  147,420  bbls;  total  for  1880-81  120,589  bbls. 
l'  There  are  ten  wholesale  firms  dealing  in  flour,  besides  a  large  number  of  commission  houses. 

*  CORN  MEAL. 

Our  records  show  a  decline  in  the  receipts  and  distribution  of  corn  meal  of  about  25  per  cent  as  will 
be  seen  in  the  following  figures:  for  1879-80  stock  on  hand  September,  was  4,255  bbls;  received  from 
the  West,  158,496  bbls;  total  supply,  162,751  bbls;  stock  at  close  of  year,  2,135  bbls;  total  distribu- 
I'  tion,  160,616  bbls. 

r*  For  1880-81  stock  on  hand  September  1,  was  2,135  bbls;  received  from  the  West,  115,448  bbls; 
|i^  total  supply,  117,583  bbls;  stock  at  close  of  year,  1,650  bbls;  total  distribution,  115,933  bbls. 

|v  The  foreign  and  coastwise  shipments  were  11,428  bbls  in  1880-81  against  7,656  bbls  in  1879-80 
i  The  largest  receipts  were  in  the  months  of  February,  March,  April  and  June,  and  the  largest  exports 
,  in  October,  November,  December,  February  and  March.  The  fluctuations  in  prices  have  not  been 
.  so  marked  as  in  other  years,  the  lowest  range  being  $2,-30  and  the  highest  $4.70. 


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!  THE  PROVISION  TRADE. 

No  0113  can  realize  the  changed  relations  ot  this  market  in  respect  to  provisions  better  than  the 
New  Orleans  merchant.  In  the  period  of  ten  years,  immediately  preceedmg  the  inter-State  war  the 
j  receipts  of  barreled  pork  averaged  261,000  bbls  per  annum.  In  the  period  of  ten  years  immediately 
I  following  the  war  they  averaged  109,000  bbls  per  annum.  Since  then  the  decline  has  been  steady 
and  irresistible. 

I  It  will  be  observedthen  that  there  has  been  a  steady  decline  in  these  receipts  of  these  leading  staples. 

I  In  1879-80  the  per  centage  of  decrease  was  less  than  in  other  years,  there  being  in  that  year  a  small 
I  gain  in  lard  and  packed  meats,  but  in  an  estimate  of  pounds  for  all  the  articles  named  it  will  be  found 
!  there  was  an  aggregate  decline.  The  year  1879-80  was  exceptionally  active  in  all  branches  of  trade, 
i  and  low  prices  for  meats  stimulated  the  consumptive  demand  which  "had  to  be  met.  The  year  under 
review,  1880-81,  was  no  exception  to  the  declining  tendencies  mentioned.  As  compared  with  1879-80 
i  pork  fell  off  about 35  per  cent.;  packed  meats  333^  per  cent,  in  casks  and  25  per  cent,  in  boxes;  lard 
16  per  cent,  in  tierces,  and  30 per  cent,  in  kegs;  and  hams  16  per  cent  The  unly  exception  in  the 
!  list  was  meats  received  in  bulk;  in  which  there  was  an  increase  of  approximataly  36  per  cent.  Heavy 
i  as  was  this  increase  in  bulk  meats,  the  decline  in  total  pounds  of  all  the  articles  named  exceed 
I  12,000, (  00  pounds. 

!  The  prices  of  pork  for  1879-80  were  as  follows;  lowest,  $9.00;  highest,  $16.'' 0.  For  1880-81.  low- 
j  est,  $13.25;  highest,  $20  00 

i  The  prices  for  bacon  were  for  1879-80;  shoulders,  lowest,  3^c;  highest,  63^c;  clear  rib,  lowest, 
j  o34c;  highest,  93^'c;  clear,  lowest,  51^0;  highest,  lO^^c.  For  1880-81,  shoulders,  lowest,  b}sc-, 
i  highest,  8,^^8C;  clear  nb,  lowest,  7^c;  highest,  ll%c;  clear,  lowest  8c;  highest,  ll^c. 

I  Dry  salt  meats,  1879-80 -lowest,  d^c;  highest,  7^c.  Dry  salt  meats,  1880-81— lowest,  dl^c; 

I  highest,  6c. 

;  Sugar  cured  hams,  1879-80 — lowest,  8c;  highest,  123^c.  Sugar  cured  hams,  1880-81 — lowest,  9c; 

:  highest,  1434  c. 

'  Refined  lard  in  tierces,  1879-80  —  lowest,  6>^c;  highest,  914c.  For  1880-81 —lowest,  8%; 

I  highest,  1234c. 

THE  SUOAR  T15ADE. 

I  The  sugar  trade  of^  New  Orleans  is  on  the  upward  march.  The  crop  of  1880-81  was  the  largest 
since  the  season  186(1-61,  and  turned  out  satisfactory  to  the  planters  both  as  to  amount  and  quality. 

:  The  total  crop  was  218,314  hhds. 

I  Plantation  statistics  show  an  increase  of  twelve  vacuum  pans  over  the  preceding  season,  making 
I  a  total  of  120  in  operation,  producing  (not  including  the  city  refineries)  75,850  hhds.,  or  98,932,819 
I  lbs.  of  sugar  and  4,168,039.66  gallons  of  molasses.  This  was  the  largest  crop  of  refined  sugar  and 
I  molasses  ever  made  in  the  State. 

There  were  1,144  sugar  houses  in  operation,  an  increase  of  33  over  the  preceding  year.  Of  the 
whole  number,  871  used  steam  and  273  horse  power,  and  altogether  they  produced  218,314  hhds.,  or 
I  272,982,899  lbs.  of  sugar  and  4-5,255,029.76  gallons  of  molasses.  The  average  net  weight  of  the 
j  hhd.  was,  refined  sugars,  1,285  lbs.;  brown  sugars,  1,220  lb.s.,  and  the  average  gauge  of  molasses 
I  was  45  gallons  to  the  barrel. 

In  the  city  there  are  10  firms  ot  sugar  factors,  12  sugar  dealers  exclusive  wholesale,  57  wholesale 
j  grocers  dealing  in  sugars,  and  1,190  wholesale  and  retail  grocers.  The  total  annual  sugar  and 
I  molasses  trade  of  New  Orleans,  estimated,  amounts  to  $22,944,908.  This  is  exclusive  of  the  city 
i  refineries  which  properly  come  under  the  head  of  manufactures. 

THE  RICE  TRADE. 

The  rice  market  of  New  Orleans  has  chang^  veiy  considerably  in  its  character  within  the  past 
few  years.  Indeed,  it  was  onl}'  during  the  past  few  years  that  rice  has  been  grown  largely  in 
Louisiana, — principally  along  the  Mississippi  river  and  its  bayous.  While  growing  it  requires  irri¬ 
gation,  which  is  supplied  in  abundance  by  those  streams.  A  species  of  upland  rice  is  also  raised, 

!  which  requires  no  irrigation,  but  calls  for  more  careful  culture.  The  rice  crop,  on  lands  adapted  to 
j  its  culture,  is  considered  to  be  more  remunerative  than  sugar. 

I  The  receipts  at  New  Orleans  for  Hie  season  1880-81  were  443,773  sacks  of  rough  rice  and  29,537 
j  bbls.  of  cleaned  rice.  The  rough  rice  reduced  to  clean  made  192,945  bbls.,  showing  the  total  crop 
j  marketed  to  have  been  222,482  bbls.;  add  amount  kept  on  plantation  for  seed  and  consumption  (say 
15,000  bbls.)  and  the  total  crop  was  237,482  bbls  of  clean  rice  of  239  lbs',  net  each,  averaging  $9.75 
per  bbl.  for  the  season,  aggregating  in  value  $4,317,459.50,  including  products  of  the  city  mills. 

THE  LEAF  TOBACCO  TRADE. 

The  tobacco  market  of  New  Orleans  was  one  of  paramount  importance  in  the  early  commer¬ 
cial  history  of  the  city.  Thirty,  forty,  even  fifty  years  ago,  the  greater  portion  of  the  immense 
tobacco  crops  raised  in  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Ohio  found  an  outlet  to  the  sea  at  New 
Orleans.  In  1852  the  imports  into  New  Orleans  from  the  interior  ran  as  high  as  89,655  hhds.,  and 
these  figures  were  maintained,  but,  of  course,  varying  with  the  seasons,  up  to  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war.  The  war  coming  on  and  for  years  after  the  unsettled  condition  of  the  South  added  to  the 
building  of  railroads  to  the  East,  ad  interim,  turned  the  channel  in  the  direction  of  New  York, 
Brooklyn  and  Baltimore.  The  unnaturalness  of  this  course,  however,  is  beginning  to  dawn  on  the 
minds  of  planters  and  shippers,  and  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  predict  that  the  now  greatly  increased 
crops  of  the  “weed’'  will  come  down  to  New  Orleans  as  in  the  “flush  days  of  the  Republic.’’ 


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St.  Anna’s  Asylum. 

arge  factories,  especialy  in  Ohio  and  New  York,  and  out  of  our  necessities  was  built  up  one  of  the 
argest  productive  interests  in  the  Northern  country.  But  the  smart  Y ankee  could  not  let  well  enough 
done.  He  began  tinkering  vuth  his  dairy  products,  adulterating  here  and  coloring  there,  until  at 
ength  out  of  the  womb  of  his  ingenuity  was  brought  forth  two  nondesci*ipt  substitutes,  yclept  oleo- 
nargarine  and  lardine.  It  therefore  causes  us  to  smile  over  the  fact  that  the  Yankee  has  taught  us  a 
rick.  We  have  seen  his  oleomargarine  and  his  lardine  and  can  go  him  one  better.  Within  the 
)ast  year  there  has  been  established  in  New  Orleans  a  ‘‘  hutterhie  factory.  ”  The  products  of  this 
«ncem  have  already  largely  supplanted  the  oleomargarine  and  lardine  products  of  the  North  and 
vVest,  and  we  might  also  add  of  daily  butter  from  the  same  sources.  New  Orleans  butterine  being  of 
jxcellent  quality,  superior  to  Western  products  of  like  character,  and  by  a  large  line  of  consumers 
•egarded  with  as  much  favor  as  the  ordinary  “dairy’’  grades. 

In  regard  to  the  trade  in  Northern  products  for  l^O^l  we  may  say  fine  goods  command  the  bulk 
)f  business.  Dairy  goods  are  cautiously  touched  by  buyers,  who  require  a  strictly  pure  article, 
;lassing  prime  to  choice,  vdth  good  flavor.  Oleomargarine  and  lardine  have  had  fair  sale,  but  the 
lemand  generally  has  declined,  as  buyers  conclude  that  property  of  this  description  has  been  sent 


The  quality  of  Western  tobacco  grown  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  etc.,  and  brought  to  this  market 
-s  of  course,  heavy  grade,  and  is  consumed  principally  in  portions  of  France  and  Germany.  Ship- 
uents  have  been  retarded  to  some  extent  by  the  scarcity  of  tonnage,  but  the  increased  facilities 
ifforded  by  improvements  in  the  Mississippi,  and  the  very  rapid  augmentation  of  the  shipping  in  the 
oast  few  nionths,  will  lead  in  the  near  future,  to  a  very  large  expansion  of  the  tiwle. 

Set  down  in  round  numbers  the  tobacco  business  of  New  Orleans  will  reach  $4,500,000  per  annum. 
This,  however,  includes  both  importation  and  exportation  of  native  leaf:  importation  of  manufac- 
;ured  tobacco  and  cigars,  and  manufactures.  The  business  of  this  latter  class  is  detailed  elsewhere. 

Thus  the  tobacco  trade  of  the  city  is  quite  diversified,  and  includes  the  operations  of  several 
tranches.  There  are  five  tobacco  factorage  firms,  and  eleven  finns  engaged  in  the  wholesale  cf 
x)bacco,  exclusively.  These  sales  and  commission  houses  deal  in  the  natural  leaf  in  all  its  grades 
ind  vanties — from  the  veriest  “trash”  on  through  better  qualities  of  “lugs’’  and  “leaf.”  In  this 
3ranch  ma^’  also  be  included  the  operations  of  speculatoi-s,  both  home  dealers  and  foreign  buyers, 
)f  whose  transactions  we  have  no  authoritative  data,  but  all  of  which  adds  to  the  grand  bulk  of 
msmess  in  this  line. 

THE  BUTTER  AND  (  HEESE  TRADE. 


As  a  market  both  for  the  consumption  and  distribution  of  butter  and  cheese.  New  Orleans  has  for 
nany  years  been  a  green  spot  in  the  memory  of  the  farmer  who  dwells  among  the  fat  pasture  lands 
')f  the  North.  Before  the  war  very  few  farmers  or  planters  in  the  South  made  any  butter,  and  the 
dea  of  a  cheese  factory  never  entered  their  heads.  In  consequence  this  led  to  the  establishment  of 


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here  freely  on  commission  to  accept  low  figures  rather  than  break  prices  at  the  factory.  Shippp 
should  note  the  necessity  of  sending  only  first-class  stock,  which  can  always  be  handled 
advantage. 

THE  COFFEE  TRADE, 

Cotfee  is  an  article  of  importation  in  which  ^Tew  Orleans  stands  third  among  the  ports  of  the  Unit( 
btates.  New  1  ork  coming  first  and  Baltimore  second.  Prior  to  the  war  this  market  was  one  of  gre 
importance,  New  Orleans  being  the  port  of  distribution  to  the  vallev  of  the  Mississippi  and  mu( 
of  the  Ohio  Valley  and  tributary  sections,  and  therefore  supplied  the  greater  part  of  the  demai 
thi-oughout  the  country.  But  as  in  ten  thousand  other  different  ways,  the  South  suffered  in  th 
conflict.  Her  ports  were  closed,  her  trade  departed,  her  commercial  flag  was  furled.  New  Yo 
was  the  Moloch  which  fattened  its  maw  on  her  misfortunes.  New  York  was  the  mselstrom  th 
swallowed  up  everything. 

At  length  reaction  set  in.  The  revival  in  our  coffee  trade  began  in  1879—80,  when  the  total  su 
ply  reached  252,460  bags,  aggregating  38,403,600  pounds,  against  144,471  bags,  aggregating  2> 
115,360  pounds  for  1878-79.  This  was  a  very  handsome  increase,  but  the  year  of  1880-81  show( 
receipts  of  356,031  bags,  aggregating  55,764,960  pounds— an  increase  of  about  100  per  cent,  in  tv 
years.  In  this  calculation  we  estimate  the  bags  as  averaging  160  pounds  each,  whereas  130  poun 
each  is  customary. 

The  large  supply  given  above  is  yet  below  the  real  amount,  as  large  cargoes  are  shipped  Nort 
ward  under  bond,  without  shovdng  to  the  credit  of  New  Orleans  on  the  books  of  the  Custom  Hous 
New  Orleans,  indeed,  has  become  a  port  of  entry  in  coffee,  even  for  other  large  markets  claimii 
to  import  direct,  in  consequence  of  the  facihties  offered  for  economioal  handling,  and  for  cheap  ai 
speedy  transportation  to  various  points  in  the  interior.  The  increase  in  receipt  is  not  confined  aloi 
to  Brazil  (or  Rio),  but  Mexican  products,  and  those  of  Maricabo  and  other  South  American  coast  lii 
ports  are  increasing  in  shipments. 

The  total  money  value  of  the  New  Orleans  coffee  trade  taking  all  grades  and  averaging  prices 
cargo  quotations  will  reach  in  round  numbers,  $7,000,000  per  annum.  At  this  rate  New  Orleans 
pushing  Baltimore  closely  and  will  soon  stand  in  the  ranks  next  to  New  York. 

There  are  in  the  city  exclusive  of  a  host  of  Coffee  brokers  and  rehandlers,  six  exclusive  wholesa 
coffee  firms  and  291  commission  and  wholesale  dealers. 

THE  SALT  TRADE. 

New  Orleans  is  the  greatest  salt  market  in  this  country,  outranking  in  this  respect  both  New  Yoi 
and  Baltimore,  the  two  most  prominent  markets  on  the  Atlantic  seaboard.  The  article  itself 
such  an  absolute  necessity,  that  the  wonder  has  often  been  expressed  where  does  it  all  come  fror 
Liverpool,  Turk’s  Island  and  some  of  the  wells  situated  principally  in  Ohio  and  West  Virginia,  fn 
nish  the  bulk  of  this  article  consumed  m  this  country,  but  the  two  former  are  dealt  in  more  extensive 
by  New  Orleans.— The  fact  that  gentlemen  of  undoubted  probity  and  substantial  resources  ha^ 
control  of  the  Salt  market  in  New  Orleans,  should  be  an  inducement  to  all  buyers  in  the  South  ai 
West  to  come  to  this  city  for  their  supplies.  The  facilities  for  importation  are  unequalled,  and  i 
we  have  before  remarked,  salt  is  often  brought  as  ballast  in  ships  coming  from  Livei'pool  for  cotto: 
and  is  sold  on  the  levee  at  New  Orleans  even  cheaper  than  in  Liverpool  itself.  This  fact,  added 
low  rates  of  freight  to  the  interior;  and  rapid  transportation  assure  cheapness,  dispatch  and  securii 
to  the  buyer. 

Noting  the  business  for  1881 ,  there  is  a  decided  increase  in  the  imports  as  compared  with  188 
the  receipts  333,686  sacks,  being  nearly  equal  to  the  total  receipts  of  the  season  of  1879.  T1 
average  price  per  bushel  throughout  the  year  was  seventy  cents,  and  the  total  amount  of  busine 
aggregated  more  than  a  quarter  milHon  of  dollars.  In  the  city  there  are  three  firms  exclusi^ 
wholesale  salt  dealers,  who  control  the  bulk  of  trade,  though  there  are  also  a  large  number  of  agen 
and  brokers  doing  their  share. 

Mention  should  be  made  here  that  Averj^'s  island,  near  New  Iberia,  Louisiana,  covers  a  quarry  > 
solid  rock  salt,  as  white  as  marble  and  containing  ninety-nine  one-hundredths  of  sodium  chlorid 
almost  pure  salt.  The  mining  of  this  salt  is  in  successful  operation,  and  much  of  the  product 
marketed  in  New  Orleans.  The  extent  of  the  deposit  is  not  known,  but  it  is  supposed  to  be  ine; 
haustible. 

NAVAL  STORES. 

The  steady  improvement  in  the  market  for  naval  stores  in  our  city  is  due  to  greater  facihties,  c 
well  as  lower  rates  of  freight  to  the  interior,  enabling  New  Orleans  to  compete  favorably  with  ar 
of  the  Northern  markets.  The  estabhshment  of  additional  lines  of  steamers  to  Europe  will  soo 
restore  the  foreign  freight  room,  of  which  the  introduction  of  steam  lines  temporarily  deprived  oi 
by  monopohzing  the  more  lucrative  freights  and  thus  dispensing  with  a  large  number  of  sai 
ing  vessels. 

The  superiority  of  New  Orleans  over  any  one  Southern  market  hes  m  the  fact  that  she  may  1 
said  to  be  situated  in  the  midst  of  the  “turpentine  orchards”  of  the  South.  Not  only  does  si 
draw  supplies  from  the  “Piney  regions”  of  Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Florida,  but  directly  undt 
her  control  are  the  products  of  the  pine  flats  of  the  parishes  of  St.  Tammany,  Washington,  Tang 
pahoa,  Livingston,  St.  Helena  and  Calcasien,  and  the  pine  hills  of  Catahoula,  Grant,  Natchitoche: 
Rapides  and  Vernon.  The  forest  growth  throughout  this  entire  section  is  magnificent  long-let 
pine — the  yeUow  pitch  pine  of  commerce,  and  which,  on  account  of  its  abundance  and  its  adaptt 
tion  to  almost  all  purposes,  is  the  most  valuable  timber  tree  in  the  State.  Besides  yielding  tai 


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'  itch,  rosin  and  turpentine,  it  famishes  one  of  the  most  valuable  species  of  lumber  known  to  com- 
lerce,  rivalmg  the  cypress  in  durability  and  the  walnut  in  beauty  of  grain.  These  pine  flats  and 
ills  afford  illimitable  fields  to  the  lumberman,  and  charcoal  burners  also  do  a  flourishing  trade  with 
iTew  Orleans,  where  they  ship  charcoal  on  luggers,  and  receive  from  twenty-five  to  fifty  cents  per 
'  t'liGr0for, 

'  During  1881,  rosins,  though  active  and  meeting  wuth  ready  sales,  ruled  low  on  fine  grades,  corn- 
ared  with  the  low  grades,  prices  being  as  follows:  D  ,  E.  and  F.,  $1  90;  G.,  $2  00;  H,,  $2  25; 
.,12  50:  K„  $2  75;  M.,  $3  00;  X.,  ^8  75. 

^  '  HIDES,  TALLOW  AND  WOOL. 

The  sale  of  hides,  wool  and  tallow  has  grown  to  be  an  important  pursuit  in  New  Orleans,  and  a 
"iirge  portion  of  the  products  of  interior  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Texas  finds  a  market  here.fs,The 
■reat  demand  for  hides  from  Northern  tanneries  h^s  created  shai-p  competition,  until  the  producer 
.  as  been  able  to  realize  as  much,  if  not  more,  for  his  product  at  this  point  than  in  almost  any  other 
'larket  in  the  country*.  The  hides  brought  to  New  Orleans  are  varied  in  quality  and  usefulness, 
i’he  lighter  hides  are  finely  suited  to  the  manufacture  of  upper  leather  for  shoes,  the  kip  and  calf 
.kins  are  unsurpassed  for  softness,  smoothness  and  durablility,  while  the  Texas  and  South  American 
r  ides,  on  account  of  them  plumpness,  make  the  best  sole  leather  in  the  world. 

^  The  annual  trade  in  tallow  will  amount  to  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  dollars.  During  1880-81, 
hree  w^ere  1,711,548  pounds  of  tallow  exported  to  foreign  countries.  The  market  w^as  very  active 
urihg  the  year,  and  prices  fully  one-fourth  of  a  cent  higher  than  the  previous  year,  say  63^c  per 
-ound.  Western  tallow  was  somewhat  neglected,  owing  to  poor  quality. 

^  The  wool  marketed  at  New  Orleans  is  of  three  kinds-;-lake,  Louisiana  and  Texas,  About 
,500,000  pounds  were  handled  during  1880-1,  the  average  prices  being  about  as  follows:  Lake,  25@ 

■  Oc;  Louisiana  clear  about  l^c  lower  than  lake,  and  burry  about  one-half  the  price  of  clear;  Texas, 
i  5(tt27c.  The  condition  of  the  wool  was  fair,  and  the  introduction  of  new  bucks  is  becoming  more 
fnd  more  e\fident. 

Kindred  to  the  above  branches  is  the  large  sales  of  feathers,  pelts,  furs,  beeswax,  etc.;  old  iron, 
opper,  brass,  etc.,  rags  and  paper  stock.  This  trade  is  usually  carried  on  by  junk  dealers,  there 
i-eing  nineteen  such  fi^s  in  the  city,  doing  an  annual  business  of  $250,000;  bringing  the  total 
gures  in  all  departments  up  to  $1,101,107. 

‘  STAVES  AND  SHINGLES. 

Another  important  and  rapidly  growing  business  in  New  Orleans  is  the  trade  in  staves  and 
hingles;  and,  indeed,  staves  may  be  considered  as  one  of  the  principal  export  articles  of  the  city. 
*'he  immense  wooded  swamps  which  exist  in  various  parts  of  the  State,  abound  in  cypresses,  of  the 
‘.ery  best  kind  and  supply  this  market  largely. 

Four  extensive  houses  deal  in  staves  alone,  and  report  shipments  for  1880-81  amounting  to  4,588,- 
60  staves — the  shooks  and  staves  exported  to  foreign  countries  amounting  in  value  to  $501,791. 
.ihe  demand  comes  not  only  from  European  countries,  but  large  amounts  are  shipped  to  the  West 
ndies  and  South  American  ports,  while  a  considerable  demand  has  sprung  up  for  molasses  shooks, 
il,  pork  and  liquor  barrels,  and  hogshead  material  from  the  Eastern  cities. 

Our  data  in  regard  to  the  trade  m  shingles  is  not  as  full  as  we  could  wish,  but  enough  is  at  hand 
•0  show  that  this  business  aggregated  will  amount  to  more  than  a  $1,000,000. 

THE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKET. 

The  Live  Stock  market  of  New  Orleans  is  gi’owing  more  and  more  important  with  each  year. 
Iccupying  as  she  does  a  most  favorable  position  as  a  distributing  point,  -with  unrivalled  water  com- 
Qunication  and  almost  each  year  adding  additional  railroad  connection  wdth  the  grazing  fields,  the 
narket  is  always  supplied  with  superior  beeves,  hogs  and  sheep.  The  market  is  furnished  largely 
’'rom  Texan  ranches,  while  the  States  lying  along  the  Mississippi  river,  and  Tennessee  and  Ken- 
^^ucky  all  contribute  to  the  supply.  The  facilities  offered  drovers  and  speculators  in  New  Orleans 
\re  considered  by  stockmen  from  other  cities  as  equal  to  any,  both  as  regards  stabling  and  the  dues 
equired  of  them.  The  trade  is  largely  on  the  increase  and  the  building  of  more  roads  into  Texas 
.nd  the  Western  and  Northwestern  Territorities  will  give  it  an  impetus  in  the  future. 

,  During  1881  the  principal  featue  in  the  calf  and  yearling  Hne  was  the  remarkable  strength  of 
(rices,  ruling  higher  than  they  have  for  two  or  three  years  past.  Good  classes  of  stock  in  this  line 
"4  all  times  find  ready  sale  at  high  figm-es. 

High  prices  and  active  inquiry  for  the  best  grade  of  hogs,  especially  good  Western  stock  charac- 
erize  this  market.  In  1881,  the  market,  although  receipts  increased  over  the  year  previous,  still 
Showed  poor  supplies.  Western  shippers  making  their  shipments  light  and  far  between,  owing  to 
i  uducements  offered  by  Northern  markets,  which  now  carry  on  packing  in  summertime  as  well  as  in 
'  rinter. 

!  The  sheep  market  is  in  the  hands  of  the  butchers,  but  throughout  the  year  there  is  a  demand  for 
'  rood  grades.  Eleven  leading  firms  control  this  business  in  New  Orleans,  though  there  are  besides  a 
irge  number  of  floating  dealers,  speculators,  etc. 
j  The  aggregate  annual  business  will  approximate  $2,488,569.25. 

-  HORSES  AND  MULES. 

,,  A  feature  of  the  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  the  traffic  in  horses  and  mules.  The  very  best  mules 
'aised  in  America  are  to  be  found  in  the  sale  stables  of  this  city,  and  horses  of  heavy  draught,  fed 
^pon  the  blue-grass  of  the  Western  States,  and  notoriously  free  from  the  imperfections  and  disorders 


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to  whicli  horses  are  liable,  are  brought  to  Xew  Orleans  in  large  numbers  and  in  better  condition 
than  can  be  tound  elsewhere,  save  where  they  are  raised.  In  fancy  horses  for  road  purposes  the 
market  does  not  pretend  to  compete  with  certain  Xorthern  cities,  where  the  best  breeds  of  trotters 
are  raised,  and  where  the  demand  is  always  great,  though  of  late  years  even  in  tlds  respect  New 
Orleans  has  been  by  no  means  insignificant;  but  the  market  is  always  stocked  with  medicum  horses 
at  tair  prices,  and  the  character  ot  those  engaged  in  the  business  is  a  guarantee  to  buyers  that  their 
representations  are  correct  The  finest  mules  in  the  world  are  sold  here  in  large  numbers  for  home 
use,  both  to  the  city  trade  for  draught  purposes  and  to  the  interior  for  plantation  work,  while  many 
are  shipped  from  this  point  to  Havana  and  other  West  India  ports.  The  stable  accomodations  are 
admirable,  and  so  lively  is  the  competition  that  no  less  than  twenty-three  firms  ensrage  in  the 

U  LlolXlCoo  • 

It  is  estimated  froin  ten  to  fifteen  thousand  horses  and  mules  are  disposed  of  in  this  market  an- 
nudlly,  3,iici  'With  thG  mcrOcisG  of  fcicilitiGs  it  is  ss,f0  to  predict  3.  correspondmo'*  iiicrGRSP  in 

the  trade.  ® 

The  average  price  of  horses  was  $140:  mules  $160,  which  independent  of  receipts  from  other 
sources  shows  the  year  s  trade  to  have  been  $1,097,58  ) 

THE  COAL  TRADE. 

The  rapid  substitution  of  steam  in  every  branch  of  industry  and  trade  for  the  ruder  and  slower 
appliances  has  already  created  an  immense  demand  for  its  use,  and  the  many  offices  to  which  the 
ingenuity  of  man  has  put  coal  has  ceased  to  create  wonder  and  settle  down  to  a  matter  of  fact  to  be 
considered  as  any  other  common  fact  is  considered,  as  tor  instance,  in  order  to  breathe,  to  move,  to 
eiQst,  the  lungs  must  have  air.  Therefore,  among  the  many  branches  of  industry  which  are  con¬ 
tributing  to  the  developement  and  financial  advancement  of  New  Orleans,  the  coal  trade  may  be 
specially  cited  ’  ^ 

It  was  not  so  very  long  ago  that  wood  was  the  fuel  which  furnished  the  motive  power  to  the  pon¬ 
derous  steameis  that  plowed  our  Southern  and  estem  waters.  Wood  yards  along  the  Mississippi 
were  among  the  characteristic  features  of  ante-bellum  steamboating  and  the  annual  consumption  of 
timber  was  enormous.  But  when  the  Pennsylvania  collier  dug  into  the  bowels  of  his  native  moun¬ 
tains  and  unearthed  and  brought  to  the  sunlight  the  bituminous  black  diamond  '  he  presented  to 
commerce  and  industry  a  royal  gem  richer  than  anv  precious  stone  from  the  mines  of  Golconda 
“Eureka!”  he  might  well  have  exclaimed  for  it  not  only  checked  the  destruction  of  valuable  and 
needed  timber,  it  not  only  sent  the  axeman  and  sawyer  home— not  to  say  “Othello’s  occupation 
gone,”  but  to  other  fields  of  useful  diligence.  It  was  the  drum-throb  of  industrial  advancement, 
the  tocsin  of  progress  and  improvement 

Thus  it  comes  about  immeasurable  quantities  of  bituminous  coal  are  brought  to  New  Orleans— 
coal  for  steamboats  and  steamships,  coal  for  gas  and  water  works,  coal  for  domestic  purposes  and 
for  the  scores  of  rnanufactories  that  multiply  and  increase  with  each  succeeding  year.  All  these 
facts  point  to  New  Orleans  as  a  large  distributing  point  for  that  trade,  and  the  lines  of  railroad 
now  m  process  of  construction,  and  the  contemplated  extension  of  others  at  no  distant  day,  make  it 
scarcely  problematical  that  our  city  is  to  be  in  the  future,  a  coal  market  of  no  inconsiderable  propor¬ 
tions.  At  present  the  bulk  of  coal  supplied  this  market  comes  by  boat  and  barge  from  the  Ohio 
river.  But  since  the  Louisville  A  Nashville  Railroad  management  secured  control  of  the  Mobile 
road,  and  its  connections  with  the  coal  fields  of  Alabama,  the  receipts  have  largely  increased.  The 
road  now  being  built  by  the  E danger  Sjmdicate,  and  known  as  the  New  Orleans  &  Northeastern, 
goes  hence  to  Meridian,  Miss.,  where  it  forms  junction  with  the  Alabama  A  Great  Southern,  which 
runs  through  the  heart  of  the  coal  region,  crosses  the  Louisville  &  Nash  vide  at  Birmingham,  thence 
to  Chattanooga  and  Cincinnati:  Hidden  away  along  this  route  there  are  endless  mines  of  wealth  which 
the  labor  of  a  thousand  yearn  wdl  not  appreciably  diminish.  The  intersection  of  these  two  great  trunk 
lines  at  Birmingham  will  give  wonderful  impetus  to  developement  of  that  coal  district.  Competition 
wdl  stimulate  opening  of  new  mines,  reduce  freights  to  a  minimum,  and  furnish  New  Orleans  with 
fuel  cheaper  than  her  most  sanguine  dreamers  ever  pictured.  Cheap  coal  begets  increased  manu¬ 
factures.  Additional  manufactures  means  additional  population,  additional  commerce  and  wealth. 
We  place  on  record  the  prediction,  that  other  things  being  equal,  within  a  decade  New  Orleans  will 
see  her  manufactm-mg  mdustnes  trebled,  if  not  quadrupled,  and  will  have  half  a  million  population  in 
less  than  twenty  years.  Foreign  steamships  will  make  New  Orleans  their  coaling  station,  the  rail¬ 
roads  of  Texas  and  Mexico  wdl  be  largely  supplied  from  this  point,  and  with  the  completion  of  the 
Isthmus  Canal,  coal  will  seek  outlet  here  for  Panama  and  the  Pacific  ports. 

Estimating  the  total  annual  business,  though  it  is  only  an  approximation,  the  year’s  receipts  foot 
upto  2,500,000  bbls.,  which  averaged  at  53c  perbbl.,  aggi-egates  $1,325,000.00.'  There  are  m  the 
the  city  fifteen  firms  exclusive  coal  merchants. 

SHIP  CHANDLERY,  BO.VT  STORES,  ETC. 

Another  department  of  business  quite  important  in  New  Orleans,  and  assuming  a  distinctiveness 
and  sub-division  of  its  own,  is  that  designated  by  the  collective  nouns— ship  chandlery  and  boat 
stores.  A  “Boat  Store”  is  neither  a  grocery,  hardware  or  queens  ware  establishment,  and'  I’et  it  com¬ 
bines  in  a  degree  a  proper  undei-standing  of  aU  three,  and  partakes  somewhat  of  the  nature  of  each. 
Thus  comprehensive  and  yet  ramified,  it  requires  a  hfe-long  experience  and  full  knowledge  of  what  is 
needed  in  the  trade,  as  well  as  capital  to  properly  and  successfully  conduct  it.  In  its  stock  are  com¬ 
prised  not  only  supphes  needed  while  runnmg  a  steamship  or  steamboat,  but  its  complete  outfit, 
and  many  articles  of,  construction— spikes,  oakum,  leads  for  painting  purposes,  riggmg — such  at 


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sp3/rring  n^^'ing  and.  linG  and  chain  rigfging'.  Pantry  outfit,  including  quccnswarc  and  tablcwGar 
geneially.  Lanterns  and  trimmings— Oils  of  all  kinds,  lubricating  and  illuminating;  Wire  rope, 
such  as  has  been  adopted  by  the  Government;  Tiller  rope  to  be  used  in  cases  oi  fire  on  board;  Tar- 
paulians  and  screens,  purchase  blocks,  skids,  trucks,  timber  and  plank  for  staging,  dunnage,  and 
also  a  full  stock  of  naval  stores;  tar,  pitch,  turpentine  and  rosin,  besides  grocenes  provisions  and 

supplies  generally.  _  .  n  i  i  .n  • 

The  vast  importance  of  New  Orleans  as  a  river  and  seaport  naturally,  and  correctly,  suggests  this 

as  a  business  ranking  high.  Aggregated,  the  business  will  amount  to  $800,000  per  annum  there 
being  eight  leading  firms  engaged. 

THE  TEA  TRADK. 

The  tea  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  a  large  and  growing  interest.  Prior  to  the  establishment  of  the 
Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company  teas  were  brought  direct  from  the  East  to  New  York  and  found 
their  way  to  New  Orleans  either  by  way  of  the  Ohio  river  or  yia  vessels  plying  between  this  city  and 
New  York.  The  aforesaid  line  to  some  extent  changed  the  direction  of  Eastern  goods;  but  later  the 
completion  of  the  Central  Pacific  and  the  other  trans-continental  railways,  and  the  low  rates  for 
freight  established  by  those  corporations,  have  effected  a  complete  revolution  in  the  tea  trade.  Tea 
is  now  brought  by  water  to  the  Pacific  coast  and  shipped  overland  to  the  Eastern  cities  of  America. 
Tea  intended  for  New  Orleans  as  trans-shippped  at  St.  Louis  and  has  preference  of  rail  or  river  routes 
hither.  However,  when  the  Texas  Pacific  railroad  gets  in  full  working  order  New  Orleans  will  be 
brought  in  such  close  connection  with  ports  on  the  Pacific  seaboard  the  favorableness  of  her  geograph¬ 
ical  position  if  aided  by  the  energy  of  her  merchants,  will  secure  for  her  much  of  the  trade  now 
monopolized  by  New  York  and  Baltimore. 

During  1880-81  the  imports  of  tea  into  New  Orleans  via  steamships  amounted  to  10,894  fts., 
but  this  was  independent  of  the  imports  already  mentioned.  There  are  thirteen  wholesale  tea  dealers 
in  the  city,  and  the  business  will  exceed  half  a  million  dollars  annualy. 

•  SPICES. 

Few  articles  are  more  generally  used  than  spices.  They  appear  upon  the  table  of  every  household 
in  the  city,  and  enter  into  the  preparation  of  nearly  all  the  dishes  that  are  served  for  human  con¬ 
sumption,  and  yet  but  few  are  aware  of  the  extent  of  their  manufacture,  importation,  or  the  vast 
amount  consumed.  In  New  Orleans  there  are  five  quite  extensive  establishments  engaged  in 
exporting  spices,  besides  a  number  of  houses  engaged  also  in  other  branches,  all  doing  a  flourishing 
business,  amounting  to  not  less  than  $100,000  per  annum.  Independent  of  the  raw  material 
received  from  other  American  cities,  65,538  pounds  of  spices  were  imported  direct  from  foreign 
ports  into  New  Orleans  in  1880-81.  Pepper,  ginger,  cloves,  nutmegs,  mace,  cassia,  cayenne,  Ac., 
&c.,  of  the  best  quality,  are  brought  here  and  sold,  either  in  natural  state  or  ground  and  prepared 
for  market.  The  gentlemen  engaged  in  this  trade  are  among  our  most  reliable  and  sterling 
mercnants.  This  fact  gives  confidence  that  in  a  trade  where  proftty  and  fair  dealing  are  absolutely 
essential,  dealers  can  purchase  with  the  utmost  security. 

OYSTERS  AND  FISH 

The  oyster  and  fish  trade  of  New  Orleans,  in  its  various  branches,  constitutes  a  most  important 
industry,  and  yet  it  is  capable  of  ten-fold  additional  development.  The  extensive  oyster  beds  at 
Barataria  bay,  Berwick  bay.  Oyster  bay — in  fact,  all  along  the  Southern  coast  and  bayous  as  far  as 
Mobile,  contribute  to  this  market,  and  yet  invite  more  enterprise.  Hundreds  of  oyster  boats  or 
small  schooners  are  engaged  in  gathering  oysters,  and  the  scene  in  the  neighborhood  of  “Picayune 
Pier”  during  oyster  season  is  indeed  a  busy  one.  No  finer  oysters  are  known  than  those  obtained 
in  the  bays  and  bayous  of  Louisiana.  Their  size  and  flavor  are  unsurpassed.  Some  of  them  are  so 
large  that  they  are  not  merchantable  to  saloon  keepers,  who  buy  by  the  barrel  and  sell  by  the  dozen. 
Large  quantities  of  these  delicious  bivalves  are  shipped  to  the  interior.  Seven  extensive  wholesale 
houses  are  engaged  in  this  trade  exclusively,  though  there  are  over  two  thousand  places  in  the  city 
where  oysters  are  sold  in  one  shape  or  another.  The  annual  business  in  this  line  will  approximate 
$2,000,000.  _  _  _  . 

The  importation  of  foreign  fish,  in  cans,  boxes,  etc,,  is  also  very  large.  During  1880-81,  sardines 
were  imported  to  New  Orleans  to  the  value  of  $97,270,  and  the  receipts  of  anchovies,  lobsters,  etc., 
were  in  like  quantities.  Altogether,  this  trade  will  amount  to  $2,500,000  per  annum. 

FRUITS  AND  NUTS. 

Among  the  many  branches  of  trade  which  have  given  impetus  to  the  growth  of  New  Orleans, 
and  have  decidedly  ministered  to  its  importance  as  a  commercial  centre,  may  be  mentioned  the 
trade  in  fruits  and  nuts,  both  foreign  and  domestic.  The  two  are  so  thoroughly  joined  that  separate 
consideration  of  them  would  perhaps  be  out  of  place.  One  house  will  import  Mediterranean  fruits; 
another  will  deal  in  Mexican  and  South  American  goods;  a  third  will  pay  attention  to  West  Indian 
products;  a  fourth  will  expose  for  sale  the  products  of  California  or  of  the  Canton  trade,  while  a 
fifth  will  devote  time  and  capital  to  Louisiana  fruits. 

Divided  and  subdivided  in  this  manner,  it  is  an  extremely  complicated  subject  to  handle.  The 
customs  officials  report  for  1880-81,  among  dutiable  imports,  foreign  fruits  and  nuts  to  the  amount 
of  $466,622.  This,  however,  does  not  near  represent  the  business.  More  than  300,000  boxes  of 
oranges  and  lemons,  each,  were  received  here  from  the  Mediterranean  ports  during  the  year,  and 
the  trade,  which,  but  a  few  years  ago  was  very  insignificant,  has  grown  enormously.  Mediter¬ 
ranean  fruits,  such  as  oranges  and  lemons,  from  Sicily;  almonds  and  raisins,  from  Malaga:  raisins, 


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from  Valencia;  currants,  citron,  figs,  dates,  prunes.  Canton  ginger,  foreign  preserves,  etc.,  etc.,  are 
received  by  the  cargo,  and  can  be  purchased  upon  terms  as  advantageous  as  are  offered  by  any  mar¬ 
ket  in  the  country,  with  the  additional  facility  to  buyers  of  being  able  to  fill  their  entire  order  in  one 
large  establishment,  instead  of  being  compelled  to  go  from  one  house  to  another,  as  in  other  cities, 
with  the  cost  of  drayage,  etc. 

The  California  fruit  trade  is  all  overland,  but  it  is  astonishing  the  vast  quantities  that  are  received, 
in  all  forms,  both  fresh  and  dry,  as  well  as  preserved— raisins,  grapes,  figs  pears,  oranges,  lemons, 
limes  and  nuts.  So,  too,  will  this  branch  of  the  business  increase  many  fold  da  the  Texas  and 
Pacific  road. 

That  Louisiana  is  the  land  of  fiTiits  has  passed  into  a  proverb.  Oranges,  lemons,  bananas,  dates, 
citron,  shaddoak,  mespilus,  limes,  figs,  apples,  pears,  peaches,  olives,  grapes,  strawberries,  raspber¬ 
ries,  and  numerous  other  small  fruits  and  berries  all  fiourish,  all  produce  abundantly;  a  number  of 
them  growing  wild  and  without  cultivation.  All  of  these,  including  melons  and  many  kinds  of 
vegetables,  mature  so  early  as  to  bring  extra  prices  in  the  Northern  markets,  where  they  are 
shaped  by  railroa'd,  and  thus  secures  a  large  trade  which  few  other  States  enjoy. 

The  orange  crop  of  Louisiana  for  1880-81  has  been  estimated  at  from  100,0i)U  to  200,000  barrels — 
perhaps  150,000  barrels  will  be  a  fair  calculation.  It  is  admitted  by  those  in  the  trade  that  fully 
nine- tenths  of  the  whole  Louisiana  crop  is  brought  to  New  Orleans  in  bulk,  in  luggers.  Here  the 
oranges  are  assorted,  selected,  barreled,  and  in  addition  to  supplying  local  demand,  thousands  of 
barrels  are  shipped  North.  In  the  southern  part  of  the  State,  orange  culture  is  both  pleasant  and 
profitable,  and  is  adding  new  acreage  each  year.  A  few  acres  set  out  in  oranges  will,  as  soon  as 
thev  commence  bearing,  afford  a  competence  to  the  farmer.  It  is  customary  for  the  fruit  merchant 
to  buy  the  oranges  on  the  tree  and  gather  them  at  his  own  expense. 

New  Orleans  also  does  a  large  business  in  native  Louisiana  almonds,  pecans  and  other  nuts.  The 
pecan  tree  is  found  both  native  and  domesticated,  the  former  bearing  a  small,  bitter,  astringent  nut, 
while  the  latter— sometimes  called  the  Texas  pecan— produces  a  remarkably  large  and  delicately 
flavored  nut  and  is  held  in  high  favor  as  an  article  of  commerce,  thousands  of  barrels  being  gath¬ 
ered  and  shipped  North  annually.  .  .  rr,,  •  .  r- 

There  is  still  another  phase  of  this  market  unmentioned.  Ihe  receipts  of  Noraiern  apples — 
especially  those  from  the  orchards  of  Mew  York,  Ohio  and  Michigan,  will  average  50,000  barrels  per 
annum,  though  frequently  it  far  exceeds  those  figures.  Choice  apples  are  a  feature  of  the  fruit  trade 
here,  and  Northern  dealers  have  long  since  learned  to  properly  supply  that  demand. 

After  considering  the  foregoing  points,  it  may  be  truthfully  said.  New  Orleans  is  independent  of 
any  other  city  in  the  fruit  trade.  The  business  in  foreign  fruits,  especially,  has  increased  four-fold 
in  twenty  years. .  Eighteen  wealthy  firms  wholesale  fruits  exclusively;  several  of  these  own  and 
employ  their  own  steamships.  Hundreds  of  men  are  in  their  service,  millions  of  capital  are  invested, 
and  estimating  the  entire  business  for  1880-81,  it  can  not  fall  short  of  $6,300,000. 

IMPORTED  WINES  AND  LIQUORS. 

As  a  market  for  imported  wines  and  liquors.  New  Orleans  stands  second  to  none,  if  not  first,  in  the 
Union,  running  New  York  a  close  race,  and  destined  eventually  to  outstrip  her.  Before  the  civil  war 
in  this  country,  large  quantities  of  superior  wines  and  brandies  were  imported  into  this  market,  and 
the  Southern  and  Western  trade  was  sujiplied  from  here  almost  entirely.  But  the  excessive  duties 
afterwards  imposed,  caused  a  falling  off  in  the  consumption.  The  establishment  of  French  and 
German  fines  of  steamers,  together  with  partial  reduction  in  duties,  have  very  materially  revived 
this  branch  of  our  commerce;  and  to-day,  New  Orleans  in  variety  and  excellence  of  stock,  if  not  in 
quantity  offered  to  buyers,  can  hold  her  head  above  any  market  in  the  country. 

No  16ss  than  forty-one  wholesale  firms  are  engaged  in  the  business,  and  there  are  m  the  city  nine 
extensive  United  States  Customs,  Bonded  Warehouses,  where  immense  quantities  of  imported  wines 
and  liquors  are  at  all  times  stored.  The  total  sales,  however,  will  aggregate  fully  $2,000,000  per 
annum. 

THE  JOBBING  TRADE  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

The  jobbing  trade  of  New  Orleans  has  kept  pace  with  her  increasing  importance  as  a  commercial 
city,  and,  of  course,  far  outstrips  her  industrial  interests.  The  various  departments  of  the  jobbing 
trade,  such  as  dry  goods,  straw  goods  and  millinery,  fancy  goods  and  notions,  military  goods  and 
regalia,  hats  and  caps,  boots  and  shoes,  clothing,  groceries,  wines,  liquors  and  whiskies,  drugs, 
queensware,  hardware,  iron,  agricultural  implements,  stoves,  tinware  and  house-furnishing  goods, 
books  and  stationery,  musical  instruments,  wall  paper,  etc.,  furniture,  jewelry,  fireworks,  toys,  etc., 
etc.,  are  fuUy  up  to  the  standard  and  will  compare  favorably  with  those  of  any  other  city  m  the 
country.  As  a  general  rule  these  departments  are  in  the  hands  of  old  and  established  houses,  whose 
proprietors  are  among  our  most  highlv  esteemed  and  responsible  citizens,  who  have  been  educated 
to  their  calling,  and  whose  natural  tastes  and  judgments  have  been  strengthei^ed  by  the  experience 
of  a  life-time  and  a  thorough  rational  application  to  business.  n  ,  i  -i  • 

Many  branches  of  the  jobbing  trade  not  enumerated  above  are  successfully  conducted  it  this. city, 
and  the  number  of  new  establishments  and  branches  of  old  ones,  is  a  clear  indication  of  the  pros¬ 
perity  of  the  trade,  as  well  as  importance  of  the  city.  The  stocks  carried  by  these  houses  embrace 
full  supplies  from  all  the  best  factories  in  the  United  States,  and  the  choicest  selections  of  goods 
from  foreign  countries.  The  fines  of  steamers,  twelve  fines  in  number,  between  New  Orleans  and 
the  ports  of  Europe,  furnish  facilities  for  the  importation  of  the  most  desirable  goods  at  lower  rates 
than  at  any  other  port.  The  port  charges  are  fight,  ship  supplies  cheap,  and  the  difficulties  m  the  way 


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of  shipping,  if  there  be  any  at  all,  are  comparatively  trifling.  Since  the  establishnaent  of  steam 
communication  between  New  Orleans  and  Europe,  our  merchants  engaged  in  the  jobbing  trade 
have  displayed  an  energy  and  enterprise  which  command  admiration.  They  make  regular  trips  to 
England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  France,  Germany,  Italy  and  other  European  countries  for  the  purchase 
of  o-ood§,  and  the  articles  imported  are  selected  under  their  own  inspection.  Thus  New  Orleans  is 
largely  independent  of  all  other  American  cities  in  her  wholesale  jobbing  trade,  and  bids  fair  m  a 
short  time  to  compare  favorably  with  New  York,  as  a  distributing  market,  and  is  almost  absolutely 
destined  to  become  the  seaboard  entrepot  for  the  South  and  Southwest  and  the  country  far  up  the 
IVIississippi  Yalley. 

In  each  department  there  are  rival  houses  contending  for  business,  and  making,  of  course,  the 
most  active  competition,  thus  reducing  prices  to  minimum  rates.  Her  location  in  the  South, 
in  the  midst  of  the  consumptive  section  offers  so  many  inducements  to  Southern  merchants 
they  cannot  be  lightly  estimated.  The  trade  in  groceries,  dry  goods,  hardware,  clothing,  , 
boots  and  shoes,  hats  and  caps,  millinery  goods  and  notions  is  particularly  active,  and  the  iival 
houses  engaged  spare  no  pains  to  make  their  stocks  as  full  and  complete  as  possible,  so  that  many 
tastes  of  many  kinds  may  be  gratified,  and  favorable  prices  assured.  The  jobbing  trade,  compre¬ 
hending  a  large  number  of  important  interests,  necessitates  the  employment  of  a  vast  capital,  which 
in  this  city  aggregates  many  millions  of  dollars.  It  is  not  unreasonable  to  infer,  that  in  the  near 
future  New  Orleans  will  become  the  great  reservoir  of  supj)lies  for  the  South,  Southwest  and  many 
portions  of  the  Central  Union  and  Northwest.  Many  of  the  great  manufactories  of  the  country 
have  agencies  here,  selling  at  factory  prices. 

The  attractions  of  New  Orleans  as  a  jobbing  centre,  are  already  so  well  known  to  the  local  retail 
trade  and  to  that  of  interior  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Mississippi  and  Texas,  that  they  are  content  to 
buy  at  home.  They  are  among  the  most  intelligent  dealers  of  the  countiy,  and  the  closest  buyers 
have  tried  rival  markets,  time  and  again,  without  advantage  of  prices  or  terms.  Capital,  compe¬ 
tition,  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  business  have  accomplished  for  Nesv  Orleans  quite  as  much  as 
for  the  Northern  and  Eastern  cities.  As  for  quality  and  variety  of  goods,  New  Orleans  is  fully 
equal  to  any  of  them,  and  the  market  will  be  found  always  adequate  to  the  demand,  extending  all 
the  inducements  which  can  be  offered  by  any  other  city  in  the  counti-y. 

THE  WirOLESxVLE  DRY  GOODS  TRADE. 

The  wholesale  dry  goods  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  one  of  her  leading  interests.  Its  extent  will 
surprise  a  good  many  who  have  not  taken  the  trouble  to  inform  themselves  and  who  hitherto  have 
looked  to  the  East,  as  the  devout  Mussulman  turns  to  Mecca  when  he  prays.  But  in  addition  to  the 
domestic  goods  manufactured  in  this  city  and  other  sections  of  the  United  States,  large  quantities 
of  the  choicest  and  most  fashion  able  goods  are  imported  from  abroad  for  this  market.  Oyer  $700,000 
worth  of  silks,  linens,  dress  goods,  kid  gloves,  &c.,  Ac.,  were  enrolled  among  the  foreign  imports 
at  the  New  Orleans  custom  house  during  1880-81.  The  taste  of  New  Orleans  buyers  is  proverbially  i 
fastidious  in  the  selection  of  drygoods,  and  it  may  well  be  questioned  whether  any  city  in  the  | 
country  displays  or  consumes,  in  proportion,  so  many  fine  and  costly  fabrics.  The  stocks  in  New 
Orleans,  however,  embrace  goods  from  almost  every  nation  and  clime  beneath  the  skies  silks, 
cloths,  cassimeres,  satinets,  kerseys,  jeans,  tweeds,  linseys,  flannels,  tickings,  checks,  plaids,  alpacas, 
dress  goods,  ginghams,  prints,  muslins,  drills  and  goods  of  kindred  character — rivaling  in  quantity 
and  surpassing  in  quality  much  more  pretentious  markets. 

Twenty  exclusively  wholesale  and  importing  houses  are  engaged  in  the  trade.  At  least  three  of 
these  firms  sold  more  than  $2,000,000  worth  of  goods,  each,  during  1881,  the  entire  trade  for  that 
year  approximating  $14,500,000. 

In  this  estimate  no  account  is  taken  of  the  business  conducted  by  the  127  wholesale  and  retail  dry 
goods  houses  in  the  city  Estimates  of  this  trade  are  made  elsewhere.  But  it  may  be  remarked, 
en  passant,  that  some  of  these  establishments  are  mammoth  concerns,  several  of  them  employing 
at  least  B  0  clerks,  etc.,  each.  Their  stocks,  in  general,  are  of  the  finest  and  most  fashionable  kinds, 
and  the  wives  and  daughters  of  the  rich  planters  find  these  charming  emporiums  as  near  Paradise 
as  they  hope  to  get  in  this  world. 

WHOLESALE  FANCY  GOODS  AND  NOTIONS. 

The  houses  engaged  in  this  business  make  direct  importations  and  have  men  employed  for  the 
selection  and  purchase  of  foreign  goods,  only  such  as  are  superior  in  quality  and  design  to  those 
manufactured  in  our  country  being  offered  to  the  trade  in  this  city.*  They  have  model  show  rooms, 
and  our  dealers  have  well  studied  the  art  or  ariangement  and  order.  There  are  thirteen  houses 
engaged  in  exclusive  wholesale  in  this  business,  and  their  aggregated  sales  for  1881  exceeded 
$4,000,000.  The  firms  are  composed  of  gentlemen  thoroughly  posted  in  the  details  and  require¬ 
ments  of  this  interesting  business,  and  controling  ample  capital,  they  invite  competition,  not  doubt¬ 
ing  their  ability  to  sell  as  cheaply  as  any  jobbing  market  in  America. 

In  addition  to  the  above  there  are  186  wholesale  and  retail  firms  in  the  same  business,  some  oi 
whom  are  direct  imponers,  and  whose  sales  amount  to  many  thousands  of  dollars  annually. 

WHOLESALE  MILLINERY  AND  STRAW  GOODS. 

In  no  city  of  this  country  can  there  be  found  finer  or  better  selected  stocks  of  millinery  and  straw 
goods  than  are  displayed  in  the  New  Orleans  houses.  Indeed,  New  Orleans  may  properly  be  called 
the  Paris  of  America,  in  so  far  as  fashionable  female  head-gear  and  habiliments  are  concerned.  The 
city  is  full  of  French  and  French- American  modistes,  who  display  most  ravishing  styles  and  who 
seem  to  have  combined  the  colors  of  the  rainbow,  the  tints  of  all  the  most  beautiful  flowers  and  the 


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gorgeous  plumage  of  all  the  feathered  tribe,  to  heighten  the  charms  of  their  goods.  Nearly  all  are 
direct  importers,  and  the  quality  of  goods  sold  here  are  not  only  marvelously  beautiful  but  remark¬ 
able  for  superior  quality.  Ribbons,  silks,  satins,  imitation  and  real  laces,  Valenciennes,  point 
d’apphque,  point  d’alencon,  etc.,  embroideries,  handkerchiefs,  linens,  feather  goods,  straw  goods, 
bonnets,  hats,  made  and  unmade — all  these  make  up  a  collection  vast  and  alluring. 

This  trade,  in  1880-81,  aggregated  more  than  $1,500,000.  Two  houses  are  engaged  in  whole- 
sahng  exclusively,  and  115  both  wholesale  and  retail 

MILITARY  GOODS  AND  REGALIA. 

The  presence  of  so  many  superb  military  organizations  and  benevolent  orders  and  societies  in  the 
city,  and  the  well  known  frequency  of  carnivals,  fetes,  pagants,  etc.,  in  New  Orleans,  affords  a  wide 
field  for  the  sale  of  all  manner  of  militaiy  goods  and  regalia.  The  trade,  however,  is  not  confined 
to  the  city,  as  large  orders  are  constantly  filled  for  the  interior  towns  in  Louisiana,  Texas,  Mississippi 
and  other  States.  French,  English  and  German  goods  are  received  by  direct  importation,  while  the 
leading  manufactories  of  the  United  States  are  also  patronized.  The  trade  will  amount  to  $300,000 
annually,  divided  between  two  wholesale  houses,  though  there  are  quite  a  number  of  retail  estab¬ 
lishments  whose  sales  we  could  not  ascertain. 

WHOLESALE  H.VTS  AND  CARS. 

Keeping  pace  with  other  advancing  branches  of  the  jobbing  trade  in  New  Orleans  and  yearly 
growing  in  importance  is  the  wholesale  hat  business.  No  less  thau  thirteen  large  houses  wholesale 
this  class  of  goods,  while  some  twenty  others  supply  the  fashionable  city  trade.  Silk  hats,  soft  fin- 
hats,  stiff'  hats  of  every  conceivable  shape,  style,  (luality  and  price  may  be  found  here.  Silk  hats 
made  on  the  highly  improved  Gossamer  body  and  covered  with  the  glossy  and  beautiful  silk  plush 
cloth,  imported  from  the  houses  of  Martin  and  Hoover,  of  Paris;  soft  fur  hats  ma-le  of  beaver,  side 
and  bella  nutia,  coney  and  double-ring  Russia;  stiff  hats,  quite  endless  in  variety  are  offered  in  this 
market  at  lowest  jobbing  rates. 

The  wholesale  business  will  amount  to  $1,400,000  per  auuum. 

WHOLESALE  BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

The  boot  and  shoe  jobbing  business  of  New  Orleans  is  one  of  large  proportions  and  daily  increas¬ 
ing  importance.  Few  persons  in  our  midst  are  aware  of  its  magnitude.  Thirteen  wholesale  houses 
are  engaged,  but  in  this  connection  no  allusion  is  made  to  the  hundreds  of  small  concerns  scattered 
throughout  the  city,  and  whose  business  is  chiefly  that  of  manufacturing  to  order,  their  work  going 
to  swell  the  aggregate  trade  of  New  Orleans.  The  firms  mentioned  in  this  article  are  engaged  in 
jobbing  only.  Their  stocks  are  admirably  selected.  They  buy  their  goods  almost  exclusively  from 
first  hands,  and  in  many  cases  having  the  goods  made  on  their  express  orders,  and  on  as  favorable 
teians  as  the  jobbing  houses  of  New  York,  Philadelphia  or  Boston,  can  sell  as  cheap  as  any  of  them, 
difference  in  transportation  added.  Another  fact,  the  wholesale  dealers  of  New  Orleans  being  more 
extensive  buyers  than  retailers,  control  the  manufacturers,  and  whenever  the  latter  are  found  work¬ 
ing  agains^t  their  interests,  often  times,  as  is  their  right,  transfer  their  patronage  to  other  points. 
Therefore,  the  choice  lays  between  the  jobbers  of  New  Orleans  and  those  of  other  cities,  not  between 
the  retailer  and  the  manufacturer.  Inasmuch  then,  as  New  Orleans  jobbers  offer  to  duplicate  any 
Eastern  purchased  bill,  is  evidence  of  how  secure  they  feel  of  their  ability  to  compete  with  the  shoe 
dealers  of  the  Atlantic  coast.  The  terms  obtained  here  are  as  favorable  as  can  be  secured  anywhere 
else  in  America,  and  this  has  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  trade  throughout  the  South  and  South¬ 
west,  who  are  already  displaying  an  appreciation  of  the  fact,  by  resorting  to  this  market  for  their 
supplies.  More  than  that,  a  vei-y  respectable  foreign  export  trade  has  been  begun  and  will  be  culti¬ 
vated.  Boots  and  shoes  are  now  sold  by  New  Orleans  to  Mexico  and  the  Central  and  South  Ameri¬ 
can  countries.  The  jobbing  trade  for  1881  amounted  to  $3,975,000 

WHOLESALE  CLOTHING. 

Read3’^-made  clothing  in  New  Orleans,  as  well  as  in  all  large  jobbing  markets  occupies  an  impor¬ 
tant  position  among  business  pursuits.  It  has  extended  to  all  sections  of  the  country,  hmiting  the 
country  merchant’s  sale  of  piece  goods  for  mens’  and  boj's’  wear,  and  compelling  tailors,  in  some  in¬ 
stances,  to  abandon  their  trade,  and  embark  in  the  business  themselves,  or  seek  other  employment. 
The  introduction  of  sewing  machines,  to  this  class  of  work,  has  greatly  facilitated  rapid  and  dura¬ 
ble  manufacture,  and  brought  clothing  down  in  price  to  a  wonderful  degree.  Country  merchants, 
who  have  been  careful  in  the  selections  of  sizes  and  styles,  have  found  that  the  sale  of  clothing  can 
be  effected  with  less  trouble  than  piece  goods,  and  without  the  serious  drawback  of  remnants — that 
there  is  less  competition — that  their  daily  receipts  of  cash  are  .thereby  increased,  as  well  as  other  ad¬ 
vantages.  Indeed,  so  satisfactory  and  lucrative  has  this  business  proven,  that  as  an  additional  illus¬ 
tration  of  the  tendency  of  the  age  to  increased  manufactured  articles,  mention  may  be  made  of  shirt 
making  and  of  those  branches  including  gentlemens’  and  boys’  underware,  which  form  important 
adjuncts  to  the  business.  Connected  with  this  department,  gents’  furnishing  goods,  embracing 
neckweare,  handkerchiefs,  gloves,  hosiery,  &c.,  &c.,  come  infer  a  large  share  of  attention. 

The  New  Orleans  market  will  favorably  compare  inffhis  respect  with  any,  in  extensive  and  varied 
stocks,  in  quality,  style  workmanship,  “fit,”  reasonable  price  and  fair  dealing.  Sixteen  firms  in 
the  city  wholesale  clothing  and  their  l3usiness  for  1881  reached  $2,756,000.  This,  however,  does  not 
include  the  sales  of  fourteen  gents’  furnishings  houses,  nor  the  manufacture  of  wearing  apparel  in 
the  city,  mentioned  on  another  page. 


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THE  WHOLESALE  GROCERY  TRADE. 

Npw  Orleans  as  a  wholesale  grocery  market  has  a  world-wide  fame,  ancient  and  honorable.  Long 
ante  dating  the  American  civil  war  this  branch  of  business  was  immense  and  many  an  old  merchant 
who  grew  rich  in  the  trade,  then  retired,  and  finished  his  days  in  comfort  and  ease,  used  to 
mtelSn  Jof  thSe  ‘‘flush  days  in  Orleans”  when  sugar  and  coffee  rice  and  molasses  was  bought 
end  sollfbv  the  steamboat-load  and  occupied  warehouses  whose  vast  capacity  could  only  be  conipute 

hv  scores  of  acres  But  a  great  blow  was  .by  war  and  its  mimediate  re- 

Srle'rSnttu\S‘r?  ttetn^r 

lUtfhtf  "b*^^  Sinc^e"  e“ rfest  ^rthTwhofsale  gi-oS have'^stoodygh  for 

“'iJtowSesale  to^chlh’^grace  rabuste^^  of  New  Orleans  engages  the  attention  of  more  inei- 
chintsth"  one  other  vocftion  o'f  the  jobbing  trade.  In  the  -wded  thoroughfareyf 

warehouses,  one  d  ay  beings 
filled,  and  the  next  day,  as 
it  were,  emptied  of  their  im¬ 
mense  stocks;  for,  of  all 
mercantile  pursuits  none  sur¬ 
pass  this  branch  for  vivacity 
and  bustle.  On  every  street 
one  encounters  the  throngs 
of  well  laden  “floats”  and 
ponderous  transfer  wagons, 
rolhng  ceaselessly,  and  noisi¬ 
ly  in  tiie  turbulency  of  trade, 
which  mingled  and  confused 
with  the  emphatic,  some¬ 
times  profane  ejaculations 
of  the  almost  innumerable 
army  of  teamsters,  draymen, 
porters  and  laborers,  all 
highly  essential  characters 
in  the  business,  present  a 
life-like  and  striking  pano¬ 
rama  of  our  commercial  ba¬ 
bel,  yet  everything  moving 
with  the  regularity  of  clock¬ 
work.  Costly  and  capacious 
buildings,  in  keeping  with 
the  demands  ot  the  trade, 
are  being  erected  are  being 
made  tributary,  until  the 
business  now  stands  out  bold 
and  prominent  symbolizing 
that  in  the  leading  marts. 
New  firms  are  being  organ¬ 
ized,  new  sections  of  country, 
rich  in  resources,  eminent 
quality  of  go-ahead-ative- 
ness  that  characteiizes  the 


Odd  Fellows’  Hall. 


New  Orleans  wholesale  grocery  trade,  either  as  individual, firms,  or  taken  as  a  “ernity 
The  total  number  of  wholesale  grocery  firms  in  the  city  is  fifty-seven.  This 
1,190  houses  classified  in  Board’s  directory  as  “wholesale  and  retail  grocers.  ?“™fXaHon  of 
culation,  just  here,  the  business  transacted  by  t^s  latter  class,  and  careful 

figures,  already  given,  for  the  lines  of  sugar,  coffee,  nee,  salt,  etc.,  we  areenabled  toplace  the  fina 
cial  value  of  the^sales  by  wholesale  grocers  in  1880-81  in  round  numbers  ^ 

dollars  (25,000,000).  If  any.ways  incorrect  this  is  an  underestimate,  for  one 
to  sell  annually  $5,000,000  worth  of  goods,  another  $4,000,000,  and  three  others  $1,000,000  each. 

WHOLESALE  WHISKY  TRADE.  •  -i  • 

Mention  has  already  been  made  of  the  extensive  business  earned  on  in  New 
tation  of  foreign  wines  and  liquors,  and  that  it  engages  the  attention  of  forty-one  wholesale  firms. 

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Many  of  these  firms  deal  also  in  Amencan  liquors  and  quite  a  number  of  others  confine  themselves 
exclusively  to  this  branch.  Indeed,  the  consumption  of  spirituous  hquors,  both  as  a  luxury  and  in 
the  works  ot  art,  is  so  great  and  wide-spread,  that  the  traffic  in  our  city  involves  considerations  of 
verj^  sigmficant  commercial  importance.  The  revenue  derived  from  the  various  branches  of  the 
pursmt  sweUs  the  busmess  of  New  Orleans  up  among  the  millions,  and  the  city  may  iustly  lay  claim 
to  being  the  wholesale  center  of  the  hquor  traffic  in  the  Southwest. 

Large  capital  is  invested  in  this  business.  The  sales  will  amount  to  30,000  barrels  per  annum 

veiy  low  average  price  of  $1.50  per  gallon,  would  aggre- 

g3.tG  tpijOUv.UuO. 


THE  WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE, 

Tffie  importation,  compounding  and  dispensing  of  drugs,  medicines  and  chemicals,  may  iustly  be 
ranked  among  the  most  important  and  lucrative  branches  of  business  in  New  Orleans.  As  a  whole¬ 
sale  drug  market  New  Orleans  compares  favorably  with  any  importing  market  in  the  United  States, 
both  in  the  amount  of  business,  as  well  as  its  advantages,  while  the  abundant  capital  employed  and 
the  unsurpassed  facihties  of  ocean  transportation,  enables  our  dealers  at  all  seasons  to  be  well  sup¬ 
plied  with  the  amplest  and  most  varied  stock  to  be  met  with  in  the  country,  and  wliick  they  are 
Mly  prepared  to,  and  we  beheve  do  undersell  any  competing  market  that  is  not  extensively  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  standard  articles. 

^There  are  seven  exclusively  wholesale  drug  houses  in  the  city  whose  annual  trade  will  exceed 
$5,200,000.  Besides  these  there  are  sixty-sevTn  retail  houses. 

THE  CHINA,  GLASS  AND  QUEENSWARE  TRADE. 

The  wholesale  importing  and  jobbing  of  china,  glass  and  queensware  is  a  business,  which,  of  all 
others,  absolutely  necessitates  foresight  and  preparation,  demands  experience  and  artistic  judgment, 
requires  capital  and  involves  risk  In  order  to  be  successful  the  queensware  jobber  must  also  be  an 
importer.  Consequently  a  majority  of  the  forty-five  houses  in  the  New  Orleans  queensware  trade  are 
also  direct  importers.  Many  articles  are  manufactined  on  their  especial  order,  billed  in  foreign  mar¬ 
kets,  sent  to  the  Custom  House  at  New  Orleans  without  breaking  bulk,  and  received  here  in  their 
original  packages.  These  facts  are  potential  arguments  in  favor  of  New  Orleans  as  a  point  of  dis¬ 
tribution  and  when  properly  understood  by  the  trade  no  doubt  will  result  advantageously,  for  a  wise 
country  merchant  would  then  as  soon  think  of  seeking  such  supplies  at  interior  points  as  a  miner 
would  think  of  canying  coals  to  Newcastle. 

The  total  sales  in  this  hne  of  business  amount  to  $2,630,000  per  annum,  the  importations  of  china- 
ware  alone  for  1880-81  aggregating  more  than  $500,000. 

THE  WHOLESALE  HARDWARE  TRADE. 

The  hardware  jobbing  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  a  difficult  branch  of  business  to  “write  up,”  con¬ 
ducted  as  it  is  differently  from  most  other  cities.  It  embraces  not  only  the  miscellaneous  hardware 
stock  usually  found  in  similar  houses,  and  including  all  the  many  articles  coming  under  the  head  of 
edge  and  hand  tools;  house  trimming  goods;  mechanics'  drawing  and  measuring  implements,  and 
general  hardware,  but  is  comprehensive  and  collective  enough  to  include  machinists’  tools,  mill 
work,  iron  waterwheels,  engines — in  a  word  all  of  the  tools  and  etceteras  of  the  mechanical  arts,  from 
a  “rat-tail  file”  to  a  huge  circular  mill  saw — articles  as  various  in  appearance,  size  and  uses  as  can 
well  be  conceived.  If  it  only  stopped  here  the  writer  might  not  despair  of  at  least  cataloguing  the 
vast  array  of  goods.  But  it  goes  farther.  It  includes  fuU  lines  of  agricultural  implements,  tools 
and  machinery  for  cotton  culture,  rice  culture,  sugar  culture,  com  culture  and  whatever  else  is  needed 
in  farming  and  planta'Jbn  operations  in  the  South  and  Southwest.  It  embraces  likewise  house  furn¬ 
ishing  goods,  to  a  certain  extent;  includes  ship  and  steamboat  hardware,  railroad  supplies  and  so 
many  other  different  features  it  is  useless  to  attempt  further  description. 

Direct  importers  of  English,  German  and  French  hardware — especially  in  the  hne  of  fine  steel 
pocket  and  table  cutlery,  files,  etc.,  in  anchors,  chains,  Ac.,  and  in  guns,  pistols,  and  goods  of  like 
character,  the  jobbers  of  New  Orleans,  being  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  trade  offer  purchasers 
aU  the  facilities  and  advantages  in  bargains  that  they  could  possiuly  meet  elsewhere.  This  trade  is 
very  extensive.  It  gives  employment  to  ten  exclusive  wholesale  houses  and  thirty-four  wholesale  and 
retail.  The  annual  business  will  aggregate  $4,650,000. 


THE  IRON  AND  STEEL  TRADE. 

Kindred  to  the  hardware  trade,  and  in  some  instances  conducted  by  the  same  parties,  the  iron 
trade  of  New  Orleans  has  greatly  enlarged  of  late  years  and  affords  one  of  the  very  best  evidences  of 
the  city’s  thrift  and  advance  under  the  new  regime  of  commercial  progress.  Facts,  however,  are 
more  eloquent  than  words,  and  figures  are  more  convincing  than  whole  volumes  of  argumentative 
phraseology.  According  to  the-  records  in  1857,  the  receipts  of  pig  iron  at  New  Orleans  amounted 
only  to  the  insignificant  amount  of  77  tons,  valued  at  $2,695,  and  no  other  receipts  of  iron  appear  in 
the  hst.  Now  mark  the  change:  Among  the  dutiable  imports  entered  at  the  New  Orleans  custom 
house  for  the  year  1880-81  were  the  following  articles:  17,750,263  lbs.  of  pig  iron;  65,156,421  lbs. 
of  railroad  bars;  37,216  lbs.  of  bar  iron;  6,819  lbs.  of  boiler  iron;  958,650  lbs.  of  band,  hoop  and 
scroll  iron;  and  4,577  lbs.  old  scrap  iron.  The  importations  in  steel  were,  76,598,913  lbs.  of  railroad 
steel  rails,  besides  steel  bars,  iron  and  steel  castings,  and  metal  compositions,  enough  to  bring  the 
sum  total  of  values  up  to  $2,771,614.  Enough  iron  and  steel  railroad  bars  were  brought  to  New 
Orleans  to  lay  moy'e  than  six  hundred  and  thiidy  miles  of  railroad! 

STOVES,  TINWARE  AND  house-furnishing  GOODS. 

New  Orleans  enjoys  an  extensive  trade  in  this  line.  Fifteen  large  houses  are  engaged  and  their 
stocks  embrace  everything  in  the  line  of  cooking,  heating  and  laundry  stoves,  constructed  either  for 
wood,  coal  or  gas. 


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The  trade  for  the  past  year  has  advanced  fully  fifteen  per  cent,  over  and  above  that  of  the  previous 
one  and  will  amount  to  $2,125,000.  As  evidence  of  the  prosperity  of  the  business,  mention  is  made 
of  the  splendid  warehouse  and  salesroom  now  being  erected  by  one  of  the  prominent  firms, 
which,  when  completed,  will  eclipse  anything  of  the  kind  in  the  South  or  West.  Altogether  New 
Orleaiis  does  a  surprising  business  in  this  line,  and  will  rank  close  up  to  Baltimore. 

THE  FURNITURE  TRADE. 

The  Southern  demand  has  always  been  fastidious  and  luxurious  in  the  choice  of  furniture.  So 
much  is  this  the  case  that  it  has  passed  into  a  proverb,  “none  but  good  goods  and  fine  goods  can  be 
sold  in  New  Orleans.”  This  of  course  has  poduced  improvement  in  the  character  of  the  stocks  of¬ 
fered,  in  quality,  taste  and  design;  so  that  it  may  well  be  doubted  whether  any  city  of  the  United 
States  exhibits  more  magnificent  displays  than  can  be  seen  m  the  mammoth  warehouses  of  this  city. 
There  are  eighty-four  houses  engaged  in  this  trade  whose  combined  annual  sales  will  amount  to 
$1,6C0,000. 

WALL  PAPER,  CARPETS  (VC. 

The  sale  of  carpets,  oilcloths,  mattings,  window  shades,  wall  papers  and  goods  of  similar  char¬ 
acter,  has  grown  so  largely  it  deserves  separate  and  special  notice.  While  it  is  true  that  some  of 
the  dealers  in  furniture,  in  paper  and  in  dry  goods,  sell  considerable  quantities  of  these  goods,  still 
the  business  has  its  distinct  houses.  The  foreign  importations  are  quite  large,  French,  Belgian,  Eng¬ 
lish  and  German  goods  being  a  most  important  branch.  The  stocks  are  large  and  varied,  and  include 
carpetings  of  all  kinds,' velvets,  Brussels,  Axminster,  three-plys,  ex-superfines,  fines  and  Venetian 
goods,  besides  the  cheapest  kinds;  oil  cloths  of  every  pattern,  cocoa  mattings,  etc.  In  window 
shades  and  wall  paper,  there  is  simply  no  end  to  classes,  qualities  and  designs,  from  the  finer  grades 
of  velvet,  velvet  and  gold,  satin-surfaced,  French,  English  and  German  papers,  elegant,  costly  and 
beautiful,  down  to  the  lowest  priced  productions  of  American  manufactories,  and  to  suit  all  shades, 
colors  and  conditions.  The  miscellaneous  branch  of  the  trade— camp  stools,  hassocks,  rugs,  carriage 
robes,  etc.,  also  receive  a  large  share  of  attention.  This  trade  will  aggregate  $600,000  per  annum. 


BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

New  Orleans  has  eighteen  wholesale  and  retail  firms  engaged  in  the  book  and  stationery  trade, 
besides  nine  steam  lithographic  establishments;  eleven  book  binderies  and  four  blank  book  manufac¬ 
tories;  W  the  business  of  these  branches  is  not  accounted  for  in  this  article.  The  character  and 
standing  of  these  houses  is  well  and  favorably  known  throughout  this  section,  and  their  entei-prise 
and  liberality  to  the  trade  has  kept  abreast  of  the  general  advancement.  The  shelves  ot  our  dealers 
are  at  all  times  replete  with  the  latest  and  best  published  works,  from  the  most  ephemeral  to  the 
most  substantial,  and  embracing  an  almost  inconceivable  collection  of  differently  priced  and  differently 
bound  and  executed  styles,  from  the  finest  workmanship  to  the  commonest,  or  from  the  plainest  and 
cheapest  paper-back  primers  to  the  costliest  bible,  done  in  antique  Morocco,  illustrated  and  with  gilt 
edges.  Full  assortments  of  law,  medical,  theological,  school,  statistical  and  miscellaneous  works- 
printed  in  English,  German,  French,  Italian  and  Spanish — as  w^ell  as  complete  editions  of  the  works 
of  ancient  Greek,  Latin  and  Hebrew  writers,  both  in  the  original  and  translated  print;  in  fact,  the 
stocks  will  compare  most  favorably  with  those  of  any  other  city.  Especially  are  the  stocks  of  sta¬ 
tionery  complete  and  extensive,  several  of  the  houses  making  specialties  of  office,  counting-room, 
school-room  and  fancy  stationery  and  commercial  blank  books,  etc.  This  trade  will  aggregate  $760,- 
000  per  annum. 

NEWS  AND  BOOK  PAPER. 

Closely  allied  to  the  book  trade  and  yet  conducted  by  different  firms  is  that  of  paper— book,  news 
and  wrapping.  Four  houses  engage  in  this  branch  and  their  stocks  embrace  all  the  various  kinds — 
straw-print,  rag  print,  book  and  supers,  as  well  as  straw  wrapping,  manilia  and  bogus  manilla,  etc. 
These  houses  are  also  largely  ehgaged  in  the  sale  of  writing  paper,  several  are  ageiits  for  the  largest 
manufactories  in  the  country,  and^such  goods  can  be  purchased  here  at  factory  prices.  In  addition 
to  the  above,  the  finest  classes  of  French  and  Geianan  paper  are  imported  to  this  city  and  distributed 
•o  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  All  branches  considered,  this  trade  will  amount  to  $500,C00 
per  annum. 

MUSIC  AND  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

No  city  on  the  continent  of  America  surpasses  New^  Orleans  as  a  music  center.  This  assertion  is 
simply  proven  in  the  fact,  that  no  other  city.  New  York  not  excepted,  giyes  such  support  to  the 
French  and  Italian  opera,  and  other  meritorious  attractions  in  the  musical  line,  as  New  Orleans.  It 
goes,  therefore,  without  saying,  that  the  trade  in  music  and  musical  instruinents  must  necessarily  be 
large.  There  are  at  least  four  houses  in  the  trade  that  wdll  rank  with  any  in  the  countiy%  besides  a 
large  number  of  small  establishments,  and  their  trade,  combined,  is  estimated  at  $800, COO  per  an¬ 
num.  Stocks  are  not  only  extensive  but  represent  the  best  quality  of  goods;  rare  collections  of 
sheet  music  adapted  to  all  manner  of  instruments,  with  immense  stocks  of  pianos,  organs,  melo- 
deons,  violins,  flutes,  guitars,  banjos,  accordeons;  German-silver,  brass  and  field  band  instruments; 
strings,  musical  goods  of  every  variety  from  a  reed  fife  to  the  most  elaborately  finished  and  finely 
cased  rosewood  piano,  representing  all  of  the  most  popular  and  celebrated  manufactories  in  Europe 
and  America,  and  brought  to  this  city  in  all  forms — grand,  square  and  upright,  bichord  and  semi¬ 
grand,  boudoir  and  cottage  grand,  even  to  the  piccolo  foim — a  small  upright  piano,  not  more  than 
Biree  and  a  half  feet  high.  The  importation  of  the  best  class  of  German  and  French  instruments 
IS  largely  on  the  increase  and  so  too  in  the  foreign  export  business.  New  Orleans  already  selling  to 
Mexico  and  South  America. 


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JEWELRY,  WATCHES,  SILVERWARE,  ETC. 

houses  are  to  be  f9und  in  this  trade  and  all  the  different  styles  of  fe well- 
known  to  the  trade  are  manufactured  or  imported,  and  our  jewelers  have  been  quite  successful  ij 
meeting  popular  taste  in  a  business  that  is  excessively  variable  in  this  regard.  The  various  preciou 
stones,  of  which  large  and  costly  stocks  ^e  always  on  hand,  are  set  in  New  Orleans  with  an  deganc 
and  finish  that  can  not  be  surpassed.  Silver  ware  is  manufactured  here  to  a  very  considerabi 

^  and  foreign  manufacture,  from  the  most  expensiv 

to  the  least  costly,  are  sold  by  the  trade  as  low  as  can  be  obtained  from  the  manufacturer^  Ne-v 
Orleans  dealers  import,  direct,  Swiss  and  English  watches,  fine  jewelry  and  the  rarest  of  foreig 

and  the  shelves  of  our  best  jewelers  are  beautifully  adorned  with  these  articles  Takf  J 
all  in  all,  the  annual  sales  will  approximate  $1,000,000. 

TOYS,  FIREWORKS,  ETC. 

^fnn^nr!? I  another  branch  of  wholesale  business  in  the  city,  whose  sales  annually  will  add  a 
least  $400,000  to  our  already  extended  columns.  Allusion  is  made  to  the  trade  coming  under  th( 
captmn  _  of  toys  fireworks,  etc.  About  a  dozen  houses— some  quite  large— engage  exclusivelv  it 
this  business,  while  many  others  combine  it  with  other  branches. 

IMPORTED  PERFUMERY  AND  TOILET  GOODS. 

,  are  iiattering  possibilities  of  great  extension  of  this  business  The  proximity  and  aecessi 

7.,^^  quantities  of  raw  material  in  the  tropical  and  semi-tropical  flowers;  the  presence 

of  skilled  manufacturers,  and  the  comparatively  unoccupied  field  in  this  country,  all  point  to  Nev 
Orleans  as  the  future  perfumery  entrepot  of  America.  Already  there  are  four  large  firms  engagee 
in  importing,  manufacturing  and  jobbing,  and  make  annual  sales  of  $800,000. 

COTTON  BAGGING,  TIES,  ETC. 

Although  the  sale  of  cotton  bagging,  ties,  &c.,  is  usually  conducted  by  cotton  factors,  yet  in  the 

^  making  a  specialty  of  this  class  of  goods.  The  sales  will  aggregate  mon 

tnan  !|)Z,000,000  annually. 

THE  PRODUCE,  SEED  AND  PEED  TRADE. 

Elsewhere  is  given  statistical  account  of  the  various  branches  of  business  coming  under  the  above 
several  heads.  In  the  city  twenty- three  firms  deal  in  produce  exclusively;  six  firms  make  field  gar 
den  and  flower  seeds  their  specialties,  and  thirty-seven  firms  deal  only  in  forage  and  stock ’feed 

Omitting  figures  previously  given,  at  least  $2,125,000  additional  must  be  set  down  to  their  annual 
SJllGS  list. 

POWDER,  GUNS  AND  SPORTING  GOODS. 

I  oul  whole^le  firms  in  the  city  confine  their  business  to  gun,  rifle  and  blasting  powder,  and  sim- 
flar  goods.  Ihree  firms  deal  in  all  manner  of  guns,  pistols,  fishing  tackle  and  sporting  goods 
Combined,  their  business  amounts  to  fully  $200,000  per  annum. 

THE  NORTHERN  ICE  TRADE. 

Statistics  for  this  trade  were  not  ava,ilable,  but  when  it  is  stated  that  there  are  more  than  fifty  ice 
dealers  in  the  city,  and  that  ice  is  received  here  not  only  by  the  car  and  train  load,  but  by  many  ship 
loads,  for  consTimption  in  the  city  and  to  supply  the  innumerable  steamboats,  steamships,  etc  ,  thaf 
come  to  New  Orleans,  the  amount  handled  annually  will  not  fall  short  of  4'>,0  lO  tons,  valued  at  not 
less  than  $800,000.  This,  however,  does  not  include  the  ice  manufactured  in  New  Orleans. 


PAINTS,  OILS  AND  GLASS. 

In  New  Oriels,  as  in  all  large  cities,  business  coming  under  the  above  heads  is  conducted  bv 
^ecial  hnns.  There  are  eleven  importing  and  jobbing  houses  in  the  line  of  paints,  oils  and  glass. 

pure  lead  in  oil  are  dealt  in  in  large  quantities;  also  white  zinc  and  colors ;  paints 
of  all  kinds  chrome  yellow,  chrome  green,  American  vermilions,  Spanish  brown,  Venetian  red, 

furniture,  coach,  Japan,  leather  and  dormer  varnishes;  raw  and  double 
boiled  linseed  oils;  brushes;  flint,  sand  and  emery  papers;  artists’,  gilders’,  painters’  and  litho¬ 
graphers  supplies,  &c.,  &c.  ^ 

The  trade  in  imported  French  and  crystal  plate  -window  glass  is  quite  extensive,  while  immense 
stocks  of  American  plate  and  window  glass;  colored,  enameled  and  fancy  glass;  glazier’s  diamonds; 
druggists  and  perfumers’  flint  and  green  glass  ware;  demijohns,  wine  bottles,  flasks,  etc.,  are  to  be 
found  here  at  all  times. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  there  are  nine  wholesale  houses  dealing  in  illuminating  oils;  lamps — 
students  lamps,  ordinary  coal  oil  lamps,  hanging  lamps,  hall  lamps,  chandeliers,  embracing  hun¬ 
dreds  of  vaneties,  and  necessitating  the  employment  of  large  capital. 

The  annual  trade  in  the  above  branches  will  approximate  $500,000. 

The  above  departments,  we  believe,  include  all  that  may  be  classified  as  leading  commercial, 
importing  and  jobbing  branches  of  business  in  our  midst.  Aware,  however,  that  omission  is  made 
of  quite  a  number  of  pursuits  whose  transactions  were  not  obtainable  without  most  laborious  and 
tnmute  investigation,  we  shall  next  pass  to  the  consideration  of  New  Orleans  as  a  manufacturing 
point.  In  these  latter  examinations,  although  the  diligence  and  experience  of  a  large  corps  of  can¬ 
vassers  was  employed,  the  same  difficulty  encountered  before  has  beset  our  labors— that  is,  to  sepa¬ 
rate  manufactures  proper  from  commerce,  and  even  after  all  our  tribulation  the  arrangement  has 
not  been  thoroughly  accomplished,  though  the  departments  are  more  fully  reported  than  ever  before, 
and  as  clearly  as  circumstances  would  admit. 


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THE  MANUFACTURES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

The  idea  that  most  people  entertain  of  New  Orleans’  progress  in  the  important  department  of 
manufacturing  industries  is  that  there  is  and  can  be  no  progress.  This  seems  paradoxical;  but  it  is 
nevertheless  true — at  least  as  regards  the  thinkers  of  the  American  regime.  They  ■will  assert,  even 
now,  most  positively  and  energetically  that  New  Orleans  can  never  be  prosperous,  wealthy,  great, 
.^except  as  a  purely  commercial  city ;  and  that  it  is  a  contradiction  of  the  truth  of  political  economy  to 
Xdemand  that  a  metropolis,  so  e'vidently  designed  for  commerce  on  the  largest  scale,  "with  results  the 
most  magnificent,  should  be  trammeled  in  her  course  by  entering  upon  any  other  pursuits,  no  mat¬ 
ter  how  flattering  their  promise.  The  wonderful  prosperity  in  the  past,  as  a  strictly  commercial 
city,  it  is  claimed,  is  irrefragable  proof  of  the  correctness  of  this  decision  and  the  necessity  of 
this  policy. 

^is  hne  of  argument  was  so  long  paramount  among  those  who  'wielded  the  material  destinies  of 
this  city  that  any  attempt,  in  the  olden  time,  to.  diverge  from  the  beaten  track  of  mercantile  pur- 
smts  into  manufacturing  entei’prises,  was  the  signal  for  either  merciless  ridicule  or  persistent  denun¬ 
ciation,  or  good  natured  contempt,  to  oveiwyhelm  the  individual  who  dared  to  be  an  innovator.  For 
example  and  we  mention  this  only  as  one  of  the  many  instances,  how  the  first  attempt  to  establish 
a  cotton  seed  oil  mill  m  New  Orleans  was  derided.  Yet  the  sons  of  the  enterprising  citizen  who 
erected  the  first  mill  are  now  among  our  most  prosperous  merchants. 

1 .1^ Again,  it  has  been  repeatedly  asserted  by  persons,  Avho  are  more  apt  to  object  to  enterprise  and  to 
*  find  fault  "with  things  they  know  nothing  of,  than  to  advance  clear  and  decisive  argument  fortifying 
such  assertions,  that  a  manufacturing  city  must  be  situated  in  or  near  a  district  possessing  inexhaust¬ 
ible  supplies  of  cheap  coal,  and  that  a  seaboard  city  distant  from  the  coal  mines,  presents  an  effect- 
uahbarrier  to  manufacturing  supremacy.  Such  talk  is  mere  twaddle.  The  position  of  the  chief 
commercial  cities  of  the  world — London,  on  the  Thames,  Liverpool,  on  the  Mersey,  and  Paris,  on 
the  Seine  the  manufacturing  industries  of  w'^hich  are  barely  secondary  to  their  commercial  impor¬ 
tance,  proves  conclusively  that  immediate  proximity  to  the  ocean,  instead  of  retarding,  renders  man¬ 
ufacturing  industry  a  most  powerful  and  valuable  auxiliary  to  great  commercial  transactions.  In 
the  midst  of  the  shipping  market  transportation  facillities  are  ^eater  and  the  relative  freight  charges 
on  coal  in  the  raw'^  state  and  manufactured  products  in  their  finished  condition  is  so  decidedly  in  favor 
of  the  latter  that  prices  are  necessarily  lessened  and  increased  demand  naturally  follows.  Hence, 
though  tnte,  it.  is  nevertheless  a  truth — stable  as  the  hills — increased  consumption  stimulates  effort 
and  the  ready  demand  excites  invention  and  begets  rich  rewards  for  labor.  The  more  enlightened 
and  refined,  the  more  opulent  and  influential  a  commercial  city  becomes,  the  greater  the  demand  for 
all  the  results  of  productive  industry’,  both  in  matters  of  utility  and  in  matters  of  ornament. 

But  while  mindful  of  the  fact  that  for  iron  and  all  manner  of  heavy  goods  coal  lies  at  the  bottom 
of  all  successful  manufacturing  operations,  and  acts  as  a  powerful  magnate  in  attracting  an  industri¬ 
ous  population  to  the  ■vicinity  where  it  can  be  cheaply  and  abundantly  supplied;  while  aware  that 
m  the  coal  districts  of  England,  we  find  her  strictly  manufacturing  towns  and  cities — Birmingham, 
M^chester,  Leeds,  Sheffield  and  others,  and  that  in  the  United  States — Philadelphia, Pittsburgh|ancl 
Wheehng— present  similar  situations,  and  are  located  in  districts  abounding  with  coal  and  its  usual 
accompaniment,  iron.  Yet  we  find  direct  and  most  successful  contradiction  and  exception  to  this 
rule  m  the  present  pre-eminence  of  New  England,  where  the  sites  of  her  chief  manufacturing  to'wns, 
so  far  as  natural  advantages  are  concerned,  seem  to  have  been  chosen  solely  with  refference  to  abun¬ 
dant  water  power.  Certainly  no  superiority^  otherwise  can  be  claimed,  for  the  soil  is  notoriously  so 
barren  and  sterile  that  the  migratory  crow  journeying  across  its  bald  rocks  and  naked  sands — even 

as  the  crow  flies,  to  avoid  starvation  should  carry  its  rations.  And  yet  those  people  have  grown 
^wealthy  and  independent  by  seizing  our  unemployed  opportunities  and  transporting  our  raw  cotton 
^two  thousand  miles  across  the  coiitinent  have  set  their  steam  mills  agoing,  their  looms  and  spindles  a 
Immming  and  make  us  pay  millions  of  tribute  to  the  superior  intelhgence  of  their  capitalists  and 
the  skill  and  industry  of  their  ingenious  mechanics. 

Whatever,  then,  may  ha've  been  the  correctness  of  the  anti-manufacturing  doctrine  for  ante-bel- 
jlum  New  Orleans,  the  war  itself,  in  its  results,  has  wrought  out  a  change  that  will  surprise  those 
who  have  not  had  the  opportunity  or  taken  the  pains  to  ascertain  our  city’s  progress  in  the  wide  field 
of  manufacturing  industry. 

The  Feder^  census  of  1870,  though  not  as  thoroughly  and  as  accurately  taken  as  was  desirable,  yet 
showed  over  fifty  distinct  classes  of  manufacturing  pursuits  in  the  city,  and  though  over  twenty  of 
these  were  simply  noted  as  existing,  and  a  number  of  others  that  did  exist  were  omitted  altogethr,  the 
thir^  classes,  for  which  full  reports  were  given,  summed  up  a  total  of  nearly  $10,000,000  as  the  val¬ 
ue  of  their  products,  with  5,600  hands  employed.  In  striking  and  gratifying  contrast  to  this  mea¬ 
gre  sho'wmg  was  that  of  the  census  of  1880.  The  decade,  despite  the  depressing  effects  of  year 
after  year  of  sore  political  troubles,  emerged  from  them  with  an  exhibit  of  over  one  hundred  distinct 
classes  of  manufacturing  industries  in  our  city,  giving  employment  to  nearly  11,000  hands,  and  pre- 
sentmg  a  money  value  of  nearly  $21,000,000  as  the  practical  result  of  their  skill  and  labor.  This  in- 
derived  from  a  statistical  summary  of  this  branch  of  the  census  for  1880  published  in 
the  fall  of  that  year.  It  is  not  as  accurate  or  as  comprehensive  as  is  desirable,  for  several  important 
branchy,  and  quite  a  number  of  smaller  ones,  known  to  have  existed  at  the  time  were  omitted.  Still, 

prove  beyond  a  doubt,  that  remarkable  progress  had  been  made  from  1870  to 
1880,  a  progress  of  increase  of  full  one  hundred  per  cent,  and  so  remarkable  indeed,  amid  such  dis¬ 
couraging  surroundings,  as  to  be  hardly  credible.  Yet  the  facts  are  there. 


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And  what  is  more  gratifying  still,  even  a  cursory  examination  made  during  the  latter  part  of  1881, 
of  a  few  of  the  principal  manufactories  shows  that  this  progress  has  moved  on  with  decided  rapidity 
within  the  last  year,  and  that  there  is  every  evidence  that  it  will  continue  to  advance  and  develop, 
not  onlv  as  to  the  number  of  manufactories  in  each  class,  but  in  new  branches  that  will  be  establish¬ 
ed,  and  the  area  of  territory’,  domestic  and  foreign,  which  they  will  enter  and  occupy. 

The  smaller  industries,  too,  which  some  seasons  ago  had  appeared  to  merely  linger  along— almost 
ready,  many  of  them,  to  give  up  the  ghost — were  found  to  be  under  full  headway,  working  all  the 
hands  they  could  get,  complaining  of  the  scarcity  of  good  mechanics,  and,  for  a  wonder,  of  their  im 
ability  to  fill  orders  as  demanded.  The  statement  was  further  made  that  this  was  not  a  sudden  rush 
of  work,  but  that  it  had  been  steadily  increasing  for  months;  that  it  was  a  regular,  healthy  mcrease, 

and  had  eveiy  promise  of  being  permanent.  ,  .  ^  i  i  * 

A  still  more  gratifying  feature  of  this  tour  of  inspection  was  that  the  question  put  to  both  large 
and  small  establishments:  “Are  vou  filling  any  orders  for  Mexico,  Central  America,  South  Amer¬ 
ica,  or  the  West  Indies?”  The  reply  was  generally  in  the  affinnative— especially  for  Mexican  and 
Central  Amencan  ports.  The  introduction  of  steam  transportation  within  the  last  few  years  between 
those  ports  and  Kew  Orleans,  more  particularly  the  Central  America^n  ports,  has  undoubtedly  been 
the  chief  factor  in  this  happy  improvement.  It  will  certahily  be  very  widely  developed  with  the  in¬ 
crease  taking  place  each  year,  in  the  number  of  steamships  that  are  to  run  between  New  Orleans, 
Matamoras,  Tuxpan,  Tampico,  Yera  Cruz,  Truillo,  Balize  and  Puerto  Cortez,  to  say  nothing  of 
Venezuelan  and  Cuban  ports.  The  establishment  of  a  line  of  steamers  between  our  city  and  Jamicaa, 
Porto  Rico,  and  other  West  Indian  islands  would  complete  their  new  field  for  commercial  enterprise 
in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  the  Carribean  Sea  so  long  sought  by  our  most  far-seeing  merchants  as 
one  that,  once  established  under  their  control,  could  not  be  wrested  from  them.  Then  our  manu¬ 
facturing  industries  would  enter  upon  a  career  of  activity  and  development  and  prosperity  comi^n- 
surate  with  the  great  extent  and  vast  resources  of  these  tropic  lands  to  which  we  have  so  long  been 
aliens.  And  not  only  as  regards  the  progress  of  New  Orleans,  but  we  dare  ainrni  that  any  act  ot 
American  diplomacy  which  puts  our  countiw  in  friendly  relations  and  commercial  reciprocity  with 
Mexico  and  the  Central  and  South  American  countries  ^vill  be  of  invaluable  benefit  to  everj”  vital  in¬ 
terest  of  American  industry.  .  j.  i  i.-  j 

It  should  be  stated  also  that  the  rapid  construction  of  the  extensive  railway  system,  destined  soon 
to  connect  om*  city  with  interior  commercial,  agricultural  and  mining  centers  that  mtherto,  tor  lack 
of  speedy,  certain  and  cheap  transportation  ^yere  far  beyond  our  reach,  has  undoubtly  had  much  to 
do  with  this  veiy  marked  increase,  even  within  the  past  commercial  year,  of  our  manutacturiim  im 
terests.  The  proprietors  speak  of  making  shipments  towards  and  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  tar  up  North 
and  W  est,  and  even  into  the  interior  of  Mexico,  with  a  quiet  confidence  that  in  a  number  ot  in¬ 
stances  is  evidently  the  result  of  experiments  already  successfully  made.  This  widespread  and  con¬ 
tinuous  railroad  construction  with  New  Orleans  for  the  objective  point  for  most  ot  the  lines,  has 
very  largely  assisted  in  giving  new'  hfe  in  particular  to  one  of  our  most  important  industries  that 
of  lumber,  both  in  the  rough  and  the  manufactured  state.  Lumber  cut  for  railroad  construction,  h^ 
been  going  in  large  shipments  to  St.  Louis,  to  the  adjacent  southern  ^.tates,  to  the  Rio  Grande,  to 
Mexico,  while  the  gigantic  Lesseps  ship  canal  enterprise  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  ha^  called  tor 
cargo  after  cargo  of  the  products  of  our  saw'-mills,  and  as  to  orders,  the  cry  is  still  they  come. 
This  valuable  interest,  so  much  depressed  a  few  years  ago,  has  I’t  covered  with  a  bound;  and  here, 

too,  the  mills  and  the  jobbers  find  it  difficult  to  meet  the  demand.  „  •  ,  n-  .  j  4.1, 

Apart  from  the  sincere  pleasure  these  auspicious  results  must  give  to  all  intelligent  readers,  there 
is  another  important  consideration  which  merits  the  especial  attention  of  every  morally  inclined 
politick  economists  as  well  as  every  philanthropist  and  well-wdsher  ot  our  city,  and  th^  is  tnat 
these  factories  and  shops,  in  giving  regular  employment  throughout  the  year  to  so  many  thousands 
of  young  persons  of  both  sexes  in  our  city,  not  only  make  thousands  of  humble  homes  happy,  but 
the  young  generation  are  taught  the  necessity  of  steady  occupation,  the  benefits  of  steady  mdustry. 
If  it  be  true  that  “an  idle  brain  is  the  devd’s  workshop,”  it  is  equally  true  that  idle  hands  find  time 
and  delight  in  doing  the  devil’s  work.  Idleness  is  the  parent  of  \Tce  and  the  mother  ot  hoodlum- 
ism,”  but  a  healthy  state  of  manufacturing  mdustiy  prevents  much  ot  this  in  a  city,  and  the 
of  honest  labor — not  only  its  pecuniary,  but  its  moral  value — is  so  practically  impressed  on  the 
minds  of  the  young  generation  that  they  can  never  forget  it  They  are  to  be  the  citizens  of  the  future 
New  Orleans,  and  how'  fearful  its  fate  if  the  majority  of  them  grow  up  to  manhood  and  woman¬ 
hood,  undisciplined  in  mind,  heart  and  body;  how  noble  its  destiny  if  its  young  men  and  its  young 
women  shall  have  learned  to  earn  their  liring  and  to  perform  their  duties,  not  only  in  the  countmg- 
room,  but  m  the  shop  and  the  factory,  before  the  loom  and  at  the  anvil.  r  1. 4.1,  4. 4.1,^  ,4.1, 

Again,  a  good  deal  of  stress,  by  interested  parties,  has  been  laid  upon  the  ^t  that  the  feoutn, 
and,  of  course.  New'  Orleans  is  included,  situated  at  such  ^eat  distance  from  the  cod  supply  c^- 
not  compete  with  Northern  and  Eastern  manufactories.  Hitherto  the  mountam  has  had  to  go  to  Ma¬ 
homet.  Henceforth,  how'ever,  Mahomet  must  come  to  the  mountam,  for  the  corollary  ot  the  prop¬ 
osition  is  that  in  regard  to  the  manufacture  of  cotton  fabrics  alone,  it  is  cheaper  to  float  the  coa 
down  the  Mississippi  river,  even  if  no  other  modes  of  transportation  were  at  hand,  than  it  is  to 
transport  the  raw  cotton  to  the  East.  Granting,  then,  that  steam  is  now  the  motive  power  in  ever} 
leading  branch  of  manufacture,  we  here  assert  that  aU  else  is  equal— nay,  that  avery 
consideration  is  paramount,  and  therefore,  true  economy  must,  it  will,  it  cannot  refuse  te  locate  the 
manufactory  in  the  midst  of  the  supply  of  raw  material— -in  the  midst  of  the  consumptiv'e  mar  e  . 

Here  then  is  the  source  of  supply,  in  quantity  incalculable,  and  grown  under  the  shadow  ot  the 

factory  walls.  


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Here  are  all  the  important  requisites  conducive  to  prosperity,  or  the  causes  of  successful  and  eco¬ 
nomical  production.  Good  wages  are  paid  operatives,  food  is  cheap,  clothing  light  and  less  than  half 
the  cost  of  that  necessary  at  the  North.  The  sanitary  condition  has  been  vastly  improveed  and  is  being 
improted  upon  each  year.  The  climate  is  never  too  hot  or  too  cold  to  prevent  indoor  work,  whereas 
in  the  North  it  frequently  occurs,  the  rigid  weather  forces  the  factories  to  “shut  down”  for  months 
at  a  time,  employes  are  thrown  out  or  work,  the  profits  of  the  year  are  greatly  diminished,  the 
price  of  manufactured  goods  is  advanced  and  the  demand  is  consequently  restricted. 

Here,  too,  there  is  vast  saving  in  the  expenses  of  commissions,  haulings,  handlings  transporta¬ 
tions,  insurances,  pressings,  weighing  and  re-weighing,  shrinkages  and  many  others  which  make 
the  supply  of  raw  material  cost  the  manufacturer  here  by  far  less  than  it  does  his  distant  rival,  even 
at  its  minimum  value  at  the  mills  of  the  latter,  and  all  of  which  combined  amount  to  a  margin 
which  would  be  a  clear  profit  over  tuat  of  the  Northern  or  European  manufacturer,  and  when  com¬ 
petition  IS  fully  established,  will  result  in  enriching  the  Southern  manufacturer  and  in  bankrupting 
his  most  powerful  competitors. 

Here,  also,  is  the  market — not  only  at  the  factory  doors,  but  stretching  from  latitude  40  degrees 
I  North  to  40  degrees  South.  On  one  side  lie  the  great  States  of  the  American  Union;  on  the  other 
a  vast  market  opens  up  in  Mexico,  in  the  Central  American  States,  m  South  America — embracing 
the  countries  along  the  Carnbean  Sea ;  Ecuador,  Peru  and  Chili  on  the  Pacific  coast,  and  Brazil  and 
the  Argentine  Republic  far  down  the  blue  Atlantic.  Those  countries  are  without  cotton  manufactories, 
and  yet  all  consume  cotton  goods,  indeed  the  whole  civilized  world,  for  that  matter,  uses  for  wear¬ 
ing  apparel,  to  some  extent,  the  product  of  our  “vegetable  wool,”  the  snowy  texture  of  our  rightly 
named  King  Cotton. 

These  considerations  being  solidified  facts,  positive  and  conclusive,  it  is  plain  to  every  one  that 
whatever  cheapens  the  cost  of  manufactured  goods  diminishes  the  price;  a  cheap  price  stimulates 
demand ;  aii  increased  demand  for  a  manufactured  article  calls  for  the  labor  of  an  increased  number 
of  persons  to  aid  in  producing  it.  This  is  the  general  law,  deduced  from  repeated  experiments;  and 
with  the  way  thus  cleared,  we  may  look  forward  to  results  still  more  astonishing  than  those  already 
achieved. 

Quite  apropos  in  this  connection,  and  serving  to  show  that  our  opinion  is  not  a  biased  or  sectional 
one,  we  introduce  the  following  article,  written  by  Col.  A.  K.  McClure,  editor  of  the  Philadelphia 
Times,  as  to  the  practical  lessons  learned  from  the  great  cotton  exposition  lately  held  at  Atlanta: 

“The  chief  lessons  of  the  Atlanta  exposition  are  eminently  practical,  and  they  are  so  regarded  by 
the  Southern  people.  They  will  give  not  only  immediate  but  lasting  and  incalculable  fruits  of  the 
grandest  character.  The  cotton  exposition  will  silence  the  hum  of  many  spindles  in  the  North,  and 
it  will  make  the  South  much  more  the  legitimate  field  for  both  invention  and  capital  than  it  has 
ever  been  in  the  past.  It  will  teach  to  the  great  mass  of  the  Southern  people  what  only  the  theo¬ 
rists  have  known  until  now — that  the  greatest  boon  to  the  South,  after  the  cotton  gin,  is  the  cotton 
spindle;  and  I  hazard  nothing  in  saying  that  in  another  decade  Georgia  will  spin  all  her  cotton, 
have  looms  for  most  of  it,  and  make  the  music  of  the  cotton  factory  heard  in  every  cotton  centre  of 
the  South.  Of  all  civilizations  of  the  nineteenth  century,  the  old  South  was  the  only  one  that  would 
have  paid  more  than  $200,000,000  annually  to  a  hated  North  to  spin  its  cotton.  With  a  thousand 
miles  of  transportation,  the  cost  of  baling,  the  injury  to  the  fibre  by  pressing  and  separating  it 
again  for  the  spindle,  and  the  increased  cost  of  labor  in  the  North,  all  pleading  for  the  spindle  in 
the  South,  the  North  gathered  the  chief  profits  of  Southern  products  by  receiving  the  raw  material 
and  returning  it  in  web  to  be  sold  largely  to  those  who  should  have  made  it.  But  the  new  South 
has  studied  simple  arithmetic,  and  its  cotton  exposition  is  merely  a  huge  blackboard  on  which  is 
presented  to  the  whole  South  the  plain  lesson  that  the  three  hundred  millions’  worth  of  cotton  pro¬ 
duced  this  year  will  be  worth  three  hundred  milhons  more  when  the  ample  and  iceless  water  powers 
of  the  South  shall  be  employed  to  whirl  the  merry  spindles  at  home.  This  is  the  great  lesson  of  the 
Atlanta  exposition,  and  the  prehminary  progress  that  has  made  the  grand  exposition  possible,  has 
developed  a  measure  of  invention  and  advancement  in  the  South  that  is  truly  wonderful.  No  one 
can  carefully  note  the  cotton  machinery  at  the  exposition  without  accepting  the  conviction  that  even 
the  old  cotton  gin  and  the  old  spindle  will  soon  become  integral  parts  of  the  same  cunning  imple¬ 
ment,  and  that  the  raw  cotton  from  the  field  sack  will  be  ginned  and  spun  by  a  single  process. 
That  once  attained,  or  even  the  spinning  of  the  cotton,  with  its  two  or  three  hundred  millions  of 
annual  compensation  assured  to  the  South,  its  progress  will  outstrip  the  wildest  calculation,  and 
every  channel  of  industry  will  share  the  impetus.  It  was  a  hard  up-hill  struggle  to  lay  the  solid 
foundations  for  Southern  progress,  but  it  has  been  done,  and  the  active  men  of  to-day  will  live  to 
rejoice  in  the  enlightened  advancement  and  wealth  and  grandeur  of  the  new  South.” 

And  now  that  the  animosities  and  prejudices  engendered  by  war  are  happily  passing  away  and 
yielding  to  a  more  fraternal  spirit;  now  that  the  delicate  social  and  political  relations  between  the 
races  are  being  adjusted  upon  a  better  understanding  of  their  nature;  now  that  our  government, 
like  the  gracious  atmosphere,  is  beginning  to  throw  its  fostering  and  protecting  influence  over  and 
around  all  alike,  we  can  confidently  indulge  the  hope  that  an  era  of  unexampled  prosperity  will 
soon  smile  upon  our  beloved  city.  After  two  decades  of  almost  continuous  busmess  adversity — 
periods  which  her  rivals  have  not  failed  to  take  advantage  of — the  Crescent  City  once  more  fairly 
mounts  the  crest  of  the  wave  of  prosperity,  and  like  a  well  manned  ship  sets  her  prow  toward  the 
haven  of  success. 

Viewed,  therefore,  from  every  standpoint,  the  opportunity  which  presents  itself  to  New  Orleans 
for  marvelous  industrial  developement  is  propitious.  Certainly  we  shall  not  claim  for  her  pre-emi- 


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nence  as  a  point  of  supply  for  iron  and  kindred  sorts  of  raw  material,  but  assuredly  she  has  co-rela¬ 
tive  interests  to  which  these  branches  are  potential  auxiliaries,  and  which  will  aid  her  in  advancing 
her  indigenious  products  and  physical  advantages  towards  fulfillment  of  their  manifest  destiny.  Lo¬ 
cated  on  the  grandest  water-way  of  the  world,  and  practically  commanding  this  the  lordliest  artery 
of  the  great  commercial  heart  of  America,  which  with  its  fifteen  hundred  tributaiies,  of  rivers  and 
lakes,  bays  and  bayous,  furnishes  over  sixteen  thousand  miles  of  steam  navigation — with  marine 
transportation  unobstructed  to  all  quarters  of  the  globe — a  geogrophical  situation  that  makes  her 
not  only  the  great  entreport  of  the  South  and  Southwest,  but  the  natural  gateway  to  the  teaming  El 
Dorado  of  South  American  countries,  the  central  trans-continental  point,  midway  between  the  At¬ 
lantic  and  Pacific;  with  an  area  of  many  milhons  of  acres  of  fertile  agricultural  land,  richer  than  the 
combined  dukedoms  and  principalities  of  Europe,  emptying  their  treasures  in  her  lap.  Surely  she 
possesses  very  many  of  the  elements  of  natural  greatness  as  a  seat  for  industrial  progress.  And  yet 
aside  from  these  natural  constituents  of  manufacturing  success,  her  artificial  aids  and  adjuncts  are 
far  from  insignificance.  Owner  of  many  millions  of  money,  director  of  the  policy  of  numerous  rail¬ 
roads — the  recent  great  influx  of  strangers  come  here  to  invest — all  these  facts,  in  spite  of  croakers, 
point  to  New  Orleans  as  a  local  point  of  interest — all  indicate  that  near  future  when  she  must,  and 
will,  become  the  productive  mart  for  the  extensive  regions  bordering  on  the  gulf,  whose  inhabitants 
■will  come  up  to  her  for  supplies,  as  Israel  went  down  to  Egypt  for  corn.  There  is  music  in  the  air  ! 
It  is  the  music  of  business  !  Manufactures  are  surer  of  proper  encouragement  than  ever  before. 
Manufactures  of  trextile  fabrics,  of  steamboats  and  steamships,  of  railway  supplies,  of  furniture 
and  household  goods,  and  of  the  many  little  odds  and  ends  to  meet  the  multifarious  wants  of  do¬ 
mestic  consumption  and  for  foreign  exportation,  manufactories  of  all  sorts  are  needed,  and  are  cor¬ 
dially  welcomed.  Capital  is  abundant,  bank  rates  are  favorable,  property  is  offered  at  reasonable 
figures,  and  these  and  many  other  inducements  are  held  out  to  manufacturers  elsewhere  to  come 
hither  and  participate  in  the  up  building  of  this  mighty  metorpolis,  to  share  in  her  certain  enrich¬ 
ment.  And  they  will  come.  All  these  magnets  of  attraction  place  New  Orleans  in  the  fore  rank  of 
advancing  cities.  The  outside  world  will  soon  see  w^e  have  thoroughly  aroused  to  this  new  condition 
of  affairs,  and  that  there  is  some  “snap”  and  vim  and  energy  left  us. 

Many  other  considerations  are  suggested  by  the  data  we  have  collected  and  hereinafter  submit, 
and  to  which  we  would  gladly  invite  attention  did  space  and  circumstances  pennit,  but  in  the  course 
of  our  researches  the  same  perplexing  dilemma  beset  our  efforts — to  propeily  define,  or  rather  sepa¬ 
rate  commercial  branches  from  manufactures  proper,  inasmuch  as  very  niany  houses  engaged  in  the 
one  branch  are  also  conductors  of  the  other.  Those  houses,  however,  which  devote  attention  almost 
exclusively  to  manufactures  are  briefly  described  as  floUows ; 

COTTON  SEED  OIL  AND  OIL  CAKE  MANUPWCTORIES. 

The  expression  of  oil  from  cotton  seed,  as  every  one  knows,  is  a  new  thing  —a  post-bellum  discov¬ 
ery,  in  fact.  However,  in  its  marvelous  modern  development,  cotton  most  forcibly  illustrates  that 
grand  and  comprehensive  law  of  nature  that  nothing  is  lost.  The  great  vegetable  staple,  to  which 
the  South  can  lay  claim  as  her  own  absolute  and  undisputed  property  has  developed  products,  has 
shown  uses,  far  beyond  the  most  sanguine  hopes  of  the  wildest  dreamer,  and  yet  its  possibilities  are 
far  from  being  reached,  and  are  hmited  only  by  the  capacity  of  the  human  mind — which  is  God’s 
machine,  in  its  wondrous  power  to  contrive  and  invent.  In  the  exercise  of  this  faculty,  the  applica¬ 
tion  of  the  best  intellect  to  this  end,  genius  has  recorded  briUiant  triumphs  and  universal  mankind 
now  hails  cotton  as  one  of  Heaven’s  greatest  blessings  and  its  various  manufactured  forms  as  signal 
victories  in  the  stately  march  of  civilization— victories  of  minds  over  matter.  From  the  time  that 
cotton  npens  in  the  pod  and  dots  the  fields  with  its  fleecy  bolls  to  the  application  of  every  particle  of 
its  substance  nothing  is  lost.  From  the  boll  is  ginned  the  fibers,  from  the  fiber  comes  the  yarn,  from 
the  yarn  the  cloth  is  woven.  Even  did  its  utility  stop  here  it  would  still  outrank  in  benefits  all  other 
vegetable  substances.  But  the  seed,  until  late  years  comparatively  without  value,  under  the  influ¬ 
ence  of  powerful  machineiy  is  made  to  yield  an  oil  that  has  already  become  a  most  valuable  article 
of  commerce  and  is  made  to  perform  many  services.  Exported  to  Europe,  it  frequently  returns  to  us 
refined  table  oil  and  not  infrequently  bottled  and  labelded,  “Olive  Oil,”  and  so  clear  an  imitation  it 
has  deceived  the  most  expert  connoiseurs.  Another  product  has  proven  a  successful  substitute  for 
lard,  in  culinary  matters.  The  meal,  after  the  oil  is  expressed,  is  moulded  into  cakes  and  sold  for 
stock-feed,  the  refuse  hull  is  used  for  fuel,  and  the  barren  stock  left  to  rot  in  the  fields  makes  an  ex¬ 
cellent  fertilizer.  This  business  is  increasing  in  importance  throughout  the  South,  fifteen  new  mills 
having  been  put  into  operation  during  1881. 

In  New  Orleans  there  are  six  of  the  most  extensive  mills  in  the  country  which,  together,  compose 
the  Cottonseed  association.  They  are:  The  Union,  situated  at  Gretna;  the  Planters,  in  Algiers; 
the  Crescent,  Bienville,  Louisiana  and  A.  A.  McGinnis’  Sons,  all  in  the  city  proper.  These  mills 
employ  about  1,600  hands,  to  whom  $448,960  is  paid  annually  as  wages,  and  with  products  in 
1880-81  amounting  to  $3,290,400.  In  other  words,  the  products  of  these  mills  in  1880-81  were 
26,250  English  tons  (of  2,240  pounds)  or  58,700,000  pounds  of  oil  cake,  and  2,541,000  gallons  of  oil 
or  56,460  barrels.  Of  the  cake,  8,000  to  9,000  tons  were  ground  up  to  meal,  and  sold  for  fertilizmg 
purposes,  and  the  balance  exported  principally  to  the  United  Kingdom.  The  oil  was  nearly  all 
exported,  France  and  Italy  being  the  principal  buyers.  The  receipts  of  seed  by  the  Cotton  Seed 
association  the  past  year  were  as  follows:  sacks.  ^  tons. 

Mississippi  River  and  tributaries . 1,412,117  71,193 

Texas. . . .  114,084  5,842 


Total 


1,526,201 


77,035 


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^2 _ _ _ - _ — - — - - 

COTTON  GrOODS  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  introduction  of  cotton  mills  into  New  Orleans,  as  everyone  knows,  is  another  of  the  post- 
bellum  innovations.  In  fact,  the  manufacture  of  cotton  goods  in  the  South  is  a  comparatively  new 
undertaking.  But  the  great  success  which  has  already  attended  the  venture  has  given  such  an 
impetus  to  the  business  that  only  a  few  years  are  needed  to  develop  it  into  enormous  proportions. 
Accordino"  to  the  census  of  1880,  there  were  751  cotton  mills  m  the  entue  united  States,  ot  which 
the  South  had  159  And  although  the  cotton  mills  of  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  are  generally 
built  on  a  larger  scale,  and  our  capital  seems  insignificant  when  compared  with  theii-’s,  yet  within 
the  few  brief  years  the  South  has  entered  the  field,  her  showing  is  most  respectable  and  gratifying. 

A  few  additional  facts  may  be  mentioned,  gathered  from  the  Federal  Census  report  ot  1880.  Ihe 
South,  having  only  one-fifth  of  the  number  of  mills,  one-twelfth  of  the  capital,  and  one-nmeteenth 
of  the  looms  and  spindles,  and  employing  only  one-tenth  as  many  operatives  as  Bie  other  States,  yet 
consumed  one-eighth  as  much  raw  material,  at  one-tenth  the  cost,  produced  one-fitteentn  the  ainount 
of  manufactured  goods,  aggregating  one-eleventh  the  total  value  of  production.  The  total  value  ot 
production  in  the  United  States  was  $192,773,960.  The  total  value  of  production  m  the  South  was 
$16,960,435. 

SUGAR  REFINERIES 

It  has  been  amply  demonstrated  elsewhere  in  these  pages,  that  the  sugar  trade  of  New  Orleans  is 
an  interest  taking  first  rank  in  the  commerce  of  the  city,  and  that  New  Orleans  is  acknowledged  as 
the  great  sugar  market  of  the  United  States.  The  business,  however,  is  not  confined  to  the  sale  and 
exportation  of  Louisiana  brown  sugars,  but  includes  the  importations  of  raw  sugars  from  the  West 
Indies  and  other  foreign  parts.  These  large  cargoes  of  raw  sugars  are  of  course  brought  to  New 
Orleans  not  mearly  for  local  consumption  or  for  sale  in  the  unrefined  state— and  this  introduces 
another  extensive  manufacturing  interest  of  our  city— the  work  of  the  sugar  refineries.  These  fac¬ 
tories  are  of  great  importance,  inasmuch  as  their  influence  upon  the  prosperity  of  the  city  reaches 
far  beyond  the  mere  employment  of  a  given  number  of  laborers,  or  the  production  of  a  certain 
value  in  merchantable  wares.  Not  only  does  the  Louisiana  sugar  planter  find  a  ready  market  for  his 
products,  but  by  them  importation  is  promoted,  and  our  port  is  made  to  assume  a  high  position  as 
the  great  medium  of  traffic  in  one  of  the  principal  articles  of  necessity  in  the  civilized  world ;  while 
every  means  of  transportation  is  called  into  activity  by  the  requirements  for  distribution  of  the  im¬ 
mense  product.  And  besides,  it  is  not  mere  speculation  to  look  forward  to  an  early  day  when  every 
pound  of  Louisiana  sugar  will  first  undergo  the  refining  process  before  it  is  put  upon  the  market. 
The  facilities  that  are  yearly  being  added,  new  machinery  that  is  constantly  being  invented,  will  so 
cheapen  high  grade  sugars  that  the  crude  material  will  all  be  worked  up  into  that  form.  New.Or- 
leans,  therefore,  is  destined  to  become  a  stiU  greater  market  for  both  crude  and  refined  sugars  and 
molasses,  and  the  character  of  the  gentlemen  who  control  the  trade  should  be  a  sufficient  induce¬ 
ment  for  purchasers  to  seek  our  city,  when  the  other  inducements  offered  are  of  such  a  favorable 

The^  are  in  the  city  six  large  suger  refineries  employing  231  hands,  to  whom  $62,500  is  paid 
annually  in  wages,  and  the  average  annual  products  will  amount  to  $2,000,000. 

The  s3^stem  of  telegraphic  weather  predictions  from  Washington,  inaugurated  by  the  Louisiana  Su¬ 
gar  Planter’s  Association,  has  been  of  great  advantage.  The  introduction  of  improved  cultivating 
implements  to  simplify  the  working  of  the  crops;  the  erection  of  new  apparatusses  giving  increased 
expression  of  the  juice;  the  employment  of  portable  steel  railroads  for  transporting  cane  to  the 
mill  from  the  field,  and  the  erection  of  central  miUs,  saving  the  expense  of  running  more  than  one 
sugar  house  in  an  extended  area— all  of  these  give  impetus  to  this  vast  industry  and  are  cheermg 
indications  of  a  prosperous  future.  The  subject  of  labor  is  now  the  most,  if  not  the  only  impending 
danger;  but  most  vigorous  steps  are  being  taken  to  induce  immigration.  While  the  negro  is  by  far 
the  preferred  laborer,  the  introduction  of  the  white  has  yiven  satisfaction  to  those  who  have  worked 
them  when  coming  from  the  agricultural  sections  of  Europe.  The  recent  immigration  of  Italian 
farm  laborers  to  the  State  has  been  pronounced  eminently  satisfactory.  Those  who  have  employed 
them,  finding  them  laborious,  hardy  and  frugal  men,  capable  of  enduring  the  climate,  which  is  in 
many  respects  the  counterpart  of  their  own.  Successful  solution  of  the  perplexmg  question  of  labor 
will  clear  the  path  of  the  sugar  planter  and  bring  the  sugar  industry  to  great  success  and  promi¬ 
nence. 

RICE  MILLS. 

The  rice  mills  of  New  Orleans  are  among  the  most  important  industrial  concerns  in  the  city. 
They  confine  their  operations  more  especially  to  domestic  crops  which  are  now  consumed  almost  en¬ 
tirely  in  the  United  States,  but  it  has  been  found  that  the  supply  invariably  falls  below  the  needs  of 
the  country.  Although  New  Orleans  leads  all  other  cities  in  this  business,  the  mills  are  all  kept 
busy  when  the  crop  is  full.  In  the  city  there  are  eleven  mills,  employing  207  persons  to  wnom  $68,- 
000  is  paid  in  wages,  the  value  of  products  averaging  $2,000,000  annually. 

FLOUR  MILLS. 

A  few  years  ago  the  idea  of  establishing  a  flouring  mill  at  New  Orleans  was  hooted  at  as  an  ab¬ 
surd  innovation.  Exchanges  in  rival  cities  ridiculed  the  temerity  of  the  venturesome  miller  who 
would  dare  erect  his  smoke-stack  so  far  away  from  the  grain  supply  But  the  attempt  was  made 
and  the  venture  to  day  is  far  beyond  the  experimental  stage.  Two  capacious  and  substantial  mills, 
with  all  modern  improvements,  are  now  located  in  the  city  These  two  city  mills  employ  45  hands, 
whose  wages  amount  to  $19,872,  and  during  1880-81  turned  out  51,149  barrels  of  flour  valued  at 
$400,000.  • 


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In  addition  to  the  trade  in  flour  large  quantities  of  white  corn  are  ground  in  the  city  for  domestic 
consumption  and  for  the  contiguous  country.  Yellow  corn,  kiln  dried,  ground  and  packed  in  bar¬ 
rels  for  shipment  to  the  West  Indies,  is  an  important  article  of  commerce. 

CIGAR  AND  TOBACCO  MANUFACTORIES. 

New  Orleans  has  been  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  cities  in  the  United  States  for  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  fine  cigars  and  tobacco.  _  Situated  nearer  to  Cuba  and  other  West  India  points  noted  for 
the  production  of  the  best  tobacco  in  the  world  for  cigar  manufacturing,  the  facilities  here  for  ob¬ 
taining  the  very  best  quality  in  the  raw  material  is  unsurpassed,  if  equalled  in  the  States  Thus  lo¬ 
cated,  New  Orleans  commands  a  large  portion  of  this  trade,  and  is  in  reality  the  best  distributing 
market  in  the  country.  The  commission  and  jobbing  trade,  with  heavy  capital,  is  enabled  to  cany 
large  stocks,  and  with  the  forwarding  facilities  of  rail  and  water,  gives  us  superior  advantages  over 
every  other  city. 

Our  carefully  compiled  data  shows  that  there  sixty-five  firms  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cigars,  cigarettes,  etc.,  and  six  firms  exclusively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  tobacco.  These 
firms,  combined,  give  employment  to  1,520  hands,  to  whom  $300,000  is  paid  annually  in  wages,  and 
whose  products  in  1889-81  approximated  1,330,936.  While  many  of  these  concerns  are  small  shops, 
employing  sometimes  only  one  cigar  maker,  yet  there  are  a  number  of  very  large  establishments. 
One  firm,  in  particular,  enjoys  distinction  of  being  the  largest  cigarette  manufactory  in  the  world, 
giving  employment  to  more  than  700  hands,  mostly  girls;  while  a  second  and  third  follow  with  sev¬ 
eral  hundred  each. 

ARTIFICIAL  ICE  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  immense  consumption  of  ice  in  the  city  at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  the  demands  of  hotels, 
saloons,  restaurants,  manufactories,  business  houses  and  private  families  continuing  throughout  all 
sorts  of  weather,  renders  reliance  on  the  supply  of  Northern  lake  ice  rather  precarious;  subject  as  it 
is  to  variable  seasons,  to  the  many  uncertainties  of  transportation,  with  the  equal  certainty  that  in 
periods  of  scarcity  it  is  advanced  to  exorbitant  prices.  This  has  cleared  the  way  for  the  introduction 
of  that  marvel  of  modern  ingenuity,  the  manufacture  of  ice  by  chemical  process.  So  successful  has 
this  proven,  that  an  article  which  is  claimed  as  superior  in  many  respects  to  natural  ice  has  been 
produced,  and  is  growing  so  fast  in  popularity  that  it  fairly  competes  with  the  best.  The  process  of 
manufacturing  this  artificial  ice  is  so  interesting  we  only  regret  space  will  not  permit  fuller  descrm- 
tion.  The  machinery  employed  is  quite  complicated,  but  superbly  accurate  and  ingenious.  Uy 
chemical  analysis,  by  a  perfected  system  of  filtration,  deleterious  substances  are  separated  from  the 
water  used,  and  the  purity  of  the  article  being  beyond  question,  the  supply  can  be  made  equal  to 
the  demand,  and  we  are  assured  the  demand  is  only  limited  to  the  efforts  so  far  made  to  introduce 
it.  Two  large  manufactories  are  already  in  operation  in  the  city.  They  give  employment  to  100 
hands,  to  whom  $50,000  is  paid  in  wages,  the  annual  value  of  products  reaching  $20  j,000. 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  finest  French  hand-made  boots  and  shoes  made  in  America,  equal  in  every  respect  to  the  best 
and  most  fashionable  Parisian  goods,  are  manufactured  in  New  Orleans.  Some  are  so  superior  that 
they  are  exported  to  foreign  countries  and  find  market  in  European  cities.  The  majority  of  con¬ 
cerns  are  small,  but  this  in  many  instances  creating  rivalry,  secures  the  very  best  workmanship  and 
selection  of  the  very  best  material.  Several  establishments,  however,  are  conducted  on  a  surpris¬ 
ingly  large  scale,  and  will  favorably  compare  with  any  in  the  country  engaged  in  fine  work.  The 
total  number  of  persons  employed  in  this  business  is  440;  total  wages,  $165,000  per  annum;  total 
production,  $707,760  per  annum. 

BREAD  AND  CRACKER  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  increased  manufacture  of  bread,  biscuit  and  cracker  goods  in  New  Orleans,  within  the  past 
few  years  has  far  exceeded  the  most  sanguine  hopes  of  those  engaged  in  the  business.  Although 
there  are,  according  to  the  City  Directory,  no  less  than  160  small  bakeries  scattered  here  and  there 
throughout  the  city,  and  supplying,  for  the  most  part,  the  demands  of  families,  yet  our  data  refers 
alone  to  those  whose  business  is  sufficiently  large  to  enable  us  to  classify  them  as  wholesale  manu¬ 
facturers.  Of  these  there  are  six  extensive  firms,  employing  497  persons,  to  whom  $145,700  is  paid 
annually  as  wages.  The  sales  of  these  houses  will  aggregate,  in  round  numbers,  $1,700,000. 

CONFECTIONERY  AND  CANDY  MANUFACTORIES. 

There  is  probably  no.  city  in  the  country  that  enjoys  a  reputation  so  high  as  that  of  New  Orleans 
for  the  manufacture  of  candies  and  confectionery,  which  latter  embraces,  all  manner  of  sweetmeats. 
The  business  gives  employment  to  130  persons,  whose  annual  wages  are  $45,000,  and  the  products 
will  reach  $5j0,000. 

LIQUOR  DISTILLERIES  AND  CORDIAL  MANUFACTORIES. 

In  addition  to  the  importation  of  foreign  wines  and  liquors  and  the  jobbing  of  American  whiskies, 
beer,  &c..  New  Orleans  has  a  branch  of  business  quite  extensive  in  the  manufacture  of  liquors  and 
cordials.  Two  firms  engage  in  distilling,  compounding  and  rectifying  fine  hquors,  and  by  their  im¬ 
proved  system  of  refining  or  repeated  distillation  or  sublimation,  are  enabled  to  separate  the  finer  quali¬ 
ties  from  the  grosser  and  foreign  substances.  Four  other  firms  engage  exclusively  in  the  manufacture  of 
fine  cordials,  and  it  may  be  stated  as  a  fact,  that  some  of  the  bar  and  sideboard  goods  in  this  line  are 
of  such  superior  quahty  that  in  other  cities  they  are  labeled  and  sold,  drank  and  enjoyed,  as  direct 
foreign  inigortations ^  acomphment  to  our  New  Orleans  manufacturers  which  they  eminently  deserve. 
The  number  of  persons  engaged  in  this  business  is  125;  annual  wages  paid,  $64,000;  products, 
$590,000.  • 


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MINERAL  WATER  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  United  States  census  for  1880  reports  35  persons  employed  in  New  Orleans  in  the  manufac¬ 
ture  of  mineral  and  seltzer  waters;  wages  paid,  $19,166;  products  per  annum,  $81,900.  Since  that 
time  the  business  has  considerably  increased  and  now  there  are  7  manufactories  of  soda  and  seltzer 
waters,  8  beer  bottlers  and  8  breweries.  Altogether  about  100  persons  are  given  employment  and 
fully  $250,000  in  sales  are  made  annually. 

LUMBER  AND  WOOD  WORKING  ESTABLISHMENTS. 

The  lumber  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  very  great.  It  is  destined  to  grow  very  much  greater.  Yet 
we  venture  the  opinion  there  are  but  few,  even  of  our  best  informed  citizens,  who  have  watched  with 
sufficient  interest  its  late  developments  and  enlargements,  or  who  have  reflected  upon  the  unlimited 
resources  about  us  untouched,  but  certainly  to  be  drawn  upon  in  the  grander  conquests  of  that  near 
and  swift  approaching  future.  We  are  so  favorably  located  for  the  prosecution  of  this  business,  it 
would  be  really  strange  were  this  not  the  case.  ,  „  .  . 

Lumber  for  the  New  Orleans  market  is  not  only  brought  by  boat  but  down 

the  Mississippi  river,  while  the  schooners  and  other  sailing  craft  navigate  all  the  water  courses  that 
pay  tribute  to  our  doors,  and  when  hundreds  of  these  vessels  are  discharging  their  cargoes  along  the 
basin  the  scene  would  gladden  the  heart  of  a  Norwegian  and  enthuse  a  lumberman  from 
“way  down  m  Maine.”  The  extent  of  the  business  however,  can  best  be  understood  when  it  is 
stated  that  27  firms  engage  in  the  trade  preparing  dressed  lumber  for  market,  and  that  within  the 
city  theie  are  no  less  than  13  saw  mills,  each  one  conducted  on  extensive  scale,  having  all  facilities 
in  the  way  of  improved  machinery,  employing  a  combined  force  of  546  men,  and  turning  out  manu¬ 
factured  products  amounting  to  $1,599,800  per  annum. 

SASH  AND  BLIND  FACTORIES. 

Eight  sash  factories,  employing  nearly  300  hands  and  turning  out  $518,000  worth  of  finished 
work  per  annum,  are  at  present  in  operation  in  this  city.  In  addition  to  the  usual  work  done  by 
such  establishments,  they  pay  special  attention  also  to  fancy  scroll  work  and  turning.  The  quality 
of  their  products  is  fully  up  to  the  standard  established  in  other  cities,  and  th^  offer  as  great  in¬ 
ducements  to  customers  as  can  be  obtained  anywhere  in  America.  Dwellings,  offices,  churches  and 
public  buildings  are  fitted  by  the  trade  in  a  style  of  taste  and  elegance  unsurpassed  elsewhere,  and 
which  has  commanded  the  admiration  of  parties  from  abroad.  As  large  as  the  demand -is  for  borne 
consumption,  it  by  no  means  disposes  of  the  material  turned  out  by  these  establishments,  and  large 
quantities  of  sash,  window  blinds  and  general  finishings  for  buildings,  are  shipped  to  Central  and 
South  America  and  the  West  Indies. 

BARREL  AND  HOGSHEAD  MANUFACTORIES 

The  manufacture  of  cooperage  stores  is  quite  an  important  industry,  and  each  year  is  increasing 
in  volume.  This  business,  in  all  departments,  gives  employment  to  279  persons,  to  whom  $107, <  06 
is  paid  annually  in  wages,  the  total  value  of  sales  amounting  to  $552,000. 

PACKING  AND  CIGAR  BOX  MANUFACTORIES. 

Few  persons,  perhaps,  are  aware  of  the  magnitude  of  this  industry,  and  yet  it  numbers  eight 
manufactories,  employing  290  hands,  to  whom  $59,000  are  paid  in  wages,  and  whose  annual  products 
will  reach  $182,000.  The  material  for  manufacturing  boxes,  cases,  etc.,  is  for  the  most  part  obtained 
from  the  city  mills,  who  get  their  supplies  from  interior  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Alabama.  The 
supply  of  Spanish  cedar,  used  in  the  manufacture  of  cigar  boxes,  comes  from  Central  America,  there 
being  two  firms  engaged  exclusively  in  importing  cedar,  mahogany,  rosewood,  etc  They  own  and 
run  their,  own  vessels  between  this  port  and  those  of  Honduras,  Yucatan,  etc. 

SHIP  AND  BOAT  BUILDING. 

The  ship  and  boat  building  interests  of  New  Orleans,  although  sufficiently  large  to  entitle  it  to 
mention  among  the  industries  of  the  city,  yet  is  quite  insignificant  when  contrasted  with  what  it 
should  be  On  the  right  bank  of  the  river  and  opposite  the  city  proper  is  Algiers,  now  incorporated 
with  the  city,  where  is  situated  the  Ocean  Dry  Dock,  and  several  ship  yards  for  the  construction  and 
repair  of  sea-going  vessels  and  steamboats.  Four  respectable  firms  are  engaged  in  the  boatbuilding 
business,  and  there  are  five  dry  docks  altogether.  They  employ  a  combined  force  of  335  men,  who 
earn  $130, UOO  annually  in  wages,  and  turn  out  work  aggregating,  on  an  average,  about  $400,000 
per  annum. 

JUTE  MANUFACTORIES. 

During  1881,  a  company  was  organized  and  the  first  jute  factory  established  in  New  Orleans. 
Although  it  is  too  early  to  give  statistics,  the  enterprise  has  already  proven  successful.  Among  duti¬ 
able  imports  recorded  at  the  New  Orleans  custom  house  during  1880-81  were  354  tons  of  raw  jute, 
valued  at  $37,499,  and  manufactured  jute,  bagging,  etc.,  to  the  amount  of  $26,117 — the  total  busi¬ 
ness  in  this  line  footing  up  fully  $150,000  per  annum.  Besides  these  foreign  importations,  jute 
“springs  up  like  an  evil  weed”  in  Louisiana,  and  the  soil  of  the  State  grows  a  hundred  other  fibrous 
plants,  most  of  them  indigenous  and  many  of  them  suited  for  the  manufacture  of  cordage,  textile 
fabrics  and  paper.  They  wearily  await  development. 

FERTILIZER  MANUFACTORIES. 

Four  manufactories  are  already  occupied  in  this  business.  The  number  of  employes  is  eighty,  to 
whom  $26,500  is  paid  yearly  in  wages,  ^otal  products  in  1881,  $259,000. 


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MOSS  MANUFACTORIES. 

One  of  the  most  marked  features  of  a  Louisiana  forest  is  the  long’f  parasitic  Spanish  moss  which 
covers  the  trees  of  all  species.  It  not  only  gives  the  scenery  an  appearance  of  luxuriant  romanticism, 
but  this  moss  is  an  article  of  great  commercial  importance.  The  moss  gathering  industry  supply  the 
laborers  who  have  been  unemployed  through  the  %vinter  months  with  ready  means  to  embark  in  the 
main  crops  of  sugar  cane,  cotton  and  corn.  It  is  gathered  along  every  creek  and  bayou,  but  is 
chiefly  dependent  upon  the  receding  of  the  winter  and  spring  floods,  when  the  top  of  every  cypress 
tree  which  has  been  felled  by  the  swampers  in  the  track  of  the  numerous  crevasses,  affords  many 
thousands  of  pounds  of  well  rotted  moss.  Upon  its  successful  rotting  depends  its  chief  value.  Af¬ 
ter  this  it  is  picked  and  prepared  for  the  manufacturer  of  mattresses  and  other  articles  of  furniture, 
or  baled  and  shipped  to  other  cities.  In  the  city  there  are  five  manufactories  engaged  in  this  busi¬ 
ness.  Seventy-nine  employes  are  engaged,  and  during  1881  the  sales  amounted  to  $184,000. 

GAS  MANUFACTORIES. 

The  New  Orleans  Gaslight  Company  organized  in  1835  has  now  a  capital  stock  of  $3,750,000,  par 
value  of  stock  $100,  on  which  a  dividend  of  634  per  cent,  per  annum  was  declared  August  31,  1881. 
The  company  gives  emplojunent  to  107  hands,  to  whom  $107,192  is  paid  annually  in  wages.  Their 
products  in  1881  approximated  $800,000. 

IRON,  BRASS  AND  COPPER  WORKS. 

The  United  States  census  returns  for  1880  place  the  number  of  employes  engaged  in  the  iron, 
brass  and  copper  works  of  New  Orleans  at  1,219;  wages  paid,  $508,995;  products  turned  out,  $2;- 
069,269.  Since  that  time  the  various  interests  have  in  almost  every  particular  increased  so  that  at 
the  beginningof  1882  a  careful  estimate  placBs  the  number  of  employes  at  1,463;  wages  paid,  $632,- 
000;  products  turned  out,  $2,484,000. 

CLOTHING  MANUFACTORIES. 

Elsewhere  we  have  spoken  at  length  of  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  of  New  Orleans.  Those  re¬ 
marks  however,  applied  more  especially  to  the  sale  of  ready-made  goods  imported  here  from  North¬ 
ern  and  Eastern  cities,  and  did  not  include  the  manufacture  of  wearing  apparel  of  aU  sorts,  which 
is  one  of  the  most  extensive  industries  in  the  city.  In  fact,  it  will  astonish  a  great  many  persons  to 
know  that  this  business  will  amount  to  not  less  than  $1,434,764  per  annum,  and  that  there  are  1,- 
492  persons ’in  the  city  engaged  in  it,  whose  annual  wages  will  aggregate  $220,300.  Thirteen  large 
establishments  devote  attention  to  the  business  and  much  of  the  clothing  sold"  in  New  Orleans,  and 
which  people  hitherto  may  have  supposed  was  manufactured  elsewhere  is  made  right  here  in  the 
city. 

MARBLE  AND  GRANITE  WORKS. 

Seventeen  establishments,  several  of  them  quite  extensive,  exist  in  our  city  for  cutting  and  dress¬ 
ing  marble,  granite,  building  stone,  etc.  They  employ  90  hands,  pay  them  $40,000  annually  in 
wages,  and  do  a  combined  business  of  $200,000  per  annum. 

PORCELAIN  MANUFACTORIES. 

A  manufactory  of  porcelain  ware  has  recently  been  opened  in  New  Orleans.  The  manufacture  of 
this  ware  bids  fair  soon  to  become  a  valuable  industry,  since  large  quantities  of  kaolin,  or  porcelain 
clay,  have  been  discovered  near  to  easy  navigation  in  some  of  the  upland  parishes.  In  fact,  this  clay 
abounds  throughout  Louisiana,  and  is  of  the  finest  quality. 

POTTERIES  AND  BRICK  MANUFACTORIES. 

For  the  manufacture  of  pottery  ware  New  Orleans  has  seven  establishments.  The  superabund¬ 
ance  of  excellent  clays  and  limes  in  close  proximity,  gives  decided  advantage  to  the  industry,  and 
especial  attention  is  paid  to  the  various  kinds  of  pottery,  terra-cotta  and  chemical  ware,  retorts  for 
the  use  of  sugar  refineries,  gas  works,  etc.;  fire  bricks,  sewer  pipes,  tiles,  &c.,  &c. 

Two  companies  are  also  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  artificial  stone  pavement  material,  arti¬ 
ficial  hydraulic  cement,  &c.,  &c. 

Pressed  brick  for  building  purposes  engages  the  attention  of  seven  additional  firms,  and  although 
we  have  no  detailed  accounts  of  the  business,  yet  the  combined  sales  of  these  concerns  will  not  fall 
short  of  $400,000. 

SOAP  AND  CANDLES. 

In  the  manufacture  of  candles  the  New  Orleans  factories  have  been  equally  as  fortunate.  Recent 
advances  in  chemical  science  have  wonderfully  influenced  the  processes  in  the  separation  of  constitu¬ 
ents,  purification,  distillation,  pressure,  and  other  arts  and  appliances,  so  that  notwithstanding  the 
influences  exerted  against  this  trade  by  the  general  use  of  coal  oil  in  various  forms,  and  the  exten¬ 
sive  use  of  gas,  the  sales  and  exportations  are  constantly  increasing.  Large  shipments  are  made  to 
the  West  Indies,  and  also  toother  foreign  regions.  The  annual  business  in  this  line  will  reach 
$160,000. 

SADDLE  AND  HARNESS  MANUFACTORIES. 

Still  another  important  branch  of  manufactures  in  New  Orleans  is  that  of  saddles,  harness  and 
articles  of  kindred  nature.  Thirty-four  firms  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  saddles  and  harness, 
and  three  firms  pay  attention  exclusively  to  the  manufacture  of  horse  collars.  Several  of  these 
houses  are  quite  extensive  concerns.  Altogether,  250  men  are  employed  in  the  business,  to  whom 
$87,000  is  paid  in  wages — the  total  value  of  products  amo^^nting  to  $667,000. 


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SLAUC4IITER  HOUSES. 

Classified  under  the  head  of  “Manufactures  in  New  Orleans,”  the  United  States  Census  report  for 
1880  places  the  slaughtering-  of  animals  at  the  following  figures:  Number  of  employes,  25;  wages 
paid,  $19,255;  products  turned  out,  $1,793,560.  These  figures  represent  not  only  the  transactions 
of  the  butchers  who  prepare  meat  for  the  daily  markets,  but  include  exportations. 

MTSCELLANEOUS  MANUFACTURES. 

Under  this  heading  the  United  Stafes  Census  report  for  1880  groups  a  large  number  of  small 
manufactories,  and  gives  the  number  of  employes  engaged  therein  at  2, 187;  wages  paid,.$l, 157,106; 
products  turned  out,  $2,434,53  .  Careful  personal  revision  of  these  figures  show,  at  the  beginning  of 
1882,  totalnumber  of  employes,  2,564;  estimated  wages  paid,  $1,288,529;  estimated  total K-^ducts 
lurned  out,  $2,920,836.  ' 

These  figures  are  rather  an  underestimate  than  otherwise,  for  they  include  hundreds  of  concerns 
whose  operations  can  not  be  detailed.  Among  these,  we  mention:  Four  basket  manufactories;  one 
bdiard  table  manufactory;  six  broom  and  brush  factories;  forty-eight  cabinet  manufactories;  nine¬ 
teen  carriage  and  wagon  shops;  three  cork  manufacturiesj  five  cotton  press  manufactories; ’one  of 
creosoted  lumber;  nine  cutlery;  one  Italian  paste;  two  of  maccaroni;  one  lightning  rod;  two  look¬ 
ing  glass:  ten  mattress;  two  mustard;  two  paper  box;  four  patent  medicine;  three  pump;  ten  roof¬ 
ing  slate;  two  rope;  six  sail;  five  tarpaulin;  one  steam  sausage;  two  saw;  three  show  case;  three 
steam  trunk;  three  wireworks;  three  wood  and  willow  ware,  and  scores  of  others  impossible’ to  de¬ 
scribe  without  occupying  more  space  than  we  can  give  them. 

The  foregoing  however,  we  believe  to  be  the  leading  manufacturing  concerns  at  present  in  opera¬ 
tion  111  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and  we  are  moreover,  of  the  opinion  that  we  have  thus  far  made 
the  fairest  and  most  complete  exhibit  ever  attempted  of  the  industrial  pursuits  of  New  Orleans. 
Still  we  are  well  aware  that  among  the  many  different  concerns  there  are  quite  a  number  of  others 
worthy  of  mention  which  "we  have  not  had  time  to  visit.  In  by-ways  and  rooms,  concealed  from 
the  public  gaze,  there  might  be  found  an  army  of  industifious  artisans  busily  engaged  in  transform¬ 
ing  rude  material  into  objects  of  utility  or  productions  of  taste  and  skill— “inventions  for  delight 
and  sight,  and  sound,”  and  aiming,  by  superior  dexterity  in  their  handicraft  operations,  to  compen¬ 
sate  for  the  lack  of  machinery  and  business  facilities.  But  these  form  a  nuclei  for  larger  establish¬ 
ments,  and  in  time  they  will  grow.  Yet,  even  now  they  are  indispensable  features  of  a  city’s  busi¬ 
ness,  and  swell  the  aggregate  of  its  commercial  and  manufacturing  importance. 

TOTAL  BUSINESS  TRANSACTED  IN  NEW  ORLEANS. 

The  next  thing  in  order  is  to  recapitulate  the  result  of  our  investigations,  with  respect  to  their  ag¬ 
gregate  importance  in  dollars  and  cents.  In  some  departments  we  were  unable  to  obtain  the  de¬ 
sired  information  unless  it  were  founded  on  surmises  of  the  vaguest  nature,  for  the  man  has  yet  to 
be  born,  and  besides,  be  vouchsafed  prying  qualities  and  inquisitiveness  supernatural,  to  enable  him 
to  furm  any  correct  idea  of  trades,  where  large  dealers  have  a  horror  of  tax-gatherers,  and  small 
dealers  a  jjenchant  for  making  their  business  appear  as  large  as  possible,  and  oftentimes  swellino- 
their  volumes  beyond  such  reason  that  even  a  newspaper  reporter  would  be  put  to  blush.  However" 
after  laborious  and  painstaking  examination,  we  present  below  a  statement,  the  result  partly  of  our 
own  conclusions;  partly  on  information  furnished  by  merchants  and  manufacturers  as  to  then*  own 
Dusiness;  partly  from  a  mean  of  estimates  of  those  having  some  knowledge  as  to  the  business  of 
reticent  firms,  and  partly  from  information  furnished  from  returns  made  to  the  New  Orleans  custom 
house  officials  and  internal  revenue  department. 

From  these  sources,  we  repeat,  is  ascertained  the  following  figures: 


Export  trade  of  New  Orleans  for  1881 .  $104,150  450 

import .  T2;860;073 


Total .  $117,010,223 

Increase  over  1880 .  |  12  832  389 

Value  of  produce  imported  to  New  Orleans  during  1880-81  from  the  Mississip- 

-ru-  . . • .  $153.:«7,8.50 

ihis  enables  us  to  estimate  for  commissions,  rehandling,  etc, 

Total  Export,  Import  and  Commission  business,  etc. . .  $180,249,604 

Total  Jobbing  Trade .  82^31 7’614 

Total  Manufactures .  23388’ 720 


Grand  total .  $286,455,938 

If  to  the  foregoing  figures  be  added,  the  transactions  in  real  estate,  operations  of  builders,  and 
the  many  branches  of  business  not  easily  ascertainable,  it  will  advance  the  total  annual  business 
conducted  m  New  Orleans  to  fully  three  hundred  millions  of  dollars. 

In  view  of  this  result,  a  result  as  unexpec'^cd  by  the  writer  as  it  will  probably  be  surprising  to  the 
reader,  a  result  in  which  the  constituents  are  given  with  such  particularity  as  to  enable  any  one  of 
ordinary  intelligence,  who  doubts  its  correctness,  to  test  the  general  accuracy  thereof  by  personal 
investigation;  m  view  of  this  result  then,  may  we  not  again  truthfully  assert  that  New  Orleans  is 
already  a  great  commercial  and  manufacturing  city! 


62 

INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

THE  PRESS  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

The  Press  of  New  Orleans  is  peculiar.  In  these  days  when  journalism  may  be  said  to  be  para¬ 
mount,  when  it  directs  public  opinion,  frames  legislation,  prescribes  the  code  of  morality,  and  at  the 
same  time  furnishes  highly  seasoned  and  meretricious  food  to  palates  vitiated  by  excess  of  sensation , 
the  press  of  our  city  is  almost  original.  Its  aim,  thus  far,  has  been  “to  hold  the  mirror  up  to  na¬ 
ture,”  faithfully  to  portray  current  events  as  they  actually  occur,  to  exaggerate  nothing,  “nor  set 
down  ought  in  malice  ”  The  example  set  by  several  of  the  great  dailies  of  some  of  our  large  cities, 
of  transfcihning  the  most  trivial  events  into  matters  of  excijDement,  through  the  magic  of  a  vivid 
imagir^tion,  or  of  relying  entirely  upon  that  wonderful  faculty  for  striking  impressions,  has  been 
oxtens^ely  imitated  by  the  press  in  many  of  the  smaller  cities  of  America.  Public  taste  thus  per¬ 
verted  reacts  upon  public  journais,  and  a  morbid  appetite  is  engendered  which  news  papers  find  it 
difficult  to  satisfy.  The  press  of  our  city  has  happily  avoided  the  snare;  and  the  public  of  New  Or¬ 
leans,  by  its  appreciation,  evidences  what  it  considers  the  true  vocation  of  journalism.  Our  jour¬ 
nalists  are  men  of  culture,  education  and  ability— and  what  is  of  infinitely  more  importance— inca¬ 
pable  of  prostituting  the  censorship  they  exercise  for  personal  consideration.  The  entente  cordiale  is 
strictly  observed  between  those  engaged  in  rival  enterprises,  and  rarely  forgotten  even  in  the  arder 
of  a  political  campaign.  The  history  of  the  press  of  New  Orleans  would  be  exceedingly,  curious  and 
interesting  but  our  space  will  only  permit  a  brief  reference  to  those  newspapers  at  present  in  exist¬ 
ence.  and  wielding  a  patent  influence  in  the  community : 

l'aUEILLE  DE  NOUVELLE  ORLEANS. 

[The  Bee) 

Was  established  on  the  1st  of  September,  1827.  It  was  then  a  small  paper,  22x18,  and  was  pub¬ 
lished  exclusively  in  French.  It,  however,  supported  the  administration  of  John  Quincy  Adams. 
After  a  few  months  existence  an  English  side  was  added  to  the  paper,  which  was  then  called  “The 
New  Orleans  Bee.”  Later  still,  in  September  1829,  a  Spanish  side  was  added  to  the  Bee,  under  the 
name  of  “La  Abeja,”  New  Orleans  being  then  the  headquarters  of  a  large  number  of  Spanish  and 
Mexican  officers,  during  the  war  between  Spain  and  the  United  States.  In  March,  1830,  Mr.  De- 
laup  sold  out  to  Messrs.  Jerome  Bayon  A  Duclere,  one  half  of  the  ownership  of  “The  Bee,”  and 
during  that  same  year  the  office,  printing  room  and  presses  of  the  paper  werg  transferred. to  its  pres¬ 
ent  location  on  Chartres  street.  In  July,  1832,  Mr.  Bayon  who  had  long  since  become  sole  owner  of 
the  paper,  declared  himself  in  favor  of  the  Democratic  party  and  of  Andrew  Jackson  for  the  Pres¬ 
idency.  The  Bee  took  a  very  active  part  in  politics,  and  was  liberally  patronized  by  the  community. 

In  January,  1839,  Mr.  Bayon  sold  the  paper  to  Messrs.  Alexander  Bullett,  BullenA  J.  Magne,  who 
changed  its  politics.  The  fiee  became  the  organ  of  the  Whig  party  of  Louisiana  and  warmly  sup¬ 
ported  Henry  Clay  for  the  Presidency 

In  July  1839,  Mr.  Bullen  sold  out  his  interest  to  C.  F.  Weisse.  In  1844.  disheartened  by  the  defeat  of 
Heniy  Clay,  Alexander  Bullett  retired.  In  1850,  Mr  Mayne,  also,  retired  and  his  partner,  Mr.  C. 
F.  Weisse,  became  sole  owner  of  “The  Bee.  ”  In  January,  1853,  he  sold  out  one-fourth  of  the  own- 
ship  of  the  paper  to  each  of  the  following  gentlemen:  Dr.  Samuel  Harby,  his  English  editor;  Numa 
Dufour,  his  French  editor,  and  E.  Duverger,  his  general  manager.  , 

In  i860,  the  Whig  party  being  defunct.  The  Bee  supported  Bell  and  Everett  for  the  Presidency, 
and  came  out  boldly  against  secession.  But  when  Louisiana  was  taken  out  of  the  Union,  the  paper 
devoted  all  its  energy  to  the  support  of  the  Southern  cause.  During  the  military  occupation,  in 
1862,  it  was  seized  by  Ben  Butler,  and  the  establishment  remained  closed  for  three  weeks.  Since  the  war. 
The  Bee,  like  most  Southern  journals  has  rallied  to  the  then  cause  of  the  Democratic  party .  In  May, 
1861,  Duverger  retired  in  favor  of  Felix  Lemet.  who  was  the  editor-in-chief  of  the  French  side  of  the 
paper.  Dr.  Harby  died  June  11,  1862.  and  his  share  was  bought  soon  after  by  the  surviving  part¬ 
ners.  In  1866,  Mr.  Weisse  wishing  to  return  to  France,  sold  out  to  his  two  partners,  Dufour  &  De- 
met.  In  1872,  the  owners  of  The  Bee  concluded  to  abolish  the  English  side  and  to  publish  the  pa¬ 
per  exclusively  in  French.  In  March  1881,  Mr.  Felix  Lenient  retired  and  sold  his  interest  in  the  es¬ 
tablishment  to  Mr.  Oscar  Donnet  and  Edgar  Dufour,  the  firm  now  being  Dufour,  Donnet&  Co.  The 
Bee,  or  rather  “L’Abeille”  is  now  in  the  fifty-fifth  year  of  its  existence  and  is  presumed  to  be  the 
oldest  daily  paper  in  the  Southwest. 

THE  NEW  ORLEANS  TIMES-DEMOCRAT. 

The  Times-Democrat  made  its  first  appearance  on  the  4th  of  December,  1881,  and  is  the  outgrowth 
as  its  name  will  indicate,  of  the  Times  which  was  begun  in  1863,  and  the  Democrat  which  began  its 
career  in  1875.  It  is  not  our  intention  to  go  into  the  past  history  of  either  of  these  papers,  but  to 
give  a  short  sketch  of  the  Times-Democrat  of  to-day.  At  the  time  of  the  consolidation  of  these 
two  papers  Major  E  A.  Burke  was  the  managing  editor  of  the  Democrat  and  Mrs.  Sue  Burke  the 
sole  owner.  Under  their  management  the  Democrat  became,  what  it  had  never  been  before,  a  suc¬ 
cessful  metropolitan  journal  and  when  it  was  known  that  the  Times  was  for  sale  Major  E.  A.  Burke 
immediately  began  negotiation  for  the  purchase  of  the  Times  and  as  above  stated  the  consolidated  pa¬ 
pers  made  their  first  appearance  in  December  of  1881 .  In  order  to  carry  on  the  paper  a  joint  stock  com¬ 
pany  was  formed  and  Airs.  Sue  Burke  took  about  three-fourths  of  the  stock  the  balance  being  taken 
by  leading  merchants  of  the  city.  Mr.  John  Phelps  was  elected  President  and  Major  E.  A.  Burke, 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


Manager  Since  the  appearance  of  the  Times-Democrat,  it  has  been  conducted  with  ability  and 
enterprise,  and  independence  of  tone,  its  success  has  been,  perhaps,  unequaled  in  the  annals  of 
Southern  journalism,  and  it  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  permanently  established  prosperity — hav¬ 
ing  obtained  a  very  large  circulation  and  its  influence  is  deservedly  proportionate  with  its  circulation 
and  it  may  be  justly  said  of  it  that  no  paper  m  Louisiana  or  the  South  has  ever  exhibited  more  can- 
der  and  independence  or  been  more  earnestly  devoted  to  the  interests  of  its  section.  The  office  is  sit¬ 
uated  on  (Jamp  street  and  in  connection  with  the  newspaper  is  a  large  job  office  and  bock  printing 
establishment  In  this  they  have  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  presses  and  types  and  ^n  dupli¬ 
cate  any  job  done  in  the  large  Eastern  cities. 

Tir^:  NEW  ORLEANS  ricayunf:. 


This  journal  now  in  its  forty-sixth  year,  is  the  oldest  English  daily  paj^er  in  New  Orleans,  or  indeed 
in  thp  Southwest.  Its  name  is  familiar  throughout  the  United  States  and  Europe,  and  it  is  regard¬ 
ed  with  respect  and  con¬ 
fidence  throughout  the 
South.  F.  A.  Lumsden 
and  George  Wilkins  Ken¬ 
dall  issued  the  first  num¬ 
ber  of  the  paper  January 
25,  1837.  These  gentle¬ 
men  were  bom  journal¬ 
ists,  arul  their  venture 
was  so  successful  that  it 
lived  through  the  panic 
which  followed  its  birth, 
and  its  business  grew 
apace.  Kendall  was  a  na¬ 
tive  of  Vermont,  a  printer 
by  trade,  and  worked  at 
the  case  in  the  same  office 
with  Horace  Greeley.  Af¬ 
ter  a  briUiant  journalistic 
career,  leaving  New  Or¬ 
leans  before  the  war,  he 
was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  Texas  sheep  raising. 
His  first  venture  in  that 
direction  on  the  Brazos 
bottom  was  not  success¬ 
ful,  but  removing  to  the 
New  Bromefelo  neighbor¬ 
hood  he  became  one  of 
the  most  successful  in 
that  line  of  business.  He 
stood  bv  Texas  in  all  her 
difficulties,  indian  raids, 
droughts,  and  prairie 
fires,  and  never  complain¬ 
ed.  He  died  in  1867. 
In  December  1841,  Mr. 
Kendall  was  taken  pris¬ 
oner  at  Santa  Fe  and 
marched  2C00  miles  to  the 
City  of  Mexico,  where  he 
was  cast  into  a  prison  for 
lepers.  After  working  in 
the  chain  gang  and  un¬ 
dergoing  many  indigni¬ 
ties  he  was  at  last  releas¬ 
ed. 


Mr.  Lumsden  was  a  na- 

- .  ,,  tive  of  North  Carolina,  a 

man  universally  esteemed  for  his  talents  and  loved  for  his  genial  manners  and  social  attributes.  In 
September  looO,  while  on  a  trip  North  he  took  passage  on  the  ill-fated  steamer  Lady  Elgin  on  Lake 
Michigan.  She  went  down  with  435  persons,  of  whom  less  than  100  were  saved.  The  body  of  Mr. 

A  u  recovered,  brought  back  to  this  city  and  interred  October  19,  1860. 

1S20Q 'vT  '  ^®l^rook,  also  a  native  of  Vermont,  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  firm  in  June 

1839;  he  be^me  cashier  and  general  business  manager,  a  position  of  the  greatest  importance  on  a 
jornmal.  Ihe  paper  soon  made  rapid  strides  in  its  business  and  circulaticn. 


In  1844,  Alexander  C.  Bullitt  of  Kentucky,  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Kendall,  Holbrook  & 
Co.  Mr.  Bullitt  was  a  Whig  of  the  Clay  school  and  assisted  in  the  election  of  General  Taylor.  He 
went  to  M^ashington  on  the  inaguration  of  the  incoming  administration  and  assumed  the  editorial 
charo-e  of  the  Republic,  a  journal  established  there  as  a  central  organ  of  the  Whig  policy.  On  the 
death  of  General  Taylor  he  retired  from  the  active  duties  of  the  press  and  spent  four  years  lu  Euro¬ 
pean  travel.  He  died  in  June  1868.  ,  .  r-  •  -.otA  ^  i 

The  nexl>' associate  was  Mr.  Samuel  F.  Wdson,  who  became  chief  writer  in  1850,  and  shortly  after¬ 
wards  retained  an  interest.  For  twenty  years  he  labored  in  the  editorial  field,  and  finally  died  in 
harness.  In  1872,  the  paper  was  purchased  by  a  joint  stock  company  of  merchants,  and  alter  a 
Jfyrief  career  of  this  management  passed  again  into  the  hands  of  its  former  proprietors.  On  the  death 
of  Mr  Holbrook  in  January  1876,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Holbrook  (whose  nom  de  plume.  Pearl  Rivers,  was  al¬ 
ready  famous)  became  proprietress  of  the  Picayune.  To  assume  charge  of  a  newspaper  at  anytime 
is  hazardous  for  a  woman,  but  was  especially  so  in  this  case,  as  the  journal  was  environed  vithfinan 

^^DunAg^thTl'ate  unpleasantness  the  Picayune  had  suffered  severely;  the  establishment  was  sei^d 
for  confiscation  and  at  a  heavy  cost  escaped  total  annihilation.  During  Bank  s  reign  m  JNew  Or¬ 
leans  he  closed  the  Picayune  for  the  space  of  six  weeks  for  publishing  the  late  lamented  President  s 
boffus  message,  copied  from  a  Republican  paper.  The  New  Tork  World  was  closed  for  three  or  four 

hours  for  tlio  SciuiG  otitGusG.  ^ 

Mrs.  Nicholson  had  already  a  wide  reputation  as  a  poetess,  and  a  pronounced  disposition  for  gen¬ 
eral  literary  work,  but  under  the  circumstances  her  friends  and  relatives  advised  agamst  her  under¬ 
taking  to  run  a  newspaper .  But  she  knew  her  own  capacity ,  and  refused  to  part  with  the  proper  y . 
Mr.  George  Nicholson,  who  had  been  business  manager  for  over  twenty  years,  and  whose  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business  made  his  aid  invaluable,  was  associated  in  partnership^  under  the  style 
of  E.  J.  Holbrook  &  Co.  On  the  28th  of  June,  1878,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Holbrook  and  George  Nicholson 
were  married,  and  the  Picayune  has  been  since  published  by  them  under  the  style  of  JNicholson  & 
Co  A  glance  at  the  columns  of  the  “Pic."’  will  show  that  it  is  in  many  respects  a  success.  Con¬ 
servative  and  dignified  in  its  editorial  conduct,  its  news  columns  attest  energy  and  enterpnse,  and 
its  business  patronage  is  not  surpassed  by  any  journal  in  the  Southwest. 


TRICE  CURRENT. 


Semi-Weekly;  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays;  Louis  J.  Bright  &  Co.,  editors  and  proprietors.  This 
ioumal  is  devoted  to  the  commercial  interests  of  New  Orleans,  and  on  all  questions  relating  to  its 
special  department,  is  acknowledged  throughout  the  country  as  a  thoroughly  reliable  and  competent 
Ruthority.  It  was  established  in  1822,  and  its  present  proprietors  maintain  the  high  reputation 
which  this  journal  has  always  borne.  The  typographical  appearance  of  the  paper  is  as  creditable  as 
its  contents,  and  the  tout  ensemble  presented  is  justly  popular  with  a  wide  circle  of  patrons. 


THE  DAILY  STATES. 

This  sprightly  iournal,  published  every  evening,  has  won  a  bright  place  in  popular  estimation. 
It  is  under  the  editorial  management  of  Major  H.  J.  Hearsey,  who  is  known  throughout  the  South 
as  a  talented  and  forcible  writer. 


HERMAN  GAZETTE — DEUTSCHE  ZEITUNG. 

Every  day  except  Monday,  and  weekly,  Thursdays.  This  ably  conducted  German  paper  was 
established  in  1847,  and  is  very  popular  with  the  large  and  influential  class  of  our  people  who  speak 
that  language.  Jacob  Hassinger  is  editor  and  proprietor. 


CHRISTIAN  ADVOCATE. 

Weekly,  Thursdays:  the  organ  of  the  Methodist  Chmxh  South;  established  in  1851  Has  a  large 
circulation  throughout  th^  South  and  Southwest.  G.  T.  Lathrop,  publisher.  No.  112  Camp  stieet. 

PROPAGATEUR  CATHOLIQUE. 

Weekly,  Saturdays.  Is  a  large  and  ably  conducted  journal  in  French,  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
the  Catholic  faith.  A.  Button  is  editor  and  publisher. 

MORNING  STAR  AND  CATHOLIC  MESSENGER. 

Weeklv  Sundays.  The  only  English  Catholic  journal  in  the  city;  contains  the  latest  foreign  and 
domestic,  religious  and  secular  news.  Is  highly  esteemed  as  a  family  paper,  and  enjoys  a  wide  cir¬ 
culation,  both  in  our  own  and  neighboring  States. 


DAILY  CITY  ITEM. 

Published  every  evening.  A  sprightly,  readable  paper,  has  a  large  circulation,  is  an  ackno-^ 
edged  authority  throughout  the  South,  holds  a  high  rank  as  a  commercial  and  family  paper.  M- 
F.  Bigney,  editor,  No  39  Natchez  street. 


THE  JEWISIf  SOUTH. 

Established  October  1 ,  1877.  Published  at  New  Orleans  and  at  Atlanta,  Ga.  I®  ™  ^ 

weekly.  Price,  $2  per  annum.  Jewish  South  Publishing  Co.,  proprietors.  Rev.  J.  H.  Chumacerio, 
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To  The  People  of  New  Orleans, 

BUSINESS  MEN  OF  LOUISIANA  AND  THE  SOUTH  AND  SOUTHWEST. 


We  pres6nt  to  our  readers  and  business  community  herewith  a  brief  historical  review  of  the 
prominent  business  houses  and  man^ifacturing  firms  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans.  It  will  be  inter¬ 
esting  as  an  exhibit  of  the  growth  of  the  city  in  the  past.  The  notices,  as  a  group,  embrace  num¬ 
bers  of  substantial  and  enterprising  firms  in  every  department  of  trade,  including  many  specialties 
not  to  be  obtained  in  any  other  market,  and  will  be  an  assurance  to  those  contemplating  a  visit,  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  supplies,  that  their  evei'y  want  can  be  fully  satisfied,  on  as  favorable  terms, 
as  at  any  other  point  in  the  United  States.  No  firm  of  any  importance  has  been  willingly  excluded 
from  these  pages.  _ 

OTTO  SCHWANER— Dealer  in  Fine  Watches,  Clocks,  Diamonds,  Jewelry,  Silver  and 

Plated  IF are,  Xo.  17  Baronne  Street. 

No  establishment  in  the  city  of  a  similar  character  will  surpass  that  of  Otto  Schwaner.  This 
business  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1872,  with  an  ample  capital  His  business  |uem- 
ises  are  centrally  located  on  Baronne  street,  and  are  conveniently  situated  and  especially  hHed 
un  and  furnished  for  the  business  for  which  it  is  being  used.  He  carries  a  large  assortment  of  fine 
watches,  clocks,  diamonds  jewelry,  silver  and  plated  ware.  Watches  and  jewelry  repaired  on 
short  notice.  Liberal  cash  advances  made  on  all  kinds  of  jewelry,  watches,  diamonds,  (fee.  He 
constantly  carries  a  large  assortment  of  unredeemed  pledges,  which  he  offers  to  the  trade  on  the 
most  liberal  terms.  Energ}',  ambition  and  enterprise,  always  pushed  in  the  right  direction,  are  the 
surest  harbingers  of  success,  and  so  it  has  proven  in  the  case  of.  Otto  Schwaner.  By  prompt  busi¬ 
ness  habits  and  the  possession  in  an  eminent  degree  of  the  above  mentioned  characteristics,  he  has 
built  up  a  flourishing  and  permanent  trade,  comparing  favorably  with  the  best  houses  in  the  ^outh. 
The  successful  prosecution  of  any  business  enterprise  requires  ability  and  intelligence,  combined 
with  natural  genius  for  business  pursuits.  The  result  is  inevitable,  as  it  has  jiroven  in  the  case  of 
this  establishment.  He  is  perfectly  famdiar  with  his  business,  and  a  wide  awake,  energetic  citizen. 
Mr.  Adolph  Schwaner.  a  son  of  the  proprietor,  who  is  connected  with  this  well  known  estabhsh- 
ment,  is  fast  developing  into  a  first-class  auctioneer.  He  has  already,  on  different  occasions,  showed 
his  quahfications  for  his  new  calling.  He  is  young,  active  and  energetic,  and  possesses  in  an  emi¬ 
nent  degree  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  have  business  relations  with  him.  _ _ 

J.  JANE — Confectionery,  Pastry,  he  Cream,  Soda  Water  8lc.,  No.  164  Cana!  Street. 

The  manufacture  of  candy  in  its  modern  developments  bears  the  distinctive  marks  of  Fremh  in¬ 
genuity  and  invention.  In  no  other  country  does  the  preparation  of  sugar  as  a  luxury  afford  a 
livelihood  to  so  many  persons,  and  afford  a  field  for  so  much  mental  attention  and  artistic  execu¬ 
tion.  The  competition  existing  has  induced  many  to  use  very  noxious  and  poisonous  substances  to 
give  flavor  and  color  to  their  products.  In  New  Orleans  the  trade  in  confectionery  is  earned  on 
largely.  In  the  past  few  years  important  advances  have  been  made  by  the  estabhshment  of  con¬ 
cerns  which  deal  solely  in  the  finer  grades  of  confectionery,  obtaining  their  stock  from  m^uiac- 
turers  of  known  probity  and  reputation,  and  basing  their  own  reputation  and  claims  lor  public  fa¬ 
vor  on  the  purity  and  excellence  of  the  goods  they  handle.  Aruong  such  houses,  who  have  a  claim 
not  only  to  those  qualifications,  but  to  enterprise  and  ability  in  conducting  their  business,  Mr.  J, 
Jane  is  entitled  to  first  rank.  His  store  is  in  a  prominent  locahty,  and.  is  remarkable  for  its  order 
and  neatness.  Fine  French  and  domestic  confectionery,  home  and  tropical  fruits,  pastry,  ice  cream, 
soda  water,  crystalized  fruits,  &:c.,  and  in  fact  every  conceivable  delicacy  and  luxury  are  attractive¬ 
ly  and  temptingly  displayed  in  his  handsome  show-cases  and  on  the  shelves.  In  addition  to  this 
branch  of  business,  Mr.  Jane  has  connected  with  this  establishment  an  elegant  and  handsom^y 
furnished  Ladies'  Lunch  Room,  where  all  the  delicacies  of  the  season  are  provided  for  those  who 
visit  ,  the  model  establishment.  Mr.  Jane  established  this  business  in  1860,  w^ith  moderate  capital, 
and  by  his  industry  and  personal  attention  to  his  business,  has  succeeded  in  largely  increasing  his 
trade,  until  at  present  he  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  $10,000.  Six  experienced  and  corn- 
petent  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  who  are  always  polite,  attentive  and  courteous  to 
the  visitors  of  the  establishment,  and  ready  and  willing  to  attend  upon  their  every  wish.  Mr. 
Jan6  has  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  the  community  by  his  gentlemanly  qualities  and  fair, 
square  dealing,  and  he  is  in  every  way  worthy  of  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  public. 


66  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


BOERICKE  &  TAFEL — Homceopathic  Medicines  and  Books,  No.  130  Cana!  Street 

The  commercial  interests  of  a  great  c%  like  New  Orleans  are  so  vast  and  so  varied,  that  at  first 
sight  anything  like  a  clear  outline  of  them  appears  impossible,  and  many  persons  who  have  spent 
a  life-time  in  the  city  are  unaware  of  the  existence  even  of  certain  branches,  of  business  which 
exert  a  wide  influence  upon  the  commercial  importance  of  the  metropolis.  It  is  only  careful  re¬ 
search  and  through  investigation,  that  enables  the  editor  of  the  present  volume  to  procure  reliable 
and  trustworthy  statistics  of  the  representative  houses  engaged  in  the  various  branches  of  industry 
and  commerce,  which,  in  aggregation,  constitute  the  wealth,  prosperity,  and  material  welfare  of 
the  city,  and  makes  it  a  grea,t  producing  and  commercial  center.  The  business  or  profession  of 
supplying  homoeopathic  medicines  and  books  with  the  special  articles  required  in  that  special  busi¬ 
ness  constitutes  no  inconsiderable  item  in  a  recapitulatory  review  of  the  trade  of  New  Orleans,  and 
one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  houses,  engaged  in  this  particular  line,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Boer- 
icke  &  Tafel,  located  at  130  Canal  street  This  branch  house  was  founded  in  1877,  with  an  ample 
capital,  this  establishment  being  a  branch  of  the  older  houses  founded  in  New^  York  in  1835,  and  in 
Philadelphia  in  1843.  The  stock  carried  is  large  and  complete,  embracing  every  article  of  medi¬ 
cine  and  books  known  to  the  homoeopathic  school  of  medicine.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm 
are  centrally  located  on  one  of  the  principal  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  and  are  especially  arranged 
and  furnished  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  axe  being  used.  Their  trade  in  these  specialties  is  large 
and  extends  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Tennessee,  South  Carolina,  Texas, 
Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  America.  Branches  of  this  house  are  located  in  the  following  named 
cities:  New  York,  145  Grand  street;  Philadelphia,  1011  Arch,  125  South  Eleventh  street,  and 
1216  Girard  Avenue;  Baltimore,  135  West  Fayette  street;  San  Francisco,  234  Sutter  street;  Oak¬ 
land,  Cal.,  971  Washington  street;  Chicago,  35  South  Clark  street. 

Boericke  &  Tafel  received  the  only  Centennial  prize  medal  awarded  at  Philadelphia,  for  homoeo¬ 
pathic  preparations,  also  awards  at  Valparaiso  in  1875,  and  Paris  in  1878. 


PELICAN  STEAM  BREWERY — Eugene  Erath,  Proprietor,  No.  282  ViHere  Street. 

The  brewing  of  lager  beer  is  fast  becoming  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of  industry  in 
New  Orleans,  and  one  of  considerable  magnitude.  The  products  of  the  leading  establishments  are 
fully  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  the  beer  imported  into  New  Orleans  from  any  section  of  the  Union. 
Particularly  will  these  remarks  apply,  with  propriety,  to  the  favorite  brands  manufactured  at  the 
well-known  and  very  popular  establishment,  the  “Pelican  Steam  Brewery,”  whose  beer  is  regard¬ 
ed  by  beer  drinkers  as  the  purest  and  most  palatable  of  any  to  be  found  in  this  city.  This  enter¬ 
prise  was  founded  in  1872,  with  only  a  moderate  capital,  which,  through  the  energy,  enterprise  and 
good  management  of  the  proprietor,  has  been  very  largely  augmented,  and  at  present  is  doing  a 
large  and  prosperous  trade.  He  carries  a  stock  of  about  $10,000,  and  manufactures  during  the 
year  about  9,000  barrels  of  lager  beer.  Nine  competent  and  experienced  men  are  kept  constantly 
employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  brewery  is  40x70  feet  in  size, 
three  stories  high,  is  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  required  for 
the  business.  An  8-horse  power  engine  is  used  to  furnish  the  motive  power  that  is  required  to  drive 
the  machinery  throughout  the  building.  In  addition  to  beer,  they  also  manufacture  a  light  quality 
of  ale,  which  is  popular,  and  has  become  a  favorite  drink  among  many  of  our  ladies  Mr.  Eugene 
Erath,  the  proprietor  of  this  establishment,  was  born  in  Switzerland  in  1835,  and  has  had  a  life¬ 
long  experience  in  this  special  line,  and  thoroughly  understands  all  the  details  of  the  business. 
Mr.  Albert  Erath,  a  brother  of  the  proprietor,  is  clerk  and  business  manager  of  the  concern 


LOUISIANA  OIL  COMPANY — Manufacturers  of  Cotton  Seed  OH,  OH  Cake  and  Cotton  Seed 

Meal.  Office,  No.  43  Baronne  Street. 

The  present  age  is  a  progressive  one,  with  competition  in  all  lines  of  business  so  energetic  as  to 
call  into  active  exertion  the  best  business  talent,  unceasing  perseverance  and  indomitable  energy  in 
order  to  succeed.  Increased  facilities  are  the  true  index  of  prosperity,  and  this  proposition  has 
never  been  so  plainly  verified  as  in  the  case  of  the  Louisiana  Oil  Company,  who  commenced  their 
present  enterprise  in  1871  with  a  capital  of  $200,000.  The  works  are  situated  in  the  Third  district, 
and  consist  of  a  three  story  building  60x300  feet  in  size,  containing  all  the  latest  improved  ma¬ 
chinery  for  this  work,  which  is  run  by  an  engine  of  100-horse  power  capacity .  Eighty  hands  are 
employed  in  the  manufactory,  and  seventy  tons  of  seed  are  used  per  day,  from  which  fifty-five  bar¬ 
rels  of  crude  oil  is  turned  out  per  diem.  This  company  pay  the  highest  market  -price  for  sound  cot¬ 
ton  seed,  delivered  on  the  landings  here,  and  will  furnish  sacks  and  twine  to  responsible  shippers, 
free  of  charge,  thereby  insuring  the  manufacture  of  the  very  best  and  purest  of  oil  A  large  refin¬ 
ing  department  is  also  connected  with  the  works,  which  can  turn  out  300  barrels  of  refined  oil  each 
day.  About  $200,000  worth  of  oil  is  sold  per  annum,  and  the  annual  business  is  steadily  increas¬ 
ing.  Mr.  Jos.  A.  DeBlanc  is  the  President  of  this  company,  Mr.  A.  C.  Landry,  Secretary,  Mr. 
Wm.  Erslew,  Supeiintendent.  These  gentlemen  are  well  known  in  the  business  community  of 
New  Orleans,  and  have  been  for  many  years  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  this  city, 
which  they  have  done  no  little  to  promote  As  a  desirable  company  they  can  ofter  inducements  to 
the  trade  that  cannot  be  surpassed,  and  which  buyers  will  find  largely  to  their  interest  to  favorably 
consider. 


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g  GARDNER  &  COPP — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  50  Union  Street. 

L  The  publishers  and  editors  of  works  of  a  kindred  nature  to  this,  have,  in  collating-  and  elaborating 

■  the  business  interests  and  estabhshments  of  a  city  unusual  facilities  and  data  for  observing  the  im¬ 
portance  of  the  different  stjdes  or  classes  of  business,  as  to  their  bearing  on  the  general  thrift  and  de¬ 
velopment  of  the  mercantile  advantages  and  the  inducements  which  those  cities  claim  and 

t  hold  out  to  capitalists  in  quest  of  investments  Among  those  we  would  unquestionably  eive 
I  precedence  to  the  various  enterprises  connected  with  cotton  in  its  manifold  commercial  and 
I  manufacturing  industries;  of  these  there  are  none  that  tend  in  a  gi’eater  degree  to  the  ex- 
i  tension  and  enlargement  of  business,  as  well  as  artistic  progress,  than  the  cotton  factors  and 
commission  merchants,  or  exert  a  more  favorable  influence  in  promoting  business  relations 
with  other  States  ami  other  countries.  Among  the  prominent  houses  devoted  to  this  branch 
,  in  New  Orleans,  that  of  Gardner  A  Copp  may  justly  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  represen¬ 
tative  firms.  This  house  was  established  in  1877,  \rith  ample  capital,  and  has  been  a  suc¬ 
cess  from  the  start,  the  trade  having  been  largely  increased  during  the  past  two  years,  and 
thej’  are  now  doing  a  large  and  profitable  business.  They  do  a  general  cotton  and  commis- 
sion  trade,  their  consignments  of  this  staple  article  coming  largely  from  the  States  of  Louisiana 
and  Mississippi.  This  fii*m  having  a  large  capital,  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  con¬ 
signments.  Seven  educated  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in  the  vari¬ 
ous  branches  of  the  business.  The  firm  are  also  connected  with  the  house  of  i\Iessrs.  Gardner, 
Gates  A  Co.,  of  Mobile  Mr.  W.  H.  Gardner,  the  senior  member  of  these  firms,  is  the  President  of 
the  Mobile  Cotton  Exchange.  The  ofiice  and  books  of  the  New  Orleans  house  are  under  the  able 
i  care  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Siecke,  a  worthy  and  competent  gentleman.  The  individual  membei-s  of  this 
■;  firm  are:  W  H.  Gardner  and  Francis  T.  Copp,  aged  48  and  34  respectively,  both  of  whom  have 
‘  been  actively  engaged  in  this  branch  of  trade  for  many  years,  and  are  A  1  cotton  men  in  eveiy 
i  sense  of  the  "term.  They  possess  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  members  of  the  Cotton  Ex- 
change  in  an  eminent  degree.  This,  with  their  courteous  attention  to  all,  and  their  high  standing 

■  in  the  community,  has  won  for  them  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  public. 

:  CROMWELL  STEAMSHIP  LINE— Alfred  Moulton  &  Co.,  Agents,  No.  41  Carondelet  Street. 

Tliis  Line  has  become  so  extended  as  to  make  its  name  as  well  known  in  New  Orleans  as  their 
•  flag  is  upon  the  sea.  As  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  interests  of  New  Orleans  surpass 
those  of  any  other  of  our  Southern  cities,  it  becomes  a  necessity  that  its  shippmg  interests  and  fa¬ 
cilities  should  be  correspondingly  large,  and  the  Cromwell  line  has  nobly  met  the  demand .  This 
line  runs  direct  from  New  Orleans  to  New'  York,  carrying  both  passengers  and  freight.  The  coni- 
^  pany  own  the  following  first-class  steamships,  that  make  their  regular  trips  between  the  ports 
named:  The  “Louisiana,”  3,000  tons;  “Hudson,”  2,000  tons;  “Knickerbocker,”  1,700  tons,  and 
“New  Orleans,”  1,500  tons.  One  of  these  steamships  wdll  leave  the  company's  dock,  “Cromwell 
Landing,”  at  the  head  of  St  Louis  street,  every  Wednesday  at  8  a.  m.  The  steamei-s  are  unsur¬ 
passed  for  accommodations  for  passengers,  everything  being  supplied  to  make  it  pleasant  and 
.  agreeable  to  those  on  board.  Messrs  Alfred  Moulton  A  Co.  are  the  gentlemenly  agents  of  the  hne  j 
-■  in  this  city,  with  their  ofiice  located  at  No.  41  Carondelet  street.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  j 
the  Cromwell  Line  occupies  a  position  among  others  of  its  kind  devoid  of  blemish.  The  impetus 
given  to  the  industries  of  this  community  by  the  capital  and  entei-prise  of  this  company,  is  not  un¬ 
recognized,  and  the  general  consideration  wdth  which  it  is  regarded  is  the  natural  outgrowth  of  a 
;■  career  which, *for  a  number  of  years,  has  embodied  the  highest  principles  of  commercial  integrity 
and  personal  honor.  No  more  effective  messengers  of  peace,  civilization  and  commerce,  can  our 
nation  avail  itself  of  than  American  steamers,  enabling  that  interchange  of  products  and  inhabi- 

■  tants  that  shall  bind  the  lands  together  in  the  bonds  of  a  common  brotherhood 

! _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ 

RED  RIVER  LINE  OF  STEAMBOATS — C.  P.  Truslow,  President,  Chas.  W.  Drown,  Sec'y. 

Corner  Camp  and  Graiier  Streets. 

1  This  well  known  organization  for  the  transportation  of  freight  and  passengers  between  New^  Or- 
j  leans  and  all  points  on  Red  River,  was  started  in  1881,  and  the  operations  of  this  popular  company 
j  have  been  successfully  continued  ever  since  This  company 
was  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $5,000,  and  twelve 
.boats  are  kept  constantly  in  the  trade.  These  boats  are  not 
owned  by  the  line,  but  are  all  chartered  for  the  trade.  They 
do  a  large  carrying  trade  in  goods  and  passengers,  and  then- 
efforts  in  this  direction  have  clone  much  toward  the  business 
prosperity  of  New  Orleans.  Large  consignments  of  South¬ 
ern  produce  are  brought  to  this  city  by  these  boats.  All  the  boats  belonging  to  this  line  are  strong, 
staunch  and  seaworthy,  and  are  kept  in  a  thorough  state  of  efficiency,  ancl  this  favorite  company 
cari'ies  with  it  the  confidence  and  support  of  merchants  generally,  the  traveling  public  and  all  w'ith 
whom  it  has  in  any  way  had  dealings.  Mr.  C.  P.  Tnislow  is  the  popular  and  efficient  President  of 
I  the  company,  Mr.  Chas.  W.  Drowm  the  Secretary,  in  this  city.  Promoting  the  industries  of  the 
j  city  to  a  large  degree,  and  at  the  same  time  occupying  a  place  in  the  cominercial  world  which  en- 
I  titles  it  to  success  and  respect,  this  line  is  accorded  that  consideration  which  is  always  attendant 
I  upon  the  maintenance  of  an  upright  and  liberal  policy. 


\  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  69 

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ZUBERBIER  &  BEHAN — Wholesale  Grocers  and  Commission  Merchants, 

K  ^os.  23,  25,  21,  29  and  31, Peters  Street,  and  Nos.  33,  35,  37,  39  and  41  Fidton  Street. 

•  Every  city  and  town  in  tlie  United  States  has  within  its  limits  material  from  which  interesting 
'  biographies  could  be  written,  which  would  be  of  incalculable  benefit  in  shaping  the  course  of  the 
rising  generation,  and  influencing  the  future  prospects  of  the  country.  While  it  is  not  the  prov¬ 
ince  of  this  work  to  enter  into  the  minute  details  of  personal  history,  it  is  nevertheless  important 
in  describing  the  great  industrial  and  commercial  enterprises  of  the  city,  to  devote  some  space,  even 
though  limited  it  may  be.  to  consideration  of  the  steps  by  which  the  great  business  houses  have 
achieved  their  success,  and  gained  for  New  Orleans  the  proud  position  she  now  holds  among  the 
cities  of  the  world.  The  house  of  Zuberbier  k  Behan  was  originally  established  by  Schneider  k 
Wise,  in  1846,  then  Schneider  k  Zrrberbier,  the  preserrt  firm  succeeding  to  the  proprietorship  in 
1878.  Occupying  the  spacious  birilding  fronting  on  Peters  and  Fulton  streets,  at  the  comer  of  Gra- 
vier.  three  stories  in  height,  and  150x150  feet  irr  size,  this  firm  carr}’  on  an  extensrve  trade  rn  the 
wholesale  grocery  and  commission  business.  An  average  stock  of  about  $300,000  is  carried,  and 
an  engine  of  15-horse  power  is  required  for  hoistrng  prrrposes.  Forty  employes  are  kept  constantly 
busy,  filling  the  large  and  numerous  orders,  in  which  they  are  of  daily  receipt.  Fourteen  travel¬ 
ing  salesmen  are  employed  selliner  goods  throughout  the  States  of  Loui^ana,  Mississippi,  Alabama, 
Georgia,  Florida.  Tennessee.  Arkansas,  Texas  and  Mexico.  The  annual  sales  reach  §3,000,000* 
Messrs  Herman  Zuberbier  and  W.  J.  Behan  are  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  who  have  a 
reputation  for  industry  and  fair  dealing,  and  are  well  known  among  the  trade  as  reliable  men. 
Mr.  Zuberbier  is  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  and  is  President  of  the  Germania  Savings  Bank, 
also  of  the  Germania  Insurance  Company.  In  addition  to  filling  satisfactoiily,  positions  of  public 
trust  and  confidence,  his  success  as  a  business  man  has  kept  pace  vdth  the  growth  of  the  city,  and 
to  be  singled  out  as  a  representative  business  man  in  this  enterprising  community  is  a  distinction 
that  conveys  more  than  ordinary  praise.  Mr.  Behan  is  a  native  of  "this  city,  and 
holds  the  position  of  President  of  the  Crescent  Jute  Manufacturing  Company,  an  enterprise  but 
lately  established  in  the  city,  and  is  entitled  to  favorable  mention  among  thTe  industries  of  New 
Orleans.  ^Ir.  B.  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteerti  of  all  with  whom  he  is  brought  in  contact. 
As  others  have  found  them  in  the  past,  so  will  all  others  who  consult  their  own  interests  find  them 
in  the  future,  enterprising,  honorable  and  liberal  merchants. 


VICTOR  LATOUR — Cotton  Factor  and  General  Commission  Merchant,  49  Carondelet  St. 

Among  the  score  of  firms  in'this  city  engaged  in  the  cotton  and  commission  business,  with  an  of¬ 
fice  at  No  49  Carondelet  street,  the  house  of  Victor  Latour  deserves  mention  in  a  work  of  this  char¬ 
acter.  This  house  was  established  in  1880  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  ample  capital,  and  has 
been  a  success  from  the  start.  He  has  had  a  successful  career  in  his  line  of  busmess,  and  has 
achieved  a  reputation  for  promptness  and  reliability  second  to  none  in  the  cotton  commission  trade 
of  the  city.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Cotton  Exchange,  and  from  this  source  enjoys  advan¬ 
tages  the  benefit  of  which  his  customers  always  receive.  Three  male  assistants  are  engaged  by  the 
house  in  the  transaction  of  its  business.  Consignments  are  received  from  all  over  the  cotton  Row¬ 
ing  districts,  and  the  staple  sold  upon  the  market  for  the  highest  obtainable  prices,  their°sales 
amounting  from  19,000  to  15,000  bales  per  annum;  also  does  a  large  trade  in  futures  in  cotton 
for  correspondents.  Mr.  Latour  is  a  native-born  Louisianian,  with  a  large  experience  in  this  special 
line  of  business,  fully  conversant  vdth  all  the  requirements  of  his  trade.  To  consignors  of  cotton 
to  this  market,  we  cheerfully  commend  Victor  Latour  as  being  as  reliable,  prompt  and  desira¬ 
ble  a  house  with  whom  to  do  business  as  any  in  the  city . 


E.  MARQUEZE  &  CO. — Wholesale  Dealers  in  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  75  Cana!  Street. 

There  are  some  houses  in  this  city  that  have  acliieved  a  reputation  and  acquired  a  trade  that 
places  them  in  the  front  rank  of  enteiqirise  and  success,  and  of  such,  that  conducted  by  Messrs.  E. 
Marqueze  k  Co.,  in  the  boot  and  shoe  hue.  is  a  marked  example,  wliich  demands  fitting"  recognition 
in  these  pages.  _  This  firm  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  its  hne  in  business  in  this  city.  Commencing  about 
thirty  years  ago.  they  have  moved  steadily  onward  in  prosperit^^  improving  year  by  year,  until  now 
they  have  the  satisfaction  of  being  recognized  not  only  as  the  oldest,  but  among  the  "largest  dealers 
in  the  entire  city.  The  storeroom  occupied  is  40x180  feet  in  size,  three  stories  high,  and  well  adapted 
to  the  requirements  of  their  trade.  Eighteen  employes  are  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution 
of  the  business.  Large  supphes  are  slapped  to  aU"  parts  of  Louisiana.  Texas.  Arkansas,  and  Mis¬ 
sissippi:  in  fact  throughout  the  Southwest.  ^Ir.  Emile  ^larqueze,  the  senior  member  of  the  fiian, 
resides  in  Boston,  and  conducts  a  similar  house  there  at  No.  102  Pearl  street,  thus  enabling  them  to 
offer  all  the  advantages  of  the  Eastern  market,  girfng  first-class  quality  of  work  at  prices  that  really 
surprise  the  small  dealer.  Mr.  Alexis  Bonnecaze  manages  the  house  in  this  city.  With  a  lifelong 
experience  in  this  business,  the.se  gentlemen  have  endeavored  to  offer  the  best  "goods  at  the  lowest 
price,  and  being  always  attentive  to  bu.siness,  promptly  dispatching  all  orders  entrusted  to  them, 
their  integrity,  devotion  to  the  trade  and  upright  principles  command  for  them  a  continuation  of  the 
patronage  so  hberally  bestowed  in  the  past.  Special  inducements  are  offered  to  the  trade,  and  a 
pereonal  examination  will  prove  the  fallacy  of  our  assertion,  while  aU  orders  sent  to  Messrs.  Mar¬ 
queze  k  Co.  are  filled  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  aU  parties. 


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'^KLEVORN/'  THE  TAILOR—No.  43  St  Charles  Street. 

This  one  of  the  finest  appointed  and  best  stocked  merchant  tailoring  establishments  in  this 
mart  of  tire  citv.  The  trade,  which  is  largely  local,  is  among  the  veiy  best  class  ot  our  citizens 
e^jupciallv.  very  large.  The  store  is  a  veiw  commodious  one.  containing  large  plate  glass  show 
windows^  for  the  display  of  their  elegant  goods.  They  cariT  a  large  and  carefully 
of  suitino-s,  yestings.  Arc.,  the  stock  always  being  kept  up  to  the  highest  standaid  Five  stalled 
and  experienced  workmen  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  estahlishment .  Parties  desinng  a 
‘suit  made  to  order,  and  wanting  a  perfect  fit.  can  make  it  to  their  ad\antage  bj  calling  on 
‘‘Klevoni  the  tailor,  at  No.  43  St.  Charles  street  The  individual  members  of  .this  weU-known 
and  popular  firm  are.  F.  and  Louis  Klevoni,  both  of  whom  enjoy  an  enviable  reputation  for 
promptness  and  reliabiUty.  and  are  highly  appreciated  by  a  large  circle  of  fnends  for  their  estimable 

personal  qualities.  _ _  _ _ _ 

NORTON  &.  BELL — Ship  Brokers  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  43  Carondelet  Street. 

Amonc-  the  industries  of  the  Crescent  City  there  are  few  which  take  precedence  in  excellence  and 
enterprise  to  that  of  the  firm  of  Norton  k  Bell,  ship  brokers,  located  at  No  43  Caiondelet  Stre^. 
This  Lsiness  was  started  in  1871,  by  the  present  firm,  and  has  proven  a  success  from  the  start. 
They  do  a  o-eneral  shipping  and  commission  business,  making  contracts  for  freight  for  any  foreign 
m  dUesric  ports.  Thev  are.  also,  agents  for  the  -‘Boston  Marine  Insurance  Co.,  for  the  port  of 
New  Orleans  Six  competent  clerks  are  employed  in  the  office,  ’^o  are  courteous  and  attentive 
and  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  all  who  call  at  the  office.  The  premises  occupied ^^e 
snacious,  and  conveniently  situated  on  the  principal  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  the  office  bemg  ..ox 
100  feet  in  size,  and  especially  funiished  and  arranged  for  their  business.  This  final  is  composed 
nf  Air  Fdward  P.  Norton  and  Air.  AYalter  I.  Bell,  both  of  whom  are  practical  men  in 
line  of  business,  and  are  well  known  in  commercial  circles  as  honorable,  reliable  ^and  trustworihj 
citizens  Thev  are  careful  to  meet  all  obligations  promptly.  They  consider  their  ''’ord  as 
their  bond”.  Vnd  their  bond  is  as  good  as  gold.  They  have  recently  added  to  their  force  a 
stenographer  in  order  to  promptly,  by  dictation,  answer  their  large  con-espon deuce. _ 

L  BONQUOIS — Manufacturer  of  Hand  Sewed  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  38  St.  Charles  Street. 

r»TiP  nf  fhp  leading  houses  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hand  sewed  boots  and  shoes,  in  this 
cit?  is  tU^of  Mr.  Squois^wL  is  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch.  This  f 
edbvthe  present  proprietor  in  1879.  with  an  ample  capital.  Enteipiise,  abilih.  a  thoioue 
comorehensive  knowledge  of.  the  trade,  and  industrial  courage,  are  elements  that  win  in  am  of  the 
active  pursuits  of  life.  Air.  Bonquois,  possessing  these  qualifications  in  a  superior  degree,  is  fa. t 
Wdin- ^  an  extensive  trade  throughout  the  city  and  entire  8tate  This  gentleman  is  a  large 
manufect^^^  extensive  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  hand  sewed  boots  and  shoes,  and  all  work  turned 
out  bv  him  is  of  the  finest  workmanship,  and  always  guaranteed  to  be  as  lepresented.  Eig  y 
male  hands  all  of  whom  are  skilled  and  experienced  workmen,  are  kept  constantly  ernploied  in 
the  variou^  departments  of  the  establishment.  He  keeps  constantly  w  hand  a  full  line  of  iis 
o-oods  and  transacts  during  the  year  a  business  which  amounts  to  over  ^oO.QOO.  The  premises  oc- 
fuSed  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  being  supplied  with  all  the  necessan-  appliances  for 
^u?ceifuUv  carnung  on  his  special  business  AVith  the  accustomed  thnft  of  Amencan  citizens  he 
has  built  up  a  trade^ which  is  not  only  a  matter  of  gratification  to  himself,  but  a  ci edit  to  the  city. 
A  0-pntleman  of  ‘^terlino-  integrity  and  worth,  noted  for  enterprise,  business  quahfications  and  un 
oulsrioned  reliability  in  all  walks  of  life,  he  has  attained  a  position  as  gratifying  as  it  is  merited. 
This  is  an  enterprisJ  of  which  the  Crescent  City  may  feel  proud,  and  which  is  in  everi*  way  de¬ 
serving  of  patronage  and  generous  .support.  _ _ _ _ _ 


A  CH ARSKY — Merchant  Tailor,  No.  21  Camp  Street. 

There  mav  be  some  controversy  as  to  which  city  contains  the  most  extensive  business  houses  m 
fir*nf£ir  1iiip  but  it  conceded  bv  even*  one  that  New  Orleans  can  justlj  claim  the  best 
anl  niol  popular  mL'chant''tailoims  establishiJients.  So  well  is  this  boast  known,  that  customers. 

X  are  now  resTdrats  of  eveiT  poi-tion  of  our  beautiful  country,  and  have  at  one  time  been  vesi- 
Who  are  nois  resiaemb  are  constant  patrons  of  this  favorably  known  house. 

Mr  Chirr  stled  in  business  in  ¥ew  Orleans  in  1847,  r^ith  but  small  capital,  but  a  perfect 
taiowledge  of  his  business.  The  latter,  backed  up  by  a  splendid  judgment  for  which  e\eij  one 
p-ivp':  him  credit— has  brought  his  establishment  to  its  present  popular  and  extensive  pioportions. 
The  simple  fact  that  his  trade  is  entirely  custom  and  retail  ana  reaches  the  haudsome  figuie  of 
^9.?  000  per  annum  is  the  best  test  of  his  nients  as  a  clothier  and  business  man.  He  carries  an  av- 
stw:k  of  81.^ <^00.  giving  employment  to  six  competent  and  skilled  woikmen  The  presses 
occupied  are  spacious  aita  convenientlv  situated  upon  one  of  the  most  popular  thoroughfares  of  the 
fpp?  in  ‘lizp  and  three  stories  high.  The  store  room  is  filled  ivith  a  large  stock  of  gent  s 
city,.20x80  feet  in  size,  to  be  found  in  a  first-class  establishment  of  this  kind._ 

house  beiuriocaUs  llrst  eutirely  confined  to  Xew  Orleans,  and  the  patrons  ot 
Air  Chapski'  consist  of  manv  of  our  best  citizens,  who  have  always  fomid  him  a  pleasant  and 
agreeable^gentleman  to  do  business  with,  and  one  worthy  of  their  confidence  and  esteem. 


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FLASH,  PRESTON  &  CO. — Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  44  and  46  Canal,  and  63,  65  and  70 

Common  Streets. 

Among  the  great  number  of  notable  commercial  houses  forming  the  channels  through  which  the  ! 
mighty  streams  of  trade  of  this  great  city  flow,  there  are  very  many  that  are  deserving  of  extend¬ 
ed  consideration  and  favorable  mention  in  these  pages,  and  are  worthy,  perhaps,  of  fuller  notice 
than  the  scope  and  design  of  this  work  will  admit  The  comparative!}'  brief  period  that. an  estab¬ 
lishment  will  advance  to  a  leading  position  when  backed  by  well  directed  energy,  combined  with 
high  character,  is  nowhere  better  illustrated  than  in  the  histoiy  of  the  house  forming  the  subject  of  i 
this  sketch.  /This  enterprise  was  established  in  1871  by  Flash,  Lewis  Co.,  the  present  firm  i 
j  succeeding  to  the  control  in  1878j  and  the  house  has  pursued  stoadily  an  uninteiTupted  career  of  ^ 
j  success  since  its  very  inception.  They  now  occupy  three  buildings,  9  '  feet  front  by  120  feet  in  ; 
I  depth,  and  each  of  the  four  floors  are  amply  filled  with  the  numerous  variety  of  goods  in  which  i 
[  they  deal.  Besides  the  usual  stock  of  wholesale  groceries,  they  deal  extensively  in  sugar,  molasses,  ! 

I  rice,  coffee,  wines,  liquors,  tobacco,  cigars,  case  goods,  flour,  grain,  produce,  imported  goods,  etc.,  I 
in  wholesale  quantities.  They  are  agents  for  the  famous  Dexter  Whisky,  and  the  Tolu  Rock  and  ' 
Rye.  An  annual  business  ranging  from  )^2.000,000  to  $3,000,000  is  transacted,  and  a  correspond-  ] 
ingly  large  stock  carried  to  meet  the  demands  of  their  immense  trade,  which  lies  principally  in  i 
Mexico,  Texas,  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia  and  Florida. 
Twenty  hands  are  employed,  and  the  assistance  of  a  large  office  force  and  ten  salesmen  are  required  ' 

I  to  successfully  conduct  so  large  an  enterprise.  Messrs.  Wm.  Flash,  Henry  M.  Preston  and  H.  L 
Flash  constitute  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  Flash,  both  late  of  the  firm  Flash,  Lewis  i 
I  Co.,  Mr.  Preston,  late  of  Howard  <fe  Preston.  Prompt  and  reliable  in  every  respect,  offering  in-  . 
j  ducements  to  buyers  not  easily  duplicated  in  this  or  any  other  market,  this  firm  is  in  every  way  a  j 
I  desirable  and  pleasant  one  Avith  which  to  establish  business  relations.  j 

1  FACTORS’  AND  TRADERS’  INSURANCE  CO.— General  Office,  No.  49  Carondelef  Gtreef.  ' 

Organized  and  incorporated  in  1866  under  the  laws  of  Louisiana,  this  company  commenced  busi-  j 
ness  with  a  capital  of  $.300,000,  which  has,  Avith  each  succeeding  year,  been  largely  increased  un-  ; 
til  it  now  reaches  $1,000,000. '  The  officers  of  this  company  are:  E.  A.  Palfrey,  President,  and  i 
T.  F.  Walker,  Secretar}^  The  importance  of  the  business  transacted  by  our  locad  underwriters  is  { 
frequently  lost  sight  of,  but  when  Ave  take  into  consideration  the  vast  amounts  of  insurance  that  i 
must  necessarily  be  carried  in  a  business  community  like  this,  the  importance  of  these  transactions  j 
become  apparent.  This  company  does  a  general  fire,  marine  and  nver  insurance,  and  is  equal  to  i 
any  similar  institution  in  the  United  States  This  company  in  addition  to  their  general  officers,  is  j 
composed  of  twenty-five  directors,  including  many  of  our  wealthiest  and  most  reliable  citizens.  ; 
Six  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  employed  in  the  office,  to  whom  liberal  j 
wages  are  paid.  The  officers  and  members  of  this  organization  are  Avell  and  favorably  known  in  j 
commercial  and  financial  circles  of  the  city  as  gentlemen  of  high  social  and  business  standing,  and  I 
their  financial  standing  and  responsibility  is  of  such  a  nature  as  to  Avarrant  unbounded  confidence 
in  this  coirn3any.  The  remarkable  increase  in  its  annual  business  demonstrates  the  confidence  with 
which  the  Factors’  and  Traders’  Insurance  Co.  is  regarded  by  the  public  at  large. 

P,  P.  TRICOU — Gent's  Furnisher,  No.  7  St  Charles  Street.  | 

In  this  special  line  of  industrial  enterprise,  there  is  perhaps  no  house  in  the  South  better  known,  ! 
or  one  more  entitled  to  extended  notice  in  a  Avork  devoted  to  the  display  of  resources  of  the  Cres-  [ 
cent  City.  This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1867,  with  but  a  moderate  capital,  but  by  the  energy  ; 
and  enterprise  displayed  by  the  proprietor,  the  business  has  been  gradually  increased  with  each  j 
succeeding  year  until  at  present  he  is  in  possession  of  a  prosperous  and  continually  increasing  trade.  | 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  shirts,  underwear,  handkerchiefs,  hosiery,  and  fancy  goods  of  every  varie-  i 
ty  and  kind,  in  which  he  is  prepared  to  offer  to  the  many  patrons  of  his  establishment  extra  in-  j 
ducements.  Five  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  branch-  i 
e«  of  the  business,  Avho  are  always  courteous  and  attentive  to  all  who  caU  at  the  house.  The  prem¬ 
ises  occupied  are  conveniently  situated  on  one  of  the  prominent  thoroughfares  of  the  ci^%  25x50 
feet  in  size,  and  well  filled  with  a  choice  assortment  of  eveiy  article  known  to  belong  to  this  sped  1 
branch  of  business.  Mr.  Tricoa,  the  gentlemanly  proprietor  of  this  emporium,  is  well  knoAvn  to 
the  business  men  of  this  community  as  a  prompt,  I'eliable  and  energetic  man,  with  whom  it  is  al- 
wa\’s  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations.  In  every  respect  he  stands  at  the  highest  point  in  the 
estimation  of  contemporaries  and  the  commercial  Avorld  at  large. 

A.  RALDWIN  &  CO. — Importers  and  Dealers  in  Hardware,  No.  74  Cana!  Street. 

The  term  hardware  is,  if  possible,  more  vague  and  less  susceptible  of  accurate  definition  than  the 
term  machinery.  Its  metes  and  its  bounds  no  philosopher  that  vs^e  have  yet  heard  of  has  attempt¬ 
ed  to  define,  and  in  popular  usage  it  is  made  to  embrace  all  of  the  unclassified  manufactures  of 
iron  and  steel.  Indeed,  it  is  such  an  indefinite,  comprehensive  and  collective  department  of  trade, 
it  is  hard  to  say  whether  machinists’  tools,  mill  work,  iron  Avater-Avheels,  engines,  and,  in  short,  i 
the  whole  subject  of  ‘firon  and  its  manufactures”  should  not  be  treated  as  a  branch  of  the  hard-  • 
Avare  business — for  a  well  posted  hardware  man  we  regard  as  a  walking  index  to  an  encyclopedia 
of  valuable  information,  and  his  head  should  be  labeled— “Ten  thousand  ‘facts  worth  knoAvmg;  in- 


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miirf*  w-ithiii  ”  The  house  of  A.  Baldwin  &  Co.  was  i^iiially  started  by  Messrs.  Rogers,  Sill  & 
SamT  B  Slocomb,  about  1822,  all  three  being  natives  c  Philadelphia,  and  after  several  changes 
in  the  firm  name,  in  1878  the  present  company  assumed  ontrol.  Started  with  ample  means,  this 
eXprise  has  had  a  continuously  successful  career  Three  large  buildings  are  occupied  at  present, 
Xch  contain  an  average  stock  of  about  $400,000.  consisting  of  every  variety  of  article  coming 
under  the  head  of  hardware.  A  gas  engine  of  7-horse  power  is  used  tor  devatoig  purposes  and 
fifty  men  and  boys  are  employed,  nine  trayeling  salesmen  being  e  8^ 

goods  throughout  Louisiana.  Mississippi.  Arkansas,  Texas,  Alabaina  and  FIoikU,  the  annual  sales 
feachina-  over  a  million  of  dollars.  Messrs.  Albert  Baldwin  and  Cartwright  Eustis  are  the  active 
partners,  Mrs.  Abby  Day  Slocomb  and  Mrs.  Ida  A.  Richardson  also  being  inteijsted  in  the  enter¬ 
prise.  Mr.  Baldwin  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Eustis.  of  Mississippi,  and  the  firm, 
mg  direct  from  the  manufacturers,  is  enabled  to  meet  the  views  of  the  closest  purchasers 
acriinst  all  competition.  North.  East  or  South.  Besides  aevoting  himself  to  his  own  business,  Mr. 
Baldwin  has  been  one  of  New  Orleans’  most  prominent  citizens  in  the  promotion  of  every  enter¬ 
prise  brought  forward  for  her  advancement,  contnbutmg  means  and  working  energeticalb  to  help 
them  along  He  is  President  of  the  New  Orleans  National  Bank,  and  President  of  the  Gullett  Gin 
MaSifaLnng  Company.  It  is  chiefly  due  to  the  liberality  and  far-sightedness  of  such  merchants, 
th?ch7of  New  OrlLns  is  to  day  entitled  for  her  proud  position  111  the  commerce  of  the  country. 
The  history  of  this  city  is  mainly  the  result  of  the  indomitable  enterprise  of  her  citizens,  and  this 
record  thus  becomes  a  part  of  the  record  of  the  State  and  Nation. 


J.  M.  VILLAVASO — Rea!  Estate  Agent,  Office  K,  Gallier  Court,  Entrance  11  Carondelet  St. 

Of  the  many  firms  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  who  are  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  there 
are  comnSwelv  few  who  are  looked  upofeas  the  “old  established  and  well  known  firms.  Among 
these  h7ever  in  ay  be  classed  Mr.  .1  M.  Villavaso,  who  commenced  the  business  as  real  estate 
a^ent  in  1867,  on  ouIy  a  moderate  capital.  By  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  his 
business,  he  has  succeeded  in  largely  inw-easing  from  year  to  year  until 

sion  of  a  lara-e  and  growing  business.  He  transacts  a  general  real  estate  business,  makes  sales  ana 

■  puTchL:iof®reS  esSte.  re'ntiug  and  caring  for  property  and 
nerfRinins-  to  this  branch  of  business  is  looked  after  by  him.  The  tiade  is  quite  extensne,  ana  is 

distributed  throughout  the  entire  city.  He  enjoys  an  enyiable  'YHlf ''’He“rSs‘’br  permis’siorto 
reliability,  and  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  excellent  personal  qualities  He  leters  by  peimis. 

E.  A  Palfrey,  President  of  the  Factors’  and  Traders  Insurance  Co.,  and  otheis. _ _ 

PAYNE,  KENNEDY  &.  CO — Cotton  and  Sugar  Factors,  No.  66  Baronne  Street. 

4mong  the  nianv  industries  that  have  tended  to  extend  and  enlarge  the  commercial  and  manu- 

fiim-inlimpSk  of  New  Orleans,  perhaps  no  one  Y*  t'Ad’dStrU  noTduse^S  Sline 
mercantile  relations  of  the  community  than  ye  button  trm  e,  <  i  ^  ^ \  j-,  whose  office  and 

exhibits  more  eners'V  and  enterprise  than  that  of  Messrs.  Payne,  Kennedy  A  Co,,  whose  omce  ana 
SrSated  at  No*!  66  Baronne  street.  This  now  flo--h'ng  industir  es taWisM 
in  1874  bv  the  nresent  firm,  who  are  the  successors  of  the  firm  of  Payne  A  Uaiiison,  which 
origi^tilv  founded  in  1840.  They  do  a  general  cotton  factorage 

consignments  from  planters  throughout  the  cotton  growing  SLsistaSs  are  kept 

vantage  upon  the  New  Orleans  market.  A  competent  and  'fJP"  “fficr  With  L 

emnlo7d  who  are  ever  courteous,  attentive  and  polite  to  all  who  call  at  the  office.  v\  ith  an  ex  , 

tended  influence,  always  exerted  in  behalf  of  the  of  New  Oriem 

rected  in  aid  of  every  movement  that  will  conduce  ;„n-anZ  fty  support^ 

Kennedy  &  Co.  occupy  a  position  that  is  equally  honorable  to  itself  and  t  commun  itj  suppo 

ing  it 


COLOMB,  RAIMONDY  &  CO.— General  Insurance  Agents,  No.  124  Common  Street. 

This  enterprise  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietors  in  1880  The 
Colomb,  Rainiondy  &  Co.  is  one  of  the  most  promment  in  the  ^  s  companies  al 

resents  some  of  the  best  fire  insurance  companies  in  the  woi  ,,,,„c,ip,,f.p  of  the  respective  man 

or  would  be  represented  by  this  agency,  which  A  C  France,  or 

agers.  Among  the  companies  represented  are  ‘he  following:  La  rijriiisur 

tranizcd  m  1844  arid  now  has  assets  amounting  to  $ <,89o,66_i.CjO,  a  A  i  v  ■  -r  .-m  inr-lndo' 
anee  Company  of  New  York.  The  department  of  the  South,  as  represented  y  this  i  ,  p,  .  ' 
TomsSiTTlablrard  Mississippi,  hie  ‘;La  Confiance”  -d  t'mdon,  Livago^-d 
are  the  onlv  foreign  fire  insurance  companies  having  a  general  agenci  Uo-rrin 

"g  ttlmXfs  of  the  advantages  ofered  by  the  above  ‘,Av  X'tidhoZl 

safe  and  reliable  policies  in  the  hands  of  an  upright  and  reha  '  ^  ,  insEv  nai'd  The  manage 

the  true  interests  of  policy  holders,  and  that  losses  will  be 

inent  of  this  firm  is  marked  by  a  safe  llRfmondv*^&  Co.  is  concede 

and  standing  of  the  companies.  Altogether,  the  agency  of  to  establish  rela 

to  be  one  of  the  mo^t  reliable  insurance  agencies  of  New  Orleans,  with  which  to  estaoii.n  leia 

tions. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


73 


JAS  D  EDWARDS— Manufacturer  of  Sugar  Appa^ratus,  .  o /o 

UHO.  u.  X0S.2I  to  27  Delta,  22  to  28  Jb  rant  .Streets. 

r  '  r  1  •  ^+'  ir,r.Pt,tmTi  crrowth  aiicl  cxteiit  of  the  manufacturing:  and  commercial 

enl"rp\isroVNew7;.W^-^"^hS  we  find  none  that  have  rijen  more 


rapidly  in  the  march 
of  progress  toward 
perfection  and  im- 
porfance  than  the 
manufacture  of  su- 
var  apparatus  The 
house  w  h i c  h 
lieads  this  article 
was  started  by  Mr. 
Daniel  Edwards  in 
ljM9,  and  in  1861 
the  firm  name  was 
changed  to  D.  Ed¬ 
wards  Son.  In 
1877  ^Ir.  .las.  D 
Edwards  succeeded 
as  proprietor,  and 
since  the  beerinning 
the  house  has  had 
a  very  successful  ca¬ 
reer.  The  business 
premises  are-^situa- 
ted  on  Delta  and 
Front  streets,  with 
120  feet  front  on 
each  street,  and  a 
depth  of  160  feet. 
The  building  is  two 
stories  in  height, and 
contains  the  ma¬ 
chinery  necessary 
for  the  successful 
m  an  u  f  a  c  t  u  r  e  of 
goods  in  this  line, 
run  by  an  engine  of 
26-horse  power  ca¬ 
pacity.  The  stock 
averages  8.70.000  in 
value,  while  the  an¬ 
nual  sales  reach 
$]o0,00<b  Thirty 
hands  are  employed, 
and  they  manufac¬ 
ture  the  most  im¬ 
proved  machineiT 
made  in  the  entire 
State.  The  trade 
in  the  Statesl 

of  Louisiana  7nfl  Texas,  and  the  apparatus  made  by^this  house  is  widelv 
cellence.  Mr.  Edwards  was  bom  in  Ohio  m  1839,  and  came  to  this  city  in  1848  He  stands  to  (id} 
among  the  very  first  in  this  line  of  manufacture,  ^rfth  a  reputation  for  strict  integnt\  111  lusin  . 
transactions  and  for  turning  out  first-class  work  at  minimum  prices. _ _ _ 

TEXAS  BROKERAGE  ASSOCIATION— Dealers  )n  Cotton,  Grain,  Produce,  &c.,  Office  No.  35 

Cnrondelet  Street.  '  ■  1  ^  1  c 

This  association  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas,  and  has  a  capita  s  ^ 
$25,000.  The  object  of  this  association  is  to  execute  orders  for  purchase  an.l  sale 
contracts,  on  official  quotations  received  fronr  “New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange 

grain  and  provision  futures,  on  official  quotations  received  eveiA*  few  minufes  from  Chicago  Eoaid 
of  Trade,”  The  official  quotations  of  every  transaction  made  in  the  ?^ew  Orleans  Corfon  Ex¬ 
change  is  immediately  wdred  the  Association,  and  at  once  posted  on  their  bulletins,  ^  laci  } 

is  offered  to  customers  for  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  of  the  above  named  articles.  Custom  is  A 

liable  for  the  amount  of  margins  put  up.  The  transaction.s  durmg  the  fii^t  month  nom»e^ 

cottoA  alone,  was  20,000  bales.  Orders  are  received  from  all  over  the  United  States.  A  compe 
tent  corps  of  assistants  are  constantly  kept  engaged  in  the  office,  who  are  courteous,  atten  iv 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


polite  and  are  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  patrons  who  visit  the  office  All  orders  re 
ceived  by  telegraph  are  promptly  attended  to.  The  ‘ ‘Shemiersovi ’s  Oode  iS ’•  >e- 

graphmp^  Mr  Durant  Da  Ponte  the  genial  and  po^ularffident  o^the  Sdationls'an  old 
iTei  has,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  esteem  ^ 

liisiT,:,'?- .r  s: 

too  well  known  in  commercial  circles  to  require  commendatioTi'^liPvP  tTo  r  i 
t”  “‘■‘r  "*  ’'“f  s“"’  Express  CompLy,  and  is  SartiW  enS’id  by  Mr  M 

L«t«i  aTS  Irp!—  “1 1  ^S-D^ld  l?i4iJSe=£S'3 

ness  man  in  every  sense  of  the  term,  and  all  those  having  husmess  relations  ^^th  him 
find  him  straight  forward  and  correct  in  every  business  transaction.  The  Texas  Brokerao-e  Assocla- 
tion,  Lindei  the  management  of  such  officers,  is  destined  to  become  popular  with  the  miblic  and  in 

hebSdressed  to  S.  I.  Flo^yd^'ec- 

l/l^.  R.  IRBY  &  BRO. — Wholesale  Tobacconists, 

Nos,  55  and  51  Gravier  Street,  and  Nos.  18  and  24  Tchoiipitoulas  St. 

Of  late  years  the  consumption  of  tobacco  has  increased  to  such  an  extent  and  taken  ‘^uch  a  hold 

upon  the  American  people,  that  it  can  no  longer  be  put  in  the  list  of  the  luxuries  but  must  occunv 
a  prominent  place  among  the  necessaries  of  life. - - — ^  occupy 

It  has  become  a  very  important  article  in  the  trade 
of  this  city,  requiring  a  dozen  houses  to  handle  it 
now,  where  twenty  years  ago  three  were  sufficient. 

The  above  firm  was  established  in  1865  by  J.  J.  Irby, 
under  the  style  of  Irby,  McDaniel  &  Co.,"  which  was 
afterwards  changed  to  J.  J.  Irby  &  Co  ,  and  later  to 
J  J.  Irby  &  Son.  The  latter  were  succeeded  in  1878  J 
by  W .  Ratcliffe  Irby,  the  senior  member  of  the  pres-  4 
ent  firm,  and  on  January  1,  1882,  the  style  became  W.  I' 

R.  Irby  &  Bro.  They  have  one  of  the  most  com-  ' 
plete  assortments  of  tobacco,  cigars,  etc.,  in  the 
South,  and  with  an  average  stock  of  $80  000  do  a 
business  of  $350,000  per  annum.  Eight  hands  are_ 
employed,  and  the  trade,  and  facilities  of  the  house! 


rir  A  HL  111  Hf 


ACCOM  I  STS 


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are  as  great  as  were  those  of  Irby,  McDaniel  &  Co.  :;1| 

Their  trade  extends  through  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  I 
Arkansas,  Texas  and  Florida.  They  sell  strictly  on 
commission,  to  a  large  extent  direct  from  the  fac¬ 
tory,  supplying  the  jobbing  trade  and  employ 

no  drummers.  They  are  agents  in  the  South  for  _ _  _  _ 

the  celebrated  “Double  Sailor  Knot”  tobacco,  manufactured  by  P.  B.  Gravely  of  Danville  Vir 

gima.  of  the  finest  Henry  County  tobacco, .  also  Liggett  &  Mver’s  “Star”  NavV,  as  well  as’othe 
leading  brands  on  the  market.  ./ 1  c 


C.  S.  DERBY  &  BRO.— Agency  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York,  Bound  Subscription 

Books,  No.  6  Carondelet  Street. 

The  New  Orleanis  agency  of  D.  .4ppleton  &  Co.  is  one  of  the  most  important,  and  represents  the 
interests  of  9ne  of  the  ffirgest  and  most  popular  publishing  houses  in  the  world.  This  enternrisp 
was  started  in  tnis  city  m  1881.  by  the  present  firm,  with  ample  capital.  The  gentlemen  coinnos- 
ing  tne  firm  are  men  of  great  energy  and  decision  of  character,  and.  although  tley  met  with  a  se¬ 
nes  of  obstacles  that  would  have  crushed  the  efforts  of  a  dozen  ordinary  aspiring  men  vet  thev 
overcame  them  all,  and  to-day  they  are  doing  the  largest  book  business  in  the  city  of  New  Orleau<f 
or,  it  may  be  said  m  the  entire  South.  They  do  a  general  book  agency  business,  controllino-  the 
territory  embraced  in  the  States  of  Louisiana  and  Mississippi,  giving  steady  employment  to'their 
numerous  solicitors.  They  sell  on  subscription  all  the  leading  standard  publications  of  Messrs  D 
Appleton  &  Co.,  consisting  of  about  fifty  different  works.  They  make  a  leading  specialty  of  the 
American  Cyclopedia,  which  is  sold  by  this  firm  only  on  subscription.  The  sales  are  large,  and  bv 
the  industry  and  careful  management  of  the  business,  are  being  gradually  increased,  insuring  for  the 
future  more  than  a  tenfold  increace  over  the  business  of  the  preceding  year.  The  gentlemen  com¬ 
posing  this  firm  ai^  natives  of  New  York  State,  and  have  been  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business 
for  many  yeap  They  are  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  the  require¬ 
ments  of  then  trade.  Prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  they  have  in  an  eminent  degree  won  the 
confidence  of  many  of  our  best  and  most  respected  citizens .  This  firm  is  safe  and  reliable,  and  can 
be  recommended  to  the  confidence  of  the  community 


'  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


75 


PATTISON  &  BOVARD — Wholesale  Liquor  Dealers,  Nos.  72  and  74  Gravier  Street 

I'h©  cpnsumptioii  ot  spintuouss  liquors,  liotli  us  u  luxury  unci  in  tlio  niochunicul  woiks  of  urt,  is  so 
vust  und  widespreud  thut  the  truffic  necessarily  involves  considerable  capital,  and  is  of  great  com- 
mcrciiil  iiiiportcinc^.  Aiiion^  tli0  liousGs  tlicit  cirG  fully  (lUcilifiGcl  to  iRnk  uiicl  ciGcIit  jis  D0ing  not  only 
extensive  but  foremost  in  the  wholesale  liquor  trade,  there  does  not  exist  to-day  a  firm  more  de- 
seiwinu-  of  such  classification  than  Pattison  &  Bovaid.  These  gentlemen  started  their  present  en- 
terpris'e  in  1875.  and  have  largely  increased  their  business  'bhe  store  room  occupied  is  oOxlOO 
feet  in  size,  three  stories  high,  and  it  is  fully  stored  with  a  stock  averaging  $20,000  value,  consist¬ 
ing'  of  everv  variety  c)f  foreign  wines,  brandies,  gins.  rums,  pure  lye  and  Bourbon  whiskies  of  the 
choicest  brands,  from  the  most  renowned  distilleries  in  the  country.  Four  hands  are  employed,  and 
a  large  trade  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana.  Mississippi  and  Arkansas  is  enjoyecl  by  this  firm. 
Two  traveling  men  are  kept  constantly  on  the  road  in  the  interests  of  the  house,  and  they  are  ex¬ 
tending  the  reputation  of  the  house  throughout  the  South.  The  annual  sales  reach  $12o,00<  ,  and 
are  steadilj'  increasing  year  by  jTar-  Messrs.  .John  L.  Pattison  and  5Vm  J.  Bovaid  compose  the 
firm;  wide  awake  business  men  of  commercial  integrity  and  reliability,  and  they  stand  deserv^edly 
high  in  the  community  in  which  they  reside. 


P.  L.  CUSACHS— Chemist  and  Druggist,  No.  158  Cana!  Street,  Corner  of  Baronne. 

A  neat  and  attractive  drug  store,  where  persons  in  cj^uest  of  medicines  or  in  want  ot  delicately 
compounded  articles  of  perfumery  and  toilet  necessaries,  can  have  their  errands  attended  to  by  po¬ 
lite  and  obliging  clerks,  prompt  and  reliable  in  their  dispensations,  is  a  cause  of  gratulation  and 
nnde  to  anv  city.  The  well-stocked  and  handsomelv-furnished  establishment  of  Mr  P .  L.  Cusachs 
was  first  started  by  Mr  P.  Cusachs,  his  father,  in  18.S1,  and  is  entitled  to  classification  among  the 
oldest  and  most  reliable  houses  in  this  community.  A  large  four  story  building  at  the  corner  of  Canal 
and  Baronne  streets,  is  occupied  by  this  gentleman,  25x100  feet  in  size,  and  fully  stocked  with  an 
ample  assortment  of  drugs,  chemicals,  toilet  and  fancy  goods,  etc.,  this  being  one  of  the  finest  en¬ 
terprises  of  the  kind  in  the  entire  city  Eleven  employes  are  required  in  the  house,  a  part  of  the 
buildintr  being  used  as  a  wholesale  department,  the  frorit  being  devoted  to  the  retail  and  prescnp- 
tion  trade  The  manufacture  of  tinctures  and  extracts  is  carried  on  to  a  great  extent,  the  labora¬ 
tory  being  situated  in  a  separate  part  of  the  building.  In  the  wholesale  trade  Mr.  Cusachs  enjoys 
a  large  patronage  Bom  all  parts  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi.  Alabama,  Texas,  Mexico,  Central  Amer¬ 
ica,  and  also  does  a  good  business  pc-r  annum  throughout  the  city  and  vicinity.  Mr.  R.  N.  Girling 
is  the  efficient  manager  of  the  prescription  department,  and  each  prescription  is  given  the  closest 
attention,  none  but  the  purest  and  best  materials  are  used  and  the  unceasing  diligence  employed  in 
filling  orders  has  gained  for  the  house  an  enviable  reputation,  increasing  the  business  and  giving 
entire  satisfaction  to  all  Mr.  Cusachs  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  his  house  takes  equal  rank  Avith 
any  in  the  South,  is  fully  entitled  to  consideration  as  such,  while  the  principles  upra  which  it  is 
conducted  are  alike  liberal  and  enterprising.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  New  Orleans  Cork 
Manufactory,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  the  material  welfare  of  the  city  Always  conserv¬ 
ing  the  public  interest  in  every  reformatory  measure,  he  has  achieved  a  place  in  the  esteem  of  the 
community  as  richly  deserved  as  it  is  sincere 


NEW  ORLEANS  COTTON  SEED  ASSOCIATION— Henry  Marx,  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

Office  No.  4  Delta  Street 

In  the  commerce  of  the  country.  New  Orleans  occupies  a  prominent  position  Her  cotton,  rice  and 
sugar  make  an  immense  business  in  themselves,  while  her  position  as  the  natural  depot  of  the  great 
Mississippi  Valley  gives  her  a  vast  import-ance  to  the  rapidly  developing  country  of  the  West. 
Railroad  communication  with  Texas,  now  assured,  will  not  only  restore  a  greater  portion  of  the 
trade  of  that  section,  now  diverted  to  other  cities,  but  will  ere  long  place  our  city  in  the  foremost 
rank  of  the  commerci-al  cities  of  the  world.  We  have  many  old  and  influential  firms  that  have  a 
national  fame,  and  many  others,  youngsr  in  years,  that  are  worthy  of  note  for  their  energy,  enter¬ 
prise  and  integrity.  Among  the  honored  names  that  have  place  in  the  commercial  history  of  New 
Orleans,  none  hold  a  higher  rank,  at  home  or  abroad,  than  that  of  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Seed 
Association,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  4  Delta  Street.  This  enterprise  was  organized  in  1875, 
with  an  ample  capital,  and  has  since  that  .time  been  eminently  successful.  They  make  a  business 
of  purchasing  cotton  seed  for  the  following  establishments:  Planters’  Oil  Co.,  Union  Oil  Co.,  Cres¬ 
cent  Oil  Co  ,  A-  A.  Maginnis’  Sons,  and  Louisiana  Oil  Co.  d'heir  annual  transactions  amount  to 
over  $2,000,000,  giving  employment  to  six  capable  and  experienced  clerks  Their  purchases  are 
made  in  the  States  of  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Alabama  and  Texas':  En¬ 
ergy  and  ability  marked  its  younger  days,  and  the  years,  as  they  have  rolled  on,  have  brought  it 
more  prominently  before  the  people  of  the  South  and  Southwest,  gathering  friends  and  extending 
its  influence.  Every  movement  is  for  the  benefit  of  our  city,  for  the  development  of  her  resources, 
or  the  extension  of  her  commerce,  and  is  certain  of  its  support  in  both  time  and  money.  The 
name  of  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Seed  Association  is  a  tower  of  strength,  and  is  always  sure  to  be 
on  the  side  of  enterprise  and  advancement  The  Secretai^y^  and  Treasurer,  Mr.  Henrv  Marx,  is  an 
active,  energetic  and  wide  awake  business  man.  who  is  well  known  in  business  circles,  for  his 
prompt,  reliable  and  honoralile  transactions,  and  is  in  every  way  worthy  of  the  esteem  and  con¬ 
fidence  of  the  general  public. 


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76  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


H.  BONNABEL— Manufacturer  of  Bonnabel’s  Bi-Sulphite  of  Lime,  Corner  Locust  and 

Clio  Streetft. 

Among-  the  many  mannfaGturing  establishments  in  New  Orleans,  no  one  is  more  worthy  of  lib- 
eial  mention  than  that  of  Mr.  H.  Bonnabel,  who  is  largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  that 
ver}  useful  article,  bi-sulphite  of  lime.  This  article  has  become  very  useful  among  certain  branch¬ 
es  of  business,  and  a  steady  trade  is  carried  on  by  him  in  supplying  orders  of  the  large  sugar  re¬ 
fineries  of  the  city,  by  whom  it  is  used  extensively  in  the  art  of  inanufactLiring  sugar.  This  im¬ 
portant  indiistrv  was  first  founded  by  Mr .  H  Bonnabel,  Sr  ,  as  early  as  the  year  1851,  and  was 
conducted  by  him  until  1854,  when  Mr.  H.  Bonnabel.  Jr.,  succeeded  to  the  business,  and,  by  his 
peat  industry  and  perseverance,  backed  up  by  a  thorough  knowledge  of  a  practical  nature,  the 
business  has  been  increased  from  year  to  year  until  at  present  he  is  in  possession  of  a  large  and 
prosperous  trade.  He  keeps  constantly  employed  from  ten  to  fifteen  experienced  hands  in  the  va¬ 
rious  branches  of  the  works.  The  factory,  office  and  salesroom  covers  an  area  of  100x250  feet,  and 
IS  two  stories  high,  which  is  supplied  with  all  the  most  modern  and  improved  machinery  necessaiw 
for  successfully  carrying  on  this  business.  The  factory,  at  present,  has  a  capacity  for  producing 
400  barrels  of  the  product  every  twenty-four  hours.  It  is  now  being  very  extensively  used  in  the 
manufacture  of  sugar,  molasses,  and  all  kinds  of  malt  liquors.  Mr.  Bonnabel  has  a  large  trade, 
which  IS  not  confined  to  New  Orleans  alone,  but  extends  all  over  the  South.  North  and  Northwest! 
Mr.  Bomiabel  is  a  native-born  Louisianian,  and  a  thorough,  practical  man  at  the  business,  honora¬ 
ble  in  all  his  deaimg-s,  which  has  gained  for  him  the  respect  of  the  trade  and  the  confidence  of  the 
public,  and  he  occupies  a  prominent  position  among  the  business  men  of  the  city  Every  one  con¬ 
nected  with  his  establishment  are  highly  esteemed  for  their  promptness,  fair  dealing  and  for  their 
uniform  courtesy  and  polite  attention. 


JOHN  P .  B ICHAB DSON  &  CO. —  Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  &c.,  126  Cana!  Street. 

In  a  careful  review  of  each  important  commercial  industry  of  New  Orleans,  the  wholesale  dry 
goods  establishment  which  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article  deserves  more  than  a  passing'  notice  in 
a  work  of  this  character.  I  his  enterprise  was  commenced  in  1879,  with  ample  capital,  and,  by 
the  enterprising  efforts  of  the  firm,  they  have  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  trade,  extending 
over  the  States  cf  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas.  Alabain'a,  Florida,  as  well  as  in  Mexico  and 
Cuba.  Ihey  carry  a  large’  and  well  selected  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods,  averaging  from 
$800,000  to  $400,000.  and  transact  an  annual  business  of  over  $1,200,000  Forty  male  assistants 
are  kept  constinitly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment,  to  whom  monthly 
I  wages  amounting  to  from  $1,000  to  $4,000  are  paid  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  con¬ 
veniently  situated,  on  Canal  street,  in  the  very  center  of  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  the  build¬ 
ing  being  a  beautiful  five  story  structure,  40x120  feet  in  size,  which  is  completely  filled  from  cellar 
to  garret _  with  one  of  the  largest  stocks  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  this  line  of 
liusiness  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans.  One  of  the  latest  and  most  improved  passenger  elevators  is 
used  in  the  building,  the  motive  power  being  furnished  by  an  improved  gas  engine.  The  firm  are 
the  sole  agents  for  this  market  of  the  popular  and  well-known  ’Mississippi  Mills."  The  cashier’s 
desk  is  presided  over  by  Mr.  .1.  F.  Egleston,  while  the  books  are  under  the  care  of  Mr.  M.  Ernst, 
both  of  whom  are  competent  and  experienced  men,  fully  conversant  with  aH'the  details  and  re¬ 
quirements  of  their  respective  positions.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Mr.  John  P. 
Richardson  and  Mr.  Chas  A.  Lyerly.  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Mississippi,  and  are  gentlemen 
of  experience,  middle-aged,  with  great  energy  and  business  sagacity,  which  are  qualifications  neces¬ 
sary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  business.  The  reputation  of  this  house  at  home  and  abroad 
is  a  credit  to  the  city,  -and  it  is  not  too  much  to  assert  that  the  firm  of  John  P  Richardson  &  Co.  is 
regarded  in  every  respect  as  being  representative  of  the  dry  goods  trade  and  tire  general  enterprise 
of  the  commumt}'. 


A.  K.  MILLED  &  CO — Steamship  and  Ship  Agents,  No.  35  Carondelet  Street. 

Steamship  and  ship  brokerage  has  grown  into  an  important  branch  of  business,  and  now  every 
city  has  oi^e  or  more  respecffible  agencies  engaged  in  this  traffic.  Messrs.  Miller  &  Co  established 
their  enterprise  in  this  city  in  1871,  and  have  carried  on  a  continuously  successful  trade  in  this  line 
since  that  time.  They  are  agents  for  the  Liverpool  Line  and  the  Continent,  which  employ  twelve 
steamships,  and  also  contract  for  freight  in  any  quantity,  for  all  points.  As  agents  for  many  tran¬ 
sient  steamers  in  addition  to  the  several  lines  of  steamships,  this  firm  is  prepared  to  offer  extra 
inducements  to  shippers  in  the  way  of  ocean  tonnage,  and  fhis  is  the  largest  agency  of  the  kind  in 
the  entire  city.  In  the  passage  business,  they  do  a  large  trade  for  all  points  on  the  sea,  and 
seven  assistants  are  required  to  successfully  prosecute  the  business.  Messrs.  A.  K.  Miller  and  H. 
Meletta  are  the  individual  members  of  this  firm,  men  of  fine  business  ability,  who  enjoy  the  con¬ 
fidence  of  the  whole  community  in  a  marked  degree.  Such  establishments  and  such  men  give 
reputation  to  a  city,  and  add  materially  to  her  progress  and  prosperity.  With  so  useful  a  place 
among  the  general  industries,  and  a  trade  so  productive  of  such  satisfactory  results,  this  enterprise 
exerts  large  influence  upon  general  prosperity  and  connnercial  enterprise.  ’  The  vessels  for  which 
these  gentlemen  are  agents  are  staunch  and  seajyorthy,  and  all  business  transacted  with  them,  both 
in  contracting  for  freights  and  passage  tickets,  is  pleasant  and  satisfactory  in  every  respect 


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P.  G.  GIBERT — Cotton  Factor  and  Commission  Merchant,  No.  49  Carondelet  Street. 

No  establishment  in  the  city  of  a  similar  character  will  surpass  that  of  Mr.  P.  G.  Gibert.  This 
business  was  founded  in  1866,  with  an  ample  capital.  Energ-y,  ambition  and  enterprise,  always 
pushed  in  the  right  direction,  are  the  surest  harbingers  of  success,  and  so  it  has  proven  in  the  ■ 
case  of  this  house.  By  prompt  business  habits  and  the  possession  in  an  eminent  degree  of  the  above 
mentioned  characteristics,  he  has  built  up  a  flourishing  and  permanent  trade,  comparing  favorably  ' 
with  the  best  houses  in  the  South.  This  house  does  a  general  cotton  and  commission  business, 
and  being  possessed  of  an  ample  capital,  the  proprietor  is  piepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  . 
consignments,  and.  in  fact,  can  offer  shippers  every  facility  known  to  the  business.  Four  compe¬ 
tent  clerks  and  bookkeepers  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  liranches  of  the  business. 
The  sales  of  the  house  are  made  directly  upon  the  New  Orleans  cotton  market,  which  annually 
amount  to  from  10,000  to  lo.OUO  bales.  Correspondence  from  consignors  promptly  attended  to. 
Mr.  Gibert  is  a  native  of  France;  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  recog¬ 
nized  as  one  of  the  best  and  most  reliable  cotton  men  in  the  city.  He  is  one  of  our  representative 
men,  of  whom  the  city  has  a  right  to  be  proud. 

GARDES  &  WISDOM — Future  Brokers  and  Cotton  Commission  Merchants, 

No  198  Grarier  Street. 

This  well  known  house  traces  its  existence  back  to  1865,  having  been  founded  by  its  present  head, 
and  from  that  date  until  1881,  was  engaged  m  the  wholesale  groceiy  business,  and  it  has  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  having  no  superiors  anywhere — not  from  the  magnitude  of  its  business,  but  from  the 
character  of  the  members  who  make  up  the  firm.  The  commercial  standing  of  the  firm  we  are 
justlv  proud  of,  its  business  and  success  is  as  much  a  monument  of  j)ride  to  thecih’  as  anything  we 
have  in  it.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are:  Mr.  H.  Gardes.  Mr.  M.  N.  Wisdoni  and  Mr. 

\\  .  H.  M  isdom,  all  of  whom  are  favorably  known  to  the  community  in  which  they  live,  as  progres¬ 
sive,  prompt,  reliable  and  energetic  business  men,  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  j 
requirements  of  the  business  in  which  they  are  engaged,  which  is  strictly  a  commission  business  in  i 
cotton  future  contracts  in  this  market,  New  York,  Liverpool  and  London.  They  are  gentlemen  of  j 
indomitable  energy,  possessed  of  those  characteristics  of  unquestionable  honor  and  liberality,  wdiich, 
coupled  with  their  well  known  enterprise,  have  gained  them  the  respect  of  the  community  and  the  , 
confidence  of  the  trade.  Such  establishments  and  such  men  give  reputation  to  a  city,  and  add  ! 
materially  to  her  progress  and  prosperity. 


GEORGE  EIKE — Dealer  m  Wood,  Sand,  Shingles,  Clapboards,  Staves,  &c.,  &.c. 

('onier  Derhirpiy  and  Carondelet  ^^'alk. 

This  important  enterprise  was  founded  as  early  as  1850,  on  a  small  capital,  and.  by  careful  man¬ 
agement,  together  with  a  large  share  of  energy,  pluck  and  perseverance,  it  has  proven  a  success  ' 
from  the  veiy  start.  He  now  carries  an  average  stock  of  about  ^12.000.  while  his  annual  sales  ; 
amount  to  over  ^50,000.  Seventy-five  men  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  depart- 
menis  of  the  establishments,  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid.  Two  schooneis  are  kept  | 
employed  by  the  house  bringing  staves  and  shingles  from  the  Blind  river  district,  being  mostly  cy-  j 
press,  and  used  largely  in  making  molasses  barrels  and  sugar  hogsheads.  The  trade  is  largely  lo-  * 
cal,  selling  to  the  trade  in  New  Orleans  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Eike  is  a  native  born  Louisianian,  well 
known  in  business  circles  as  a  prompt,  reliable  and  energetic  man.  who  enjoys  the  esteem  and  con¬ 
fidence  of  his  customers  who  ha^’e  business  relations  with  him.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with 
eveiy  detail  of  his  business  and  the  requirements  of  his  trade.  This  house  stands  at  the  head  of 
all  the  prominent  houses  engaged  in  this  line  of  ijusiness  in  the  South,  and  is  deservedly  entitled  to 
a  liberal  patronage  from  a  generous  public.  The  able  and  intelligent  management  displayed  in 
the  past,  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  the  future  success  of  this  well-known  and  pooular  e.stablish- 
ment. 


THE  SOUTHERN  BENEVOLENT  AND  MUTUAL  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION— 

Office  No  68  Carondelet  Street,  ap  eitairs. 

This  Association  was  organized  and  chariered  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Louisiana .  The  of¬ 
ficers  and  directors  have  be#n  selected  because  of  their  safe,  yet  broad  and  comprehensive  views 
and  enterprise,  long,  practical  and  successful  business  experience,  and  their  lieariy  approval  of  the 
mutual  protection  offered  by  this  Association .  Tliet*  are  well  and  most  favorably  kiiOTMi  in  com¬ 
mercial  and  insurance  circles,  and  they  are  a  guarantee  that  the  Vjusiness  of  the  Association  will 
be  skillfully  and  succes.sfully  conducted,  and  the  interests  of  its  members  laithfiilh’  guarded.  Its 
objects  and  purposes  are  to  associate  a  number  of  persons  together  for  self  protecCon.  and  for  the 
promotion  of  benevolence,  the  advancement  of  education,  Ac.,  by  providing  a  fund  for  the  support 
01  the  widows  and  oi*phans,  and  other  beneficiaries  of  deceased  members  m  times  of  their  want, 
distress  and  bereavement.  The  plan  of  this  Association  is  not  a  Life  Insurance  Company,  but  is 
simply  a  mutual  Association  of  individuals  for  the  purpose  of  self  protection  in  which,  first  an  ex¬ 
pense  fund  is  created  by  the  payment  of  a  fixed  membership  fee,  and  annual  dues,  which  proride 
for  the  entire  running  expenses  of  the  Association,  then,  upon  the  death  of  a  member,  all  the  sur¬ 
viving  members  of  the  Association  contribute  toward  the  payment  of  the  loss  their  nro  rata  mortu- 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


ary  assessments,  on  the  certificate  of  the  deceased  member,  and  as  fixed  by  the  age  of  each  when 
he  or  she  joined  the  Association,  thus  accomplishing  the  result  of  giving  each  member  his  or  her 
protection  at  actual  cost,  and  at  the  same  time  allowing  members  to  be  the  custodians  of  their  own 
funds.  The  money  collected  from  the  members  of  this  Association  creates  two  distinct  funds, 
which  are  always  kept  separate  from  each  other,  the  one  (mortuary  assessments)  for  the  payment 
of  death  claims :  and  the  other  (membership  fees  and  dues)  for  the  payment  of  the  necessary  ex¬ 
penses  of  management.  I'he  first  mentioned  is  held/or  the  securitj/  of  members,  and  according  to 
the  By-Laws  of  the  Association,  can  only-  he  used  to  pay  death  claims  as  they  occur.  These.funds 
can  be  made  available  by  sight  draft,  with  which  to  meet  all  claims  arising  from  death  among  the- 
members  The  moi-tuary  assessments  are  based  on  tlie  American  experience  table.  One  assess¬ 
ment  must  accompany  each  application  for  membership.  The  present  officers  of  the  association 
are:  John  T.  Hardie,  President;  Hon.  Jesse  K  Bell,  Vice-President;  G.  W.  Terrell,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  and  Sam’l  Logan,  M.  D.,  Medical  Examiner.  The  officers  connected  with  this  As¬ 
sociation  are  recognized  by  the  citizens  of  New  Orleans  as  among  the  very  best  and  most  reliable 
of  their  fellow-citizens,  and  are,  all  of  them,  prominent  in  useful  enterprises,  and  these  are  facts 
which  we  also  fully  recognize  Col  G  W.  Terrell,  the  able  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  As. 
sociation,  has  had  over  thirteen  years  of  successful  experience  as  General  Manager  of  insurance, 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  ablest  insurance  officers  of  the  country*,  and  has  the  entire  con¬ 
fidence  of  the  people  of  the  South.  Reliable,  energetic  general  traveling  agents  wanted  in  every 
State,  to  whom  liberal  terms  will  be  made.  For  information  address  the  Secretary,  Mr.  G  W. 
Terrell,  at  No.  65  Carondelet  street.  The  Association  is  in  a  most  prosperous  condition,  and  affords 
protection  to  its  members  at  the  very  lowest  rates  Write  for  circulars  giving  full  particulars  and 
instructions 


FLORVILLE  FOY — Marble  Works,  Nos.  83,  84,  85  and  87  Rampart  Street. 

'fhis  enterprise  was  founded  as  early  as  1836,  and  is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  reliable 
establishments  in  the  South.  It  was  karted  with  a  small  capital,  but,  by  Indus tiy,  perseverance 
and  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  it  has  been  made  a  success,  increasing  with  each  suc¬ 
ceeding  year  until  now  a  very  large  and  varied  stock  is  carried,  while  the  annual  transactions  vfill 
reach  120,000.  Mr.  Foy  makes  a  specialty  of  doing  all  kinds  of  marble  work,  can-^ng  a  full  and 
complete  assortment  of  tombs,  monuments,  slabs,  head  and  foot  stones,  tablets,  vases,  Ac._  Eight 
skilled  workmen  are  kept  constant!}*  employed,  and  none  but  first-class  work  in  every  particular  is 
turned  out  at  this  establishment.  The  sales  department  of  this  well  regulated  concern  is  under  the 
able  supervision  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Johnson,  the  general  manager  of  the  establishment,  who 
makes  it  his  daily  study  to  please  and  satisfy  the  patrons  of  the  house.  The  premises  occupied  are 
spacious  and  conveniently  situated  in  the  very  center  of  the  business  portion  ot  the^ity,  and  only  a 
short  distance  from  Canal  street-cars.  The  building  and  works  cover  an  area  of  72x128  feet,  and 
30x96  feet,  and  three  stories  high,  which  are  supplied  with  all  the  modern  apphances  used  in  this 
branch  of  manufacturing.  Everything  in  the  line  ot  marble  work  is  found  at  these  works,  and 
parties  wishing  an  excellent  design  at  reasonable  prices  can  do  no  better  than  to  call  at  Mr.  Foy  s 
establishment  and  make  an  examination  before  giving  their  orders.  Under  the  able  management 
of  Mr.  Johnson  these  marble  works  have  become  very  popular,  and  among  its  many  patrons  rnay 
be  numbered  many  of  our  wealthy  and  prominent  citizens.  We  cheerfully  commend  this  establish¬ 
ment  to  the  careful  consideration  of  the  readers  of  this  work,  as  one  being  worthy  of  their  confi¬ 
dence  and  patronage. 

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DEMORUELLE  &  CUSACRS— Dealers  in  Lime,  Plaster,  Portland  and  Rosendale  Cement, 

White  and  Yellow  Sand,  Hair,  Laths,  Fire  Clay,  Tiles,  d-c.,  Xo.  180  Toulouse  Street,  Cor¬ 
ner  Franklin  and  Old.  Basin. 

One  of  the  many  New  Orleans  houses  whose  history  is  well  worthy  to  occupy  a  space  in  this  work 
of  useful  information,  is  the  old  and  popular  establishment  of  ^Messrs  Demoruelle  &  Cusachs,  deal¬ 
ers  in  lime,  plaster,  cement,  Ac.,  fouuded  in  1845  by  Mr.  Demoruelle,  the  senior  member  of  the 
present  firm,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1879,  when  Mr.  Cusachs  became  a  partner  in  me 
business.  The  capital  employed  in  this  immense  business  is  necessarily  very  large,  their  trade  be¬ 
ing  large  and  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country  The  premises  occupied  by  the 
firm  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  in  the  business  portion  of  Jlie  city,  covering  an  area  of 
one-quarter  of  an  enthe  block,  and  is  supplied  with  all  the  modern  apphances  for  conducting  the 
business.  A  large  and  well  assorted  stock  is  always  kept  on  hand,  consisting  of  lime,  plaster, 
Portland  and  Rosendale  cement,  white  and  yellow  sand,  hair,  laths,  fire  clay,  tiles,  Ac.;  also  shells, 
slate,  yellow  and  red  ochre,  lampblack,  alum,  glue,  and  all  kinds  (f  brick  and  building  materials, 
also  siigar,  lime  and  charcoal.  Sixty-five  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  and  about  the  es¬ 
tablishment.  They  have  eveiy  facility  known  to  the  trade  for  inaking  their  purchases,  and  can  of¬ 
fer  extra  inducements  to  their  patrons  and  friends  in  prices,  Ac.  The  individual  members  of  the 
firm,  Mr.  James  Demoruelle,  and  Mr.  Gaspar  Cusachs,  are  both  old  residents  ot  this  city,  and  are 
known  to  the  business  men  of  New  Orleans  and  vicinity*  as  straight-forw'ard,  honorable  and  reliaole 
business  men,  who  have  gained  the  confidence  and  good  opinion  of  all  those  who  have  had  Imsiness 
relations  with  the  fii*m.  They  ai-e  justly  entitled  to  a  liberal  patronage  from  a  generous  public. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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FRANKENBUSH  &  BORLAND — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No  32 

Perdido  Street. 

Among  those  firms  wliich  are  most  intimately  connected  with  the  histor>*  of  New  Orleans  its 
stmggle,  gi-owth  and  subsequent  prosperity,  sharing  and  promoting  every  inatter  of  pubhc  inter¬ 
est,  the  house  ot  Frankenbush  <fe  Borland  wdll  assuredly  take  a  prominent  position.  For  a  number 
ot  years  its  career  has  beefi  closely  allied  to  the  cotton  trade  in. its  vai-ious  stages,  and  to  a  marked 
degree  conducive  to  the  thrift  and  importance  that  places  this  branch  of  our  commerce  upon  so  sohd 

1  long  estabhshed,  and  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  t>est  knoum 
ot  all  the  cotton  tactors  and  comimssion  houses  m  the  citv,  and  among  the  most  successful  The 
mch^dual  meinbers  of  the  firm  are:  Mr.  .J.  M.  Frankenbush  and  Mr.  E.  Borland,  of  New  Orleans- 
and  Mr.  f  0.  Englesmg,  in  commendam,  of  Fort  Gibson,  Mississippi.  Thev  are  all  practical  and 
expenen^d  men  m  the  cotton  trade,  and  thoroughly  conversant  ^\dth  all  the  detads  of  their  busi- 
ness.  1  hey  bear  an  emuable  reputation  among  the  comiiiercial  houses  of  this  citv,  for  their  prompt, 
reliable  and  honorable  style  of  doing  business.  They  give  emplo\Tnent  to  an  ample  force  of  clerks, 
toeir  ofiices  and  sample  rooms  being  convemently  situated  and  especially  ai-Kanged  for  the  purpose 
'  Iheir  consignments  are  from  a  wide  range  in  the  cotton  growing  states.  Having  a  large  capital, 
thej  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  cash  advances  on  consignments  from  their  country  customers. 

LOUISIANA  CISTERN  MANUFACTORY — J.  Hussey,  Proprietor,  No.  265  Cana!  Street. 

This  important  branch  of  manufacturing  was  founded  m  this  city  as  early  as  1859,  by  the  present 
proprietor,  on  a  small  capital,  which,  by  industr}'  and  perseverance,  backed  up  bv  a  thorough 
Knowledge  ot  the  biismess,  has  been  mcreased  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  it  has  assumed  the 
present  mimense  proportions.  He  keeps  all  kmds  of  new  and  second  hand  cisterns  constantly  on 
hand,  vanung  m  size  fi'om  500  to  20,000  gallons  capacity.  All  lands  of  cisterns  and  tanks  inade 
and  lepaired  at  short  notice,  and  all  orders  from  the  countiy  are  promptly  attended  to.  Cisterns 
are  shipped  whole  or  knocked  down,  packed  and  numbered.  'Hie  price  of  his  cisterns  vaiT  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  sizes,  which  range  from  Nos.  o  to  14,  the  price  being  from  .^17  00  to  5;l.‘)4  00  ‘  A  laro-e 
stock  of  cistern  lumber  is  always  kept  in  stock.  The  premises  are  8:3x1 14  feet  in  size,  wlnch^  is  sup- 
plied  mth  ah  the  latest  and  most  improved  appliances  used  in  this  special  branch  of  business. 
s^ed  workmen  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  this  business.  The  trade 
of  this  house  is  spread  out  over  the  entire  Southern  country,  but  largely  confined  to  the  citv  of  New 
Urleans.  Mr.  Hussey  is  a  prompt,  rehable  and  energetic  busmess  man.  able  and  intelligent,  fully 

^  mamtem  and  mcrease  the  splendid  record  of  commercial  honor  and  perfect  reliability 
which  has  so  long  distinguished  this  house.  i  ^uiuy 

JOHN  H.  CLARKE — Photographer,  No.  101  Cana!  Street. 

estabHslnnent  was  started  by  Mr.  Clarke  about  1856,  and  has  been  a  success  from  the  ver>' 
^  assortment  of  aU  kinds  of  photographic  materials, 

^  of  ’"^ork  on  the  most  hberal  terms.  He  gives  employment  to  four 

supphed  with  all  the  most  unproved  appHances  '^known  to  the 
photogiaphic  art.  AU  old  photographs  and  daguerreotypes  are  copied  any  size  and  colored  in  aU 
styles  From  the  very  commencment  he  has  been  successful,  and  secured  bv  Ins  ertdent  merit  in  and 

f  ^  increasing  trade.  His  thorough  practical  education  has 

niVtur?.  ^  the  busmess  idea  of  provhig  that  as  good  and  fiiithfuUv  correct 

pictures  could  be  taken  from  the  landscape  as  from  personal  sittings.  His  portrait  photography  is 
remarkable  for  its  faithfulness  to  nature,  elegant  finish  and  pleSsmg  vaiitv.  ffis  polt?on?are 
charactensed  by  ease  and  ^ace,  and  his  results  mvanably  satisfactory.  He  is  an  artist  in  the  fullest 
sense  of  the  word  thoroughly  understanding  position  and  Hght  in  thefr  effects.  Taking  pride  Ld 
pleasure  m  tes  art,  his  success  is  not  to  be  wondered  at.  Mr.  Clarke  is  a  native  of  the  Sfrite  of  Del- 
aware,  and  has  had  an  experience  of  tlnrty-five  years  in  this  special  line  of  business. 

J.  B.  JUNQUA— Commission  Merchant  and  Importer  of  Foreign  Brandies,  Wines,  Pre¬ 

serves,  <&c.,  Nos  21  to  31  Bienville  Street.. 

'^s  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  substantial  houses  in  New  Orleans  engaged  in  the  importation 
R  -^1®^  foreign  brandies,  wmes,  preseiwes,  oUs  and  liquors,  and  was  estabhshed  in  the  year 

above  hne,  he  also  is  the  sole  agent  for 
S  s  celebrated  Cognacs,  fine  champagne,  and  man&actur- 

tecr  Waters  and  choice  fr-uit  s\Tups.  Bmfing  in  ver\-  large  quantities,  and  pay- 

estebhshed  an  exceUent  credit,  Avliich  gives  him  aU  the  advantages  of 
^sh  bargains.  The  store  occupied  by  him  at  his  ehgible  location.  Nos.  27  to  81  Bienville  street,  is 
four  stones  Wh,  and  has  twelve  rooms,  all  of  which  is  devoted  to  his  business.  Importations  are 
S-tpL  V  the  best  houses,  and  the  ample  capital  and  extensive  experience  of  the  proprietor 

any  similar  estabhshment  of  the  kind  in  the  countiT.  His  trade  is  im- 
South,  and  is  rapidly  increasing.  Mr.  Junqua,  the  genial  pro- 
^  our  leading  and  substantial  merchants,  and  his  credit  and  standhig, 

first-class  m  everj'  respect.  The  tme  cause  of  the  success  of  the  house 

energy-  and  commercial  integrity,  the  only  policy  that  can  pros¬ 
per  through  the  many  vicissitudes  of  modem  commerce.  -  i  j  f 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


MADAME  GOILARD— Millinery  and  Dressmaking,  No.  66  Royal  Street 

There  is  no  more  important  branch  of  commercial  industry'  than  that  of  millinery  and  dress- 
inakine-  While  the  e-rocer  and  diT  goods  merchant  are  important  factors  m  admmistenng  to  the 
“ecSeslnd  deS  ~nity,  toe  is  no  one 

comfort,  and  to  which  the  elegant  and  presentable  appearance  of  the  female  poition  of  society  is  so 

much  indebted.  This  elegant  and  complete  establishment  which  ranks  among  ^es  the 

its  kind  in  the  citv  of  New  Orleans,  was  founded  m  1881  by  Madame  Ooilaid.  She  occupies  the 

commodious  rooms,  located  at  No.  66  Royal  street,  which  are 

lected  stock  and  assortment  of  seasonable  millinery  goods,  consisting  ol  nbbons,  laces,  tlowms, 
flXrrSts  bonnets,  trimmings,  silks  and  velyets,  as  can  be  found  m  any  city,  and  transacts  a 
large  and  satisfactory  annual  busmess— principally  local— extending  into  the  neighboring  towns  o 
this  and  adioining  States  The  business  of  Madame  Goilard  embraces  two  distinct  depariments, 
Sen-  and  Sessnmking,  in  both  of  which  she  controls  the  trade  among  the  Me  and 
fashionable  families  of  New  Orleans,  and  has  iiroven  herself  one  ot 

ing  ladies  of  the  Crescent  City,  and  has  been  correspondingly  successful.  The  woik  conimg  tiom 

he?  estabhshment  is  noted  for  its  elegance  perfect  taste  and  supenor  rare 

o-iyes  employment  to  from  eight  to  ten  hands.  Madame  Ooilard  is  a  lady  ot  leiinement  and  la  e 

rX-al  bS!!,nd  enjoys  in  S  pre-emment  deg.ee  the  respect,  t  hon^^^^^^^^ 

business  with  her.  She  is  a  natiye  ot  France.  Deserying  the  position  she  has  attained  bj  honoiabie 

business  habits  and  merits,  she  is  justly  entitled  to  the  public  patronage. _ 


THE  BAYOU  LAFOURCHE  PACKET  LINE. 

In  compiling  the  statistics  and  industries  of  New  Orleans,  we  are  pleased  to  make  ^ 

■aboye  named  packet  Cl3ih“  BhrL^r^^:  tld 


Valley , together  with  all  intermediate  landings 
The  steamer  “Assumption,"  commanded  by 
Capt.  P.  A.  Charlet,  with  Mr.  M.  H.  Landiy 
in  the  office,  leaves  New  Orleans  every 
Tuesday  at  11  a.  m.,  and  on  Saturday  at 
5  p,  m..  returning  down  the  coast  on  Mon¬ 
days  and  Thursdays  of  each  week.  The 
mew  and  elegant  steamer  ‘  *  Belle  of  the 
Coast.'’  built  expressly  for  the  trade,  com- 

•  11  _  ~\T/-v-rTT  cs  OTTOVTr  IVTnvi- 


1  1  lyyr  r'.ayyf  T  T  Aiicoiii  witli  Edwaixl  Nickolle  in  the  office,  leaves  New  Orleans  every  Mon 
prlf  5  and  Lto  “ai  O  a.  m  mul  returning  down  the  coast  on  her  regular  days,  g™g 

4-  •ntP-nifl  vill‘io-ps  a  boat  each  way,  on  four  days  ot  the  week.  The  accommodation  extended 
w^these  boats  is  deserving  of’ the  liberal  patronage  of  the  merchants  and  planters 
•onte  and  which  oives  them  an  outlet  for  both  freight  and  passengers.  .  ^ 

dnao^^hiL  mi  the'^Bavou  between  Laurel  Valley  and  Lockport,  reshipping  on  the  flatboat  Belle 
‘mr-i  ■ '  ^Tlie  officers'  of  the  boat  are  all  thoroughly  conversant  i\ath  the  tnide  and  wants  of  t 
^mnie  and  spare  no  pains  to  accommodate  both  the  freight  and  passenger  trade.  The  tables  are 
'  with  all  the  delicacies  the  market  affords.  Rates  tor  treight  and  x^assage  can  1^  secuied 

mpphed  vuth  all  ^  nr  q+  lOi  Decatur  street  We  are  glad  to  call  attention  to  this  line  as  being  one 

c“e  toife  p]h“oot  but  ouethat  Slds  largely  to  the  commercial  actiyity  of  the 
city  of  New  Orleans. 


ILV  XIICVV  -  -  - 

IHARTe^EAHNEY— Dealer  in  Groceries,  Wines  and  Liquors,  No.  249,  251  and  253 

Poydrofi  Stysct.  •  i  ,  n  4-.*-  h* 

mstom,  ami  ^  constantlv  eniploved.  ‘  The  premises  occupied  are  commodious  and  conven- 

Lentlv^SraiicrW  for  the  business,  the  building  being  an  elegant  tlmee  story  brick,  covering  an  area  0 

the  surrounding  countr\  .1  .  ,1  (ipioiia  of  the  trade  in  which  he  is  now  and  has  been 

is  the  capable,  polite  and  efficient  bookkeeper  ot  the  estabhshment. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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WHEELER  &  WILSON  SEWING  MACHINE— W.  S.  Wilson,  Manager,  No.  103  Cana!  St 


This  company  has  been  represented  in  New  Orleans 
for  about  thirty  years,  during-  which  period  it  has 
been  so  intimately  connected  with  every  interest  of 
the  community  as  to  demand  special  mention  in  the 
work.  The  office  is  a  four  story  brick  building 
centrally  located  on  the  great  retail  thoroughfare. 
It  is  by  far  the  largest  and  handsomest  office  of  this 
company  in  the  south.  Perfect  system  pervades 
eveiy  department  and  the  discipline  and  urbanity  of  all 
employes  is  very  noticeable  and  agreeable.  This  agency 
controls  sub-agencies  in  Alabama,  Florida,  Louisiana, 
Mississippi  and  Texas,  selling  hundreds  of  machines 
monthly  Of  course  all  this  immense  business  could 
not  flourish  so  long  without  some  good  reason,  this  we 
find  to  be  in  the  merit  of  their  goods.  They  enjoyed 
an  enviable  reputation  for  a  great  many  years  on  their 
curve  needle  machine,  which  is  still  regarded  as  par  ex¬ 
cellent  by  shirt  and  dress  -makers,  Ac.,  but  with  their 
new  straight  needle  No.  8  machine  they  have  assur¬ 
edly  attained  the  acme  of  perfection.  This  machine 
has  received  the  highest  awards  by  competent  judges 
and  juries  possible  by  a  sewing  machine,  an^  gives 
universal  satisfaction.  With  this  machine  the  com¬ 
pany  have  opened  up  a  new  era  in  sewing  machine 
work.  Without  extra  attachments,  it  embroiders  and 
does  in  days,  all  kinds  of  fancy  ornamental  work  with 
a  precision  and  beauty  that  cannot  be  excelled  by  the 
most  adept  hand  work,  toiling  for  months.  Not  only 
the  utility  of  the  macliine  renders  it  a  necessity,  but 
this  new  branch  of  elegant  artistic  work  makes  the 
work  an  elegant  agreeable  pastime  for  ladies  with  an 
esthetic  turn  of  mind.  We  were  shown  elegant  sam¬ 
ples  of  darning,  name  writing,  applique  work,  embroi- 
\_New  York  Office  44:  E.  I4th  St,  Union  Square.}  dery  and  etching  Printed  instructions  to  do  this  work 
will  be  mailed  their  customers  gratis  on  application. 


MRS.  H.  WEHRMANN — Importer  and  Dealer  in  Guns,  Pistols,  Amunition,  Cutlery  and 

Fishing  Tackles,  No.  '75  Chartres  Street. 

• 

Among  those  industries  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  enter¬ 
prise  of  Mrs.  H.  Wehrmann  deseiwes  mention.  Identified  so  closely  with  the  growth  and  commer¬ 
cial  well-being  of  this  city,  she  occupies  a  place  that  redounds  no  little  to  the  establishment  of  a 
reputation  for  New  Orleans  in  keeping  with  its  real  merits.  This  business  was  started,  by  the  pres¬ 
ent  proprietress  in  1867,  and  has  been  a  success  from  the  very  start.  She  cames  a  large  and  varied 
stock  of  guns,  pistols,  amunition,  cutlerj-  and  fishing  tackles,  and  does  a  lar^e  trade,  extending 
over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  A  number  of  experienced  workmen  are  kept  con¬ 
stantly  employed,  and  all  kinds  of  repairing  is  done  with  neatness  and  dispatch.  All  work  turned 
*out  from  this  establishment  is  warranted  to  give  perfect  satisfaction  In  her  stock  may  be  found 
the  usual  assortment  of  goods  pertaining  to  her  trade,  of  the  best  and  most  popular  make-  Cor¬ 
dially  commending  this  house  to  the  trade  and  the  public,  and  directing  attention  to  the  manner  in 
which  it  is  conducted,  and  remarking  that,  as  ranking  first  among  its  line  of  contemporaries,  the 
establishment  is  of  that  class  which  commands  the  respect,  confidence  and  consideration  of  the 
community  at  large. 


HERMN.  WEHRMANN — Practical  Engraver  and  Lithographer,  No.  71  Chartres  St. 

Among  the  numerous  lithographing  establishments  in  New  Orleans,  none  deserve  any  more  fa¬ 
vorable  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character  than  does  Hermn.  Wehrmann,  whose  rooms  are  located 
at  No.  71  Chartres  street.  This  house  was  established  in  1867,  and  has  enjoyed  a  most  successful 
trade  ever  since.  Mr.  Wehrmann  does  a  general  lithographic  and  engraving  business,  in  bonds, 
diplomas,  checks,  notes,  drafts,  billheads,  account  sales,  business  cards,  Ac.  All  his  work  is  done 
in  the  most  skillful  and  artistic  manner,  and  compares  favorably  with  any  metropolitan  establish¬ 
ment  in  the  United  States .  His  premises  are  30x100  feet  in  size,  and  supplied  with  aU  the  litho¬ 
graphic  machinery,  and,  in  fact,  everything  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  his  business. 
The  trade  of  this  house  extends  throughout  the  entire  South,  and  is  constantly  increasing.  Mr. 
Wehrmann  was  born  in  Germany,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of  this  city,  and  is  one  of  our  rep¬ 
resentative  business  men,  of  whom  the  city  has  a  right  to  be  proud. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


HOWARD,  FLOWER  &  CO. — General  Produce  Commission  Merchants,  88  Magazine  St 

'Hie  extent  and  niagmtnde  of  the  produce  commission  business  carried  on  in  a  great  city  like  New 
Orleans  is  not  generally  appreciated  by  the  public  at  large  There  are  numerous  large  estabhsh- 
ments  engaged  m  tins  branch  of  business,  whose  transactions  annually  aggregate  an  amount  almost 
mcredible.  io  properly  handle  and  distribute  the  immense  consignments  of  produce  necessary  to 
supplj  a  cit} ,  to  keep  fully  posted  on  the  fluctuations  that  are  always  occurring  in  the  market 
and  to  be  able  to  obtam  the  highest  prices,  requmes  the  highest  business  qualifications,  constant  at¬ 
tention  and  untimig  energy-,  together  with  the  employment  of  a  large  capital.  The  house  of 
Howard,  Flowei  ct  Co.  was  first  started  in  1866  by  Howard  &  Preston,  the  present  firm  succeeding 
to  the  control  of  the  bi^mess  in  1879.  A  large  four  story  brick  building  is  occupied,  situated  on 
Magazine  street,  and  40x1  oO  feet  m  size,  wliich  is  fully  stored  with  the  immense  stock  always  kept 

1  1  employed,  and  an  ayerage  stock  of  $500,000  value  is  ^rried 

Ihe  Hade  is  general  tlii'oughout  the  South,  the  annual  busmess  reaching  from  one  to  two  milhons 
Consipiments  are  received  from  aU  the  Western  States,  and  large  supphes  of  produce,  hams,  etc.! 
are  always  kept  on  hand.  The  efficient  and  trustworthy  bookkeeper  of  this  estabhshment  is  Mr' 
Iheo.  Comarge. ^  j\Ir.  R.  S.  Howard  was  born  in  Kentucky’,  and  has  had  about  35  years  experience 
in  this  busmess  m  this  city  and  m  Northern  cities.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent  representative  busi¬ 
ness  men  of  New  Orleans,  and  is  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.  Jas.  Flower 
was  bom  m  Louisiana,  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business  in  which  he  is  engao-ed  active 
energeric,  and  in  the  prime  of  life.  Prompt,  rehable  and  entei-prising,  honorable  m  alf  their  deal- 
mgs,  this  house  is  especially  commended  to  the  favorable  consideration  of  the  trade,  both  in  the  city 
and  South  generally. 

OUACHITA  RIVER  CONSOLIDATED  LINE  OF  STEAMBOATS— Office  132  Gravier  Street 

Among  the  many  important  entei-prises  of  New  Orleans  that  have  contributed  largely  to  the  city's 
wealth,  as  well  as  to  the  great  convenience  of  the  planters  and  merchants  along  the  river,  and  for  which 

this  line  of  steamers  should  receive  the  thanks  and 
patronage  of  the  Southem  coimtry,  none  have  con¬ 
tributed  more  to  the  city's  prosperity  than  the  Oua¬ 
chita  River  Consohdated  Line;  always  rehable, 
prompt  and  accominodathig,  as  well  as  affording  an 
outlet  to  the  Ouachita  River  trade,  which  has  been 
of  incalculable  benefit  to  the  people  along  the  line 
traversed  by  the  company’s  steamers.  The  com- 
^  ^  ,  pany  owns  ten  steamers,  all  of  which  are  ele- 

^ntly  fitted  up  tor  the  trade,  both  as  regards  freight  and  passengers.  The  tables  are  supphed  with 
the  best  the  market  affords,  and  everjdlung  provided  to  make  it  pleasant  and  agreeable  for  passen- 
gers.  The  owners  and  managers  of  the  hne  are  some  of  the  oldest  and  best  steamboatmen  in  the 
South,  and  no  nioney  or  pains  Avill  be  sj)ared  to  make  it  one  of  the  best  as  well  as  the  most  pop¬ 
ular  steamboat  lines  m  the  countn".  The  boats  of  this  line  all  touch  at  the  landuigs  of  the  Missis¬ 
sippi  nver  up  to  Red  River,  and  at  Harrisonburgh,  Columbia,  Monroe,  Trenton  and  Camden.  This 
IS  a  strong-  and  ably  conducted  consohdation,  and  which,  for  its  regularity  and  accommodation  to  the 
Lower  River  trade,  is  of  vast  importance,  and  should  be  hberaUy  supported  by  the  merchants  and 
plant^s  residing  along  its  route.  With  such  a  President  as  Capt.  F.  A.  Blanks,  they  need  never 
tear  of  its  final  su^ess.  All  correspondence  concerning  this  luie  should  be  addressed  to  Fred  V. 
(tellos.  Secretary ,^No.  132  Gravier  street.  New  Orleans.  Messrs.  Lord  &  McPeake  are  the  agents  of 
the  company  in  New  Orleans,  who  will  always  be  on  hand  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  aU  in  rela- 
rion  to  rates  for  freight  or  passage.  The  names  of  the  boats  composing  this  popular  hne  are : 
T  Blanks,  Cania,  John  Howard,  Earle,  Thorn  Parker,  John  H.  Hanna  and  St. 

John.  We  are  glad,  in  wiituig  a  histoiy  of  New  Orleans  and  its  mdustries,  to  give  space  in  our 
volume  to  this^ enterprise,  wliich  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  in  its  line  and  operations  of  any  steam¬ 
boat  line  in  New  Orleans.  The  company  is  a  rehable  and  honorable  one,  and  carry  out  ah  them 
(^ntracts  to  the  letter,  and  hence  we  see  the  extensive  patronage  they  enjoy.  Captains  J.  W.  and 
A.  Blanks  have  run  a  regular  boat  out  from  New  Orleans  for  the  past  seventeen  years.  Capt. 
J.  W.  Blanks  has  built  and  owned  more  steamboats  than  any  man  who  has  run  the  river  since  the 
war.  The  steamer  H.  H.  Blanks  was  named  after  a  son  of  J.  W.  Blanks,  the  son  talring  his  given 
name  from  H.  Hanna,  the  grain  king  of  the  South. 

D.  MORIARTY  &  CO. — Wholesale  Grocers,  and  Dealers  in  Fine  Wines,  Liquors  and 

Cigars,  Nos.  77  and  19  Poydras  Street. 

The  statement  has  often  been  niade  that  in  her  devotion  to  manufactures  New'  Orleans  has  neg¬ 
lected  her  mercantile  or  commercial  opportuihties.  Whether  tliis  is  true  of  other  branches  of  trade 
or  not,  the  remark  is  certainly  not  applicable  to  her  wholesale  grocerj-  estabhshments,  as  will  be 
reference  to  the  notices  of  her  leading  representative  houses,  and  the  statistics  fur¬ 
nished  relative  to  their  importance  and  extensive  trade  in  other  portions  of  this  w'ork.  Possessuig 
alnmst  unexampled  facilities  in  her  geographic  position  and  modes  of  transportation,  as  w'ell  as  the 
high  standing  and  enterprise  of  her  leading  merchants  in  this  hne.  New  Orleans  can  to-day  furnish 
&e  staple  articles  of  groceries  at  prices  which  wdll  successfully  compete  ivith  any  city  in  the  Union. 
Promment  among  the  leading  houses  engaged  in  this  branch  of  trade,  may  appropriately  be  men- 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


tioned  that  of  Messrs.  D.  Moriarty  k  Co.,  whose  spacious  storeroom  is  located  at  Nos.  77  and  79 
Poydras  Street.  The  present  firm  consists  of  active,  energetic  and  thoroughly  practical  men,  and 
was  founded  in  1880,  vdth  an  ample  capital.  Mr.  Moriarty  came  to  this  city  from  St.  Louis  in 
1858,  while  quite  a  mere  boy,  and  engaged  in  the  retail  grocery  business,  which  he  successfully  con¬ 
ducted  for  thirteen  years,  and  done,  perhaps,  the  largest  retail  grocerj’ trade  in  New  Orleans. 

He  now  employes  eight  competent  and  experienced  hands  in  the  ditferent  branches  of  the  business, 
to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  the  building 
being  a  massive  thi’ee  story  brick  structure,  aU  of  which  is  occupied  by  the  firm,  and  is  filled  with  a 
large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  both  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  consisting  of  a  full  line  of  teas, 
coffees,  sugars,  s\Tups,  spices,  rice,  canned  goods,  <fcc.,  which  is  offered  to  the  patrons  and  friends  of 
the  estabhshment  at  the  very  lowest  standard  prices.  The  trade  of  tins  well  known  house  is  not  ! 
confined  to  the  city  alone,  but  extends  throughout  the  entire  Southern  country-.  Mr.  Moriarty  is  a 
native  of  Europe,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  since  the  year  1858,  and  is  knovm  to  the  citizens  of 
New  Orleans  and  ricmity  as  a  prompt,  reliable  and  energetic  business  man,  who  has,  in  an  eminent 
degree,  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  those  \rith  whom  he  has  had  business  relations.  We  > 
cheerfully  commend  the  firm  of  D.  Moriarty  Co.  as  being  one  fully  entitled  to  the  patronage  of  a 
generous  public. 

E.  LILIENTHAL — Dealer  in  Watches,  Jewelry,  and  Silverware,  No.  95  Cana!  Street 

Among  the  number  of  fine  stores  and  plentifully  stocked  estabhshments  in  this  section  of  the  city, 
the  jewelry  house  of  Edward  Lihenthal  is  deser\ung  of  remark.  This  enterprise  was  first  founded 
during  the"  year  1847,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  to  the  business  in  1869.  He  carries  a  full 
assortment  of  American  and  imported  watches,  diamonds,  jewelry  of  aU  kinds,  a  fuU  line  of  ster¬ 
ling  silverware  from  the  most  popular  manufacturers  in  the  country,  silver-plated  ware,  mantle  and 
office  clocks,  bronzes  and  fancy  goods.  From  eight  to  ten  hands  are  constantly  employed  in  the  es-  J 
tablishment,  all  of  whom  are  courteous,  polite  and  attentive,  and  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  pa¬ 
trons  of  the  house.  Mr.  Lilienthal  is  the  sole  agent  for  New  Orleans  of  the  “Diamond  Spectacles," 
the  best  in  use,  and  also  for  the  "Gorham  Sterling  Silverware,"  wliich  is  so  popular  in  this  market. 
The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious,  and  conveniently  situated  on  the  principal  busi¬ 
ness  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  the  buildmg  being  a  three  story  structure,  the  lower  part  of  which  is 
occupied  by  liim  with  his  immense  stock  of  goods,  and  the  upper  parts  ^rith  workshops  for  watch¬ 
makers,  jewelers  and  engravers,  of  whom  he  constantly  employs  the  best,  with  the  latest  improve¬ 
ments  in  machinery’  and  tools  for  turning  out  fine  work.  A  specialty  of  his  watch  repairing  busi-  | 
ness  is,  that  he  can  convert  any  fine  key-winding  watch  to  a  stem-vdnder,  making  the  additional  [ 
parts  equally  as  fine  as  the  original  movements,  m  gilt  or  diamond  finish.  His  trade  is  large,  piin- 
cipally  local,  and  extends  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Alabama  and  Texas.  ,  I 
Air.  Lilienthal  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  thirty  years,  ^vith  the  exception  of  the  years  j 
from  1861  to  1865,  in  which  he  seiwed  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  ci\ril  war.  He  is  a  prac-  ] 
tical  and  thoroughly  competent  jewelry  man,  having  made  it  a  life-long  study,  commencing  to  learn 
his  trade  in  early  boyhood.  His  house  stands  pre-eminently  at  the  head  of  the  first-class  houses  in 
New  Orleans,  or,  it  may  be  said,  in  the  South.  Progressive,  prompt  and  reliable,  he  is  liighly  es¬ 
teemed,  and  possesses,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  confidence  of  all  who  dojbusiness  with  liim. 


DUNCAN  &  KENNARD — Agents  for  T.  S.  Atwater  &  Co.,  Manufacturers  of  Bags,  New 

York,  Philadelphia .  Baltimore  and  New  Orleans,  No.  58  Lafayette  Street. 

The  commercial  interests  of  a  great  city  like  New  Orleans  are  so  vast  and  so  varied,  that  at  first 
sight  anything  hke  a  clear  outhne  of  them  appears  impossible,  and  many  persons  who  have  spent  a 
hfe-time  in  the  city  are  unaware  of  the  existence  even  of  certain  branches  of  business  which  exert 
a  wide  inffuence  upon  the  commercial  importance  of  the  metropohs.  It  is  only  careful  research 
and  thorough  investigation,  that  enables  the  editor  of  the  present  volume  to  procure  rehable  and  1 
trustworthy  statistics  of  the  representative  houses  engaged  in  the  various  branches  of  industry  and 
commerce,  which,  in  aggregation,  constitute  the  wealth,  prosperity  and  material  welfare  of  this  city, 
and  make  it  a  great  producing  and  commercial  center.  The  business  of  manufactming  bags,  with 
the  special  articles  required  in  that  business,  constitutes  no  inconsiderable  item  in  a  recapitulatoiy 
review  of  the  trade  of  New  Orleans,  and  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  houses  engaged  in  this 
particular  line,  is  that  of  Alessrs.  Duncan  <k  Keimard,  who  are  the  sole  agents  of  the  Southern 
country  for  the  well  known  and  popular  manufacturers,  Alessrs.  T.  vS.  Atwater  k  Co.  Tliis  house 
was  founded  as  far  back  as  1858,  in  New  York  City.  They  have  manufacturing  estabhshments 
having  a  capacity  for  turning  out  from  80,000  to  40,000  bags  per  every  twelve  hom's.  During 
the  year  1881,  the  firm  rented  over  8,000,000  bags  to  vessels  from  the  New  York  office  alone.  At 
the  New  Orleans  agency  they  keep  four  competent  and  experienced  hands  constantly  employed. 
The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  the  builchng  being  a  three  story 
structure,  which  is  entirely  devoted  to  the  business,  in  which  they  keep  a  large  and  weU  selected 
stock  of  all  kinds  of  grain  and  rice  bags,  wliich  they  are  prepared  to  offer  to  the  trade  at  the  most 
reasonable  standard  prices.  Their  trade  is  largely  confined  to  the  city,  but  the  bags  rented  go  to  all 
foreign  ports.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  both  natives  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  who 
have  an  experience  of  eight  years  in  this  special  branch  of  business.  They  are  weU  known  in  com¬ 
mercial  circles  as  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  business  men,  justly  "entitled  to  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  community. 


84  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


4.  GEIGER— Agent  for  Attakapas  Cottonade,  and  Importer  of  French,  English  and 

German  Goods,  No.  33  ChaHres  Street,  Corner  Chartres  and  Customhouse  Streets. 

branch,  of  industi’y,  which  requires  the  greatest  skill  and  knowledge  to  make  it  success¬ 
ful,  the  firm,  composed  of  Mr.  A.  Geiger,  has  no  superior  in  the  city..  This  enterprise  was  founded 
about  twenty-one  years  ago,  with  only  a  moderate  capital,  but  bv  industry,  perseverance  and  close 
application  to  business,  it  was  made  a  success  from  the  start.  Mr.  Geiger  was  connected  with  the 
establishment  some^twenty  years  prior  to  his  becoming  proprietor,  in  the  capacity  of  salesman,  &c  , 
and  in  the  year  1873,  the  house  changed  hands,  and  he  became  owner  and  sole  proprietor  of  the 
estabhshment .  He  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock,  and  does  a  business  amounting  to  over 
$50,000  per  annum.  He  imports  largely  in  French,  English  and  German  goods,  consisting  of 
cloths,  cassimeres,  vestings,  merino,  velvets,  drillings  and  tailors’  trimmings.  He  is  also  the  sole 
agent  of  the  Attakapas  cottonades,  which  are  so  well  known  and  very  popular  in  this  market. 
The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious,  being  the  spacious  four  story  building  situated 
on  the  corner  of  Chartres  and  Customhouse  streets-,  the  entire  building  being  occupied  by  him, 
m  which  he  carries  the  largest  and  most  carefully  selected  stock  o*f  imported  goods  to  be  found  in 
the  city.  Three  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  es¬ 
tabhshment,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid.  Mr.  Geiger  is  a  native  of  Europe,  but  has  resided  in 
this  city  for  many  years.  He  commenced  the  study  of  his  business  in  early  boyhood,  and  has  de¬ 
voted  nearly  his  whole  hfe  in  this  special  branch  of  business.  He  is  well  known  to  the  trade  of 
New  Orleans  as  a  prompt,  reliable  and  trust-worthy  gentleman,  with  whom  it  is  alwavs  a  pleasure 
to  have  business  relations. 


S.  T.  BLESSING — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Photograph  Albums,  Paintings,  En¬ 

gravings,  (&c.,  No  81  Canal  Street. 

Among  the  many  estabhshments  which  we  are  re\devdng  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  we  find  none 
that  deserve  more  mention  than  the  above  named  house.  This  enterprise  was  founded  ip  1857,  by 
Anderson  &  Blessing,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1863,  when  that  firm  was  dissolved  and 
Mr.  Blessing  became  sole  proprietor .  Established  oh  a  comparativelv  small  capital,  the  business 
has  grown  to  such  dimensions,  that  a  large  capital  amounting  to  from  $15,000  to  $18,000  is 
employed  in  the  business,  and  the  annual  sales  amount  to  over  $4  fiOOO,  giving  constant 
employment  to  eight  experienced  and  skillful  workmen  in  supplying  the  steadj'^  growing  trade 
which  already  extends  over  the  city  and  throughout  the  southern  states  This  house  does  a  general 
jobbing  and  retail  business,  and  canfies  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  photograph  albums, 
autograph  albums,  scrap  books,  pocket  books,  stereoscopic  views,  stereoscopes,  paintings,  engrav- 
ings,  lithographs,  photographs,  chromos,  frames  and  mouldings  of  all  kinds:  Christmas,  new  year, 
birth-day,  easter  cards,  artist  and  photographic  materials,  Ac.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious 
and  conveniently  situated,  the  building  being  a  four  story  structure,  30x80  feet  in  size,  the  entire 
premises  being  filled  with  merchandise.  Mr.  Blessing,  the  genial  proprietor,  w^as  born  in  the  state 
of  Maryland,  but  has  been  a*.resident  of  New  Orleans  since  1857,  and  has  a  large  and  practical  ex¬ 
perience  in  this  hne^of  trade.  As  a  citizen  and  business  man  no  one  stands  liigher,  or  is  more 
esteemed  by  all.  Nowhere  in  the  south  can  be  found  a  house  combining  all  the  elements  worthy  of 
patronage  so  completely  and  eminently,  as  the  house  of  S.  T.  Blessing,  and  we  take  pleasure  in 
recommending  him  to  the  trade  eveiwhere  as  being  at  the  verj’  head  of  the  business  in  the  Cres¬ 
cent  City.  The  entire  estabhshment  is  justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and  patronage  of  the 
pubhc,  and  the  proprietor  to  the  esteem  that  energy,  reliabihty  and  talent  alw^ays  inspire. 


G.  PASCAL  &  CO. — Genera!  Commission  Merchants,  Agents  for  the  Sale  of  Flour,  Pork, 

Beef,  Bacon,  Lard,  Whisky;  also  of  Cotton,  Sugar  and  Molasses,  14  and  16  Poydras  St. 

As  pursuing  a  ve:^  important  branch  of  industiy  bearing  upon  the  general  commercial  prosperity 
and  commercial  thrift  of  this  city,  the  house  of  Messrs.  G.  Pascal  A  Co.  may  not  be  overlooked  in  a 
pubhcation  whose  special  object  will  be  attained  in  the  proper  display  of  the  natural  resources  and 
acquired  advantages  of  New  Orleans  as  a  great  center  of  manufacturing  and  productive  trade. 
This  firm  was  founded  over  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Pascal,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  on  only 
a  limited  capital,  but  through  the  exceUeht  management,  which  was  backed  up  with  a  large  share 
of  pluck,  energy  and  enterprise,  it  has  been  a  success  from  the  veiy  start,  and  their  present  annual 
sales  will  reach  over  $400,01)0.  They  carry  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  groceries,  both  staple  and 
fancy,  ^ving  employment  to  ei^ht  competent  and  experienced  hands,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are 
paid.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  large,  extenchng  over  the  city  and  throughout  the  entire  South¬ 
ern  country.  They  also  do  an  extensive  trade  with  the  planters  m  sug-ar  estates.  This  is  one  of 
the  oldest  established  and  most  popular  houses  in  New  Orleans,  and  the  indiridual  members  of  the 
firm  are  long  and  favorably  kiiovm  to  our  people,  haring  over  thirty  years  experience  in  this  busi¬ 
ness,  and  are  fully  conversant  with  everj’  detail  of  them  business  and  the  requirements  of  their 
trade.  Prompt,  rehable  and  energetic,  they  are  justly  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  now  being 
extended  them.  They  are  public  sphited  to  a  fault,  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  the  entire 
business  community.  By  their  own  efforts  and  exertions,  they  have  achieved  a  prominent  position 
in  the  business  community,  and  are  among  the  leading  representative  houses  in  the  Crescent  City. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


85 


MRS.  T.  HAUSMANN — Proprietor  New  Orleans  Silver 

and  Plated  Ware  Manufactory ,  No.  186  Poydras  St. 

As  a  representative  house  engaged  in  this  important 
In-anch  of  industry,  may  axjpropnately  be  mentioned  that  of 
Mrs.  T.  Hausinann.  whose  commodious  store-room  is  75x200 
feet  in  size,  wnth  her  workshop  and  manufactory  in  the  rear, 
in  wdiich  she  keeps  a  fidl  and  well  selected  stock  of  silver 
and  jdated  Avare,  headlight,  military  and  fireman’s  equip¬ 
ments,  bniss,  silver  and  plated  letters,  and  deals  in  Avatches, 
I'ewelry,  and  diamonds.  Silver  plating  and  gilding  made 
a  s^jecialty.  Fifteen  male  assistants  are  constantly  em- 
xdoyed.  Her  trade  is  mostly  confined  to  the  city,  but  is 
fully  x)rei)ared,  at  all  times,  to  furnish  country  dealers  in 
any  quantities  and  on  the  most  reasonable  terms.  Mrs. 
Hausinann  is  a  native  of  Europe,  but  has  resided  in  this 
city  for  a  number  of  years,  is  a  iiractical  and  thorough 
going  business  lady,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the  busi¬ 
ness  for  many  years,  having  had  the  benefit  of  her  father’s 
large  exiAerience,  is  fully  cxmversant  with  all  the  details 
and  requirements  of  the  trade.  This  establishment  is  an 
honor  and  credit  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans. 


OEORGE  COATS  &  SON — Southern  Safe  and  Scales  Works,  104  Tchoupitoulas  St. 

This  enterprise  was  founded  by  Mr.  George  Coats,  the  senior  member  of  this  firm,  about  thirty 
years  ago,  avIio  successfully  conducted  the  business  until  1881,  when  his  son  was  admitted  as  a  part¬ 
ner,  and  the  present  firm  was  organized.  They  make  a  specialty  of  repairing  safes  and  scales,  and 
in  this  specialty  they  have  a  large  experience  in  all  the  Southern  cities.  Iron  safes  and  scales  re¬ 
paired,  lightning  rods  made  and  put  up  to  order,  combination  locks  made  and  inserted  in  safes,  in 
the  city  and  country  on  short  notice,  iron  safes  bought  and  sold  or  exchanged,  iron  railings  made 
to  order.  Particular  attention  given  to  repairing  printing  presses  and  bank  locks.  Large  screws 
made  to  order,  counter,  beam  and  platform  scales  repaired,  and  machinery  taken  doAvn  and  put  up, 
combination  locks  inserted,  iron  safes  removed,  &c.  Five  male  assistants,  most  of  Avhom  are 
skilled  workmen,  are  kept  constantly  employed.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  both  native  bom 
Louisiamans,  are  practical  men,  and  fully  merit  the  success  which  has  crowned  their  industry  and 
good  management.  As  business  men,  they  are  prompt  and  reliable,  and  are  greatly  esteemed  for 
their  excellent  personal  qualities.  Mr.  Coats  refers  to  the  following,  Avho  recommend  his  work: 
Canal  Bank,  Citizens’  Bank,  Louisiana  National  Bank,  Noav  Orleans  National  Bank,  State  Bank, 
Germania  Bank,  Union  National  Bank,  Hibernia  Bank,  F.  F.  BradAvay,  Factors’  and  Traders’  In¬ 
surance  Co.,  Hibernia  Insurance  Co.,  Allen  Jumel,  State  Auditor,  J.  Greenwood,  Agent  Time 
Locks.  P.  J.  Cockburn,  J.  Newman,  M.  Schooler,  I.  Bloom,  Koch  &■  Dreyfus,  A.  G.  Ober,  Glover  & 
Odenthal,  J.  S.  Wallace,  L.  Reder  &  Co.,  J.  T.  Moore  &  Co.,  C.  A.  Whitney  Co.,  Folger  &  Co., 
,1.  H.  Mossop,  Geo.  D.  Hite,  St.  Charles  Street  Railroad  Co.,  U.  S.  Quarter-Master’s  Depot. 

SAMUEL  L.  BOYD — Wholesale  Dry  Goods,  &c..  Corner  of  Magazine  and  Common  Sts. 

In  compiling  the  industries  of  New  Orleans,  there  are  certain  controlling  staples  which  exercise  a 
vital  influence  upon  her  reputation  and  trade,  and  no  one  business  occupies  this  position^more  prom¬ 
inently  than  the  dry  goods  trade,  and  none  offers  greater  inducements  to  the  enterprising  business 
man  for  the  investment  of  capital,  while  there  is  no  branch  of  trade  Avhere  popular  talents  contrib¬ 
ute  more  largely  to  success  than  the  dry  goods  store,  where  patronage  depends  so  much  upon  pub¬ 
lic  favor.  Among  the  establishments  in  the  Crescent  City  who  have  evidenced  the  possession  of 
these  qualifications  in  a  marked  degree,  none  stand  higher  in  public  estimation  than  Samuel  L. 
Boyd  This  house  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1867,  and  has  been  successful  and  be¬ 
come  popular  through  the  excellence  of  the  stock  kept  on  hand.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of 
$500,000,  while  the  annual  sales  will  reach  over  $2,000,000.  Seventy-five  capable  and  experienced 
salesmen  and  clerks  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  establishment, 
who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  all  who  visit  the  house.  The  premises  occupied 
are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  on  one  of  the  most  popular  business  thoroughfares  in  this 
portion  of  the  city,  the  building  being  a  commodious  four  story  structure,  and  supplied  Avith  all  the 
modern  and  most  improved  fixtures  and  appliances  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  this 
special  business,  and  in  fact  nothing  is  wanting  to  make  this  the  most  orderly  and  perfectly  ar¬ 
ranged  dry  goods  establishment  in  the  South.  The  stock  of  dry  goods,  notions,  &c.,  kept  by  this 
house  is  large  and  carefully  selected,  and  contains  all  the  neAv  and  elegant  styles,  pattenis,  &c.  An 
extensive  trade  is  transacted,  extending  over  the  city,  as  well  as  throughout  the  entire  Southern 
country  and  Mexico.  Mr.  Boyd  is- a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  but  has  resided  in  this  country 
for  many  years,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  the  industries  and  commercial  interests  of  this 
city,  and  since  his  business  connection  with  New  Orleans  has  shown  a  spirit  of  enterprise  that  has 
achieved  for  himself  and  house  an  enviable  position  among  the  successful  men  of  the  city. 


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NEW  ORLEANS  AND  GULF  TRANSPORTATION  CO.— James  T.  O'Pry,  President;  Office 

No.  4  Conti  Street. 


Ill  a  work  of  this  character,  devoted  to  a  carefid  and  detailed  account  of  the  industries  and  busi¬ 
ness  interests  of  New  Orle^s^i^would^e  impossible  to  omit  mention  of  this  important  Lower  Coast 

Packet  Company,  whose  boats  leave 
regularly  as  follows:  The  ‘‘Daisy,”  on 
Monday,  at  9  a.  m..  for  Port  Eads,  ancl 
on  W ednesday  for  Port  Eads  and  Pilot 
Town,  carrying  passengers  and  the 
United  States  mail.  The  passenger  and 
freight  steamer  “Isabel,'’  leaves  on 
Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  at 
- - 11  a.  m.,  for  Naira  Plantation  and  in¬ 
termediate  lanchngs,  returning  on  every  alternate  day.  The  “Alvin,”  carrwng  both  freight  and 
passengers,  leaves  on  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays  at  11  a.  m..  and  on  Saturdays  a^t  1:30  p.  m.,  for 
Quarantine  Station  and  all  landings,  retipning  on  alternate  days,  thus  aftording  the  lower  coast  one 
of  the  most  substantial  and  accommodating  lines  known  on  the  river.  The  boats  are  well  adapted 
to  the  trade,  with  capable  and  efficient  officers,  and  the  accommodations  are  first-class  in  every  par¬ 
ticular.  This  packet  line  is  what  it  was  designed  to  be — an  accommodation  for  the  public— and 
should  be  so  considered  by  the  planters  and  shippers,  who  should  contribute  to  its  support  liberally. 
Mr.  0  Pry,  the  President  of  the  company,  superintends  the  entire  business,  and  gives  personal  at¬ 
tention  to  any  irregularities  that  may  occur.  We  are  glad  that  the  hne  is  so  thoroughly  equipped 
and  so  efficiently  managed,  as  it  has  contributed  largely  to  the  commercial  activity  of  the  city  of 
New  Orleans,  and  conducive  to  its  public  good. 


H.  J.  RIVET — Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggist,  No.  58  Chartres  Street. 

A  neat  and  attractive  drug  store,  where  persons  in  quest  of  medicines  or  in  want  of  delicately 
compounded  articles  of  perfumery  and  toilet  necessities  can  have  their  errands  attended  to  bv  polite 
and  obhgmg  clerks,  prompt  and  rehable  m  their  every  act,  is  a  cause  of  pride  to  the  city.^  In  an 
eminent  degree  the  establishment  of  Mr.  Rivet  is  a  house  of  this  kind.  He  is  a  native  of  Louisiana, 
and  started  in  this  business  in  1857,  after  four  year  of  practical  experience.  By  his  careful  and  ac¬ 
commodating  nianner  Mr.  Rivet  has  seen  Ins  business  steadily  increase  until  he  has  been  compelled 
to  call  to  liis  aid  the  assistance  of  three  skillful  druggists  to  attend  to  liis  mcreasing  trade.  He  oc¬ 
cupies  a  commochous  room  at  the  corner  of  Chartres  and  BienviUe  streets,  30x170  feet  in  size,  and 
three  stories  high.  Two  floors  are  occupied  in  the  prosecution  of  this  enterprise,  and  here  can  be 
found  every  article  in  the  drug  hne,  compactly  stored,  ready  for  the  daily  orders  received  from  the 
surrounding  States.  He  also  cames  a  fuU  line  of  patent  medicines,  trusses  and  perfumeries,  and  is 
proprietor  and  manufacturer  of  ‘‘Our  Own  Louisiana  Aromatic  Bitters,’’ and  importer  of  French 
proprietaiy  medicines.  Mr.  Rivet  aims  to  keep  none  but  pure  fresh  drugs  and  chemicals,  purchased 
from  houses  of  long  standing  and  reputation.  Besides  his  large  jobbing  trade  outside  the  city,  Mr. 
Rivet  does  a  large  prescription  business  in  the  city,  and  the  skill  and  care  with  which  he  compounds, 
has  won  him  a  permanent  and  lasting  trade.  In  noting  the  different  enterprises  of  the  city  for 
the  benefit  of  the  surrounding  States,  we  are  glad  to  note  this  house  as  every  way  worthy  of  the 
patronage  being  extended. 

BRADLEY,  KURTZ  &  CO. — Bag  Manufacturers  and  Importers,  No.  80  South  Peters  St, 

New  Orleans,  and  25,  21  and  29  Pearl  Street,  New  York.  B.  H.  Bring,  Resident  Manager. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  and  reliable  houses  which  it  is  our  province  to  mention  in  connection 
i\dth  the  industries  and  business  of  New  Orleans,  is  that  of  Bradley,  Kurtz  &  Co.,  bag  manufact¬ 
urers  and  importers.  No.  80  South  Peters  street.  In  addition  to  manufacturing  grain  sacks  of  all 
kinds,  cotton  and  flour  bags.  &c.,  they  are  the  largest  importers  in  this  market,  of  gunny,  dundee 
and  cental  bags,  a  full  supply  of  which  they  keep  constantly  on  hand  to  meet  the  requirements  of 
the  Southern  trade.  This  house  is  a  branch  of  the  well  known  firm  of  same  name  in  New  York, 
which,  from  its  foundation  in  1850,  has  always  been  recognized  as  the  leacUng  house  of  its  kind  in 
that  great  metropohs,  and  deservedly  enjoys  the  highest  reputation  for  the  straight-forward  and 
liberal  business  policy  of  its  members.  In  selecting  a  manager,  the  firm  could  not  possibly  have  se¬ 
cured  one  better  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  business  in  this  city.  Mr.  Pring,  although  a 
native  of  Canada,  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  twelve  years,  is  an  active,  energetic  busi¬ 
ness  man,  and  stands  deservedly  high  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  commercial  community. 
The  premises.  No.  80  South  Peters  street,  occupied  by  this  firm,  are  spacious  and  conveniently  lo¬ 
cated,  and  the  builchng,  30x150  feet  in  size,  well  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  their  business. 
Messrs.  Bradley,  Kurtz  &  Co.,  in  adding  to  the  business  interests  of  this  city  such  an  extensive  and 
useful  branch  of  trade,  deserve  more  than  a  mere  passing  notice  in  a  work  of  this  description,  and 
we  feel  assured,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Pring,  this  house  mil  always  retain  the  leading  po¬ 
sition  in  tliis  city,  in  their  special  branch  of  trade.  In  commending  this  firm  to  such  of  our  readers 
as  may  require  goods  of  this  description,  we  feel  assured  they  will  find  it  both  pleasant  and  profita¬ 
ble  to  establish  permanent  and  lastmg  business  relations  ivith  the  solid  and  rehable  house  of  Brad¬ 
ley,  Kurtz  &  Co. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  87 


CRESCENT  CITY  SELTZ  AND  MINERAL  WATERS  MANUFACTORY— Geo.  Schweitzer, 

president.  Nos.  270  and  272  Royal  Street. 

This  important  entei-prise  was  started  many  years  ago.  the  present  proprietors  succeeding  to  the 
business  in  1867.  In  the  manufacture  of  seltz  and  mineral  waters  they  rank  with,  if  they  do  not 
excel,  any  establishment  in  the  countrj’.  The  apparatus  and  the  apphances  are  of  the  most  excel¬ 
lent  character.  They  discard  the  old  and  unreliable  system  of  generating  by  pressure,  which  is 
open  to  many  objections,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  impurity  of  gas  and  ingredients,  want  of 
perfect  carbonization  of  water,  and  adulteration  with  extraneous  matter  Their  system  of  genera¬ 
tion  is  mechanical,  avoiding  all  of  the  above  defects.  Their  waters  are  pure,  fresh  and  perfectly 
carbonized.  They  keep  constantly  employed  from  15  to  20  experienced  hands,  and  do  an  annual 
business  of  from  $25,000  to  $30,000,  their  trade  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the 
Southern  country  The  high  estimation  in  which  the  house  is  held,  has  been  secured  by  the  energ\’, 
enterprise  and  rehability  of  the  gentlemen  composing  the  company,  and  the  superior  quality  of  the 
goods  they  manufacture.  Mr.  Geo.  Schweitzer  is  the  manager  of  the  entire  establishment,. and  un¬ 
der  Hs  capable  control  the  enterprise  is  destined  to  continue  successful.  He  is  a  gentleman  highly 
respected  and  esteemed  by  aU  who  know  him,  for  his  general  high-toned  character  and  upright, 
honorable  life  This  company  is  doing  as  much  to  advance  the  industrial  interests  and  develop  the 
commercial  reputation  of  this  community  as  any  other  one  concern,  and  has  acquired  a  position  in 
mercantile  circles  entitling  it  to  the  general  esteem,  respect  and  patronage  of  the  public. 

BARTHOLOMEW  &  CO — Dealers  in  Fish,  No.  5  Ursalines  Street 

Of  the  many  establishments  in  this  city  demoted  to  the  fish  trade,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  re¬ 
putable  is  that  of  Messrs.  Bartholomew  &  Co.,  and  one  fully  entitled  to  a  liberal  mention  in  a  work 
devoted  to  giving  a  detailed  account  of  the  manufacturing  and  mercantile  interests  of  New  Orleans. 
This  important  industry"  was  founded  as  early  as  1848,  and  has  been  a  success  from  the  start .  The 
business  was  started  with  a  moderate  capital,  but  has  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  no  similar 
house  in  New  Orleans  can  be  said  to  exceed  them  in  the  amount  of  their  transactions.  The  pres¬ 
ent  amount  of  capital  stock  employed  in  their  annual  business  will  average  $110,(00.  while  employ¬ 
ment  is  given  to  150  hands  The  Buildings  now  occupied  are  three  stories,  and  embrace  an  area 
of  45x50  feet,  and  are  fully  supplied  with  all  necessary  appliances  for  the  prosecution  of  their  exten¬ 
sive  business  The  trade  of  this  e.stablishment  is  quite  large  and  rapidly  increasing;  it  is  not  con¬ 
fined  to  any  special  locality,  but  is  distributed  throughout  all  parts  of  the  South,  North  and  North¬ 
west.  This  firm  are  the  enterprising  owners  of  four  fishing  smacks,  which  are  run  in  the  interest  of 
the  house  They  keep  constantly  on  hand  afresh  supply  of  all  kinds  of  fi.sh,  crabs,  &:c.,  and  are 
amply  prepared  to  fiU  all  orders,  great  or  small,  that  may  be  given  them.  The  gentlemen  consti¬ 
tuting  this  firm,  Mr.  Adolph  Bartholomew,  Mr.  John  Madina  and  Mr.  Mascaro,  are  well  and  widely 
known  to  the  business  community.  They  are  deserving  of  great  praise  for  the  energy  and  good 
judgment  exhibited  in  the  management  of  their  business,  and  well  merit  the  prosperity  which  has 
crowned  their  efforts,  and  enjoy  an  enviable  reputation  for  inteorrity  and  fair  dealing. 

H.  BILLARD — Bookseller  and  Stationer,  No.  59  Chartres  St. 

This  enterprise  was  started  by  the  present  proprietor,  m  1859,  ^rith  but  a  small  capital,  and  by 
energy,  enterprise  and  thorough  knowledge  of  business,  liis  capital  has  increased  to  five  times  the 
original  investment.  He  canies  about  $10,000  in  stock,  and  gives  employment  to  six  experienced 
hands,  his  trade  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  He  deals  largely  in 
French  books  and  periodicals,  French  and  American  school  books,  paper  hangings,  Ac.  The  prem¬ 
ises  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  on  one  of  the  principal  business  thoroughfares  in  the 
city,  the  building  being  a  three  story  structure,  30x90  feet  in  size,  all  of  which  is  occupied  by  him 
in  his  bu.siness.  Mr.  Billard  is  a  native  of  France,  and  has  had  an  experience  of  twenty-five  years 
in  this  special  line  of  business,  being  thoroughly  acquainted  -s^uth  all  the  details  and  requirements 
of  his  trade.  Those  having  business  relations  with  this  house  may  depend  upon  receiving  aU  the 
advantages  that  result  from  long  experience,  large  facilities  and  undoubted  reliabihty,  for  he  is  a 
man  that  enjoys  in  a  high  degree  the  respect  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

FOLSOM  BROS. — Manufacturers'  Agents,  Guns,  Pistols,  &c..  No.  9  Decatur  St. 

In  endeavoring  to  preserve  some  record  of  our  commercial  firms  by  historical  notes,  our  object  in 
introducing  this  department  of  our  work  is  attributed  to  a  desire  to  gather  together  remembrances 
of  such  interesting  nature,  rather  than  to  seek  opxiortunity  for  personal  compliment.  But  it  is  quite 
admissible  for  us  to  say  that  the  house  of  Folsom  Bros.  belong.s  to  that  class  of  enterprising  busi¬ 
ness  firms  which  have  given  the  city  her  reputation  abroad.  This  house  does  a  large  business,  both 
jobbing  and  retail,  in  guns,  pistols  and  amunition  of  all  kinds,  representing  some  of  the  most  prqm- 
ment  and  popular  manufacturing  estabhshments  in  the  country.  Their  stock  is  large,  and  consists 
of  all  the  latest  improved  makes  of  guns,  pistols,  Ac.,  their  trade  extending  over  the  entire  South¬ 
ern  country,  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  America.  The  premises  occupied  are  30x80  feet  in  size,  and 
especially  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  the  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  gentle¬ 
men  who  have  an  extensive  experience  in  the  business,  being  fully  conversant  wfith  all  the  details 
and  requirements  of  the  tracfe.  Prompt,  rehable  and  energetic  in  all  their  business  transactions, 
they  have  done  and  are  doing  a  prosperous  and  steadily  increasing  business,  and  are  justly  entitled 
to  the  high  position  they  occupy  iu  this  city. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


ALPH.  WALZ—Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  Sole  Proprietor  and  Manufacturer  of  the  Cele¬ 
brated  ''Malakof  Bitters d’  and  Agent  Crescent  Brewing  Cods  Aurora  Layer  Beer  No 
26  Conti  Street.  ’ 

Ihib  impoittiiit  End  well-known  enterprise  wes  founded  in  185o,  by  the  present  proprietor  on  e 
inoderEte  CEpitEly^^^ich,  by  industry  End  perserverEnce,  bEcked  up  by  e  thorough  End  prEcticEl 

knowledge  of  the  business,  hus  been  increEsed  lurgely 
with  eEch  succeeding  yeur  until  Et  present  he  is  in  posses¬ 
sion  of  E  lErge  End  prosperous  trude.  He  is  the  sole  pro¬ 
prietor  End  niEnufEcturer  of  the  celebrEted  “MElnkof  Bit¬ 
ters,”  of  which  he  niEkes  e  leuding  specialty  in  his  business. 
End  during  the  year  of  1881,  ha^s  manufactured  and  sold 
over  2.000  boxes  He  is  now  selhng  on  an  average 
from  200  to  300  boxes  of  bitters  per  month  He  is  also  agent 
for  Crescent  Brewing  Co.  ’s  Aurora  Lager  Beer,  in  ban-els 
and  bottles.  Nine  experienced  hands  are  kept  employed  in 
the  different  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  prem¬ 
ises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious,  being  a  two-story 
structure  at  No  26  Conti  street,  the  entire  premises  being 
used  by  him,  and  in  which  he  carries  a  large  and  carefully 
selected  stock  of  both  imported  and  domestic  wines,  liquors, 
&c.,  in  which  line  Mr.  Walz  is  prepared  to  offer  extra  in¬ 
ducements  to  his  patrons  and  friends  in  the  way  of  low  pri- 
_  ces,  as  well  as  the  excellent  qualities  of  the  goods  sold.  His 
trade  is  large  and  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  Mr.  Walz  is  a  native  of 
France,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  well  known  in  commercial  circles  as 
an  honorable,  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizen,  with  whom  his  customers  have  placed  their  confi¬ 
dence  and  esteem  in  an  eminent  degree,  entitling  him  to  a  liberal  patronage  from  the  hands  of  the 
generous  public.  The  “Malakof  Bitters  ”  were  patented  in  1866, *and  received. the  first  premiums 
in  1868,  1870  and  1871  from  the  Louisiana  State  Fairs.  The  prize-medal  was  also  awarded  to  A. 
Walz  at  the  Paris  Exposition  in  1878  This  cordial,  the  most  palatable,  flavorous  and  wholesome 
stimulant  ever  yet  prepared  from  aromatic  and  bitter  ingredients,  when  taken  in  a  moderate  quan¬ 
tity  is  an  excellent  appetizer  as  well  as  a  strengthener  of  the  digestive  forces — a  depurative  of  the 
blood,  desirable  alike  as  a  copective  and  mild  cathartic,  it  has  no  superior  among  the  standard 
preparations  of  the  day,  and  is  indorsed  by  the  Medical  fraternity  of  Louisiana;  it  overcomes  and 
prevents  fever  and  ague  and  other  malarial  disorders  with  wondrous  certainty,  tones  the  system, 
banishes  dj^spepsia,  remedies  constipation  and  liver  complaint,  relieves  affection  of  the  bladder  and 
kidneys;  it  is  refreshing  and  a  powerful  recuperant  after  the  frame  has  been  reduced  and  attenauted 
by  sickness.  A  mild  and  safe  invigorant  and  corroborant  for  delicate  females  and  children,  a  good 
anti-bilious,  alterative  and  tonic  preparation  for  ordinary  family  purposes. 

NEW  ORLEANS  CIGAR  FACTORY — F.  Haehnel,  Manager,  Nos.  107  and  109  Rampart  St 

The  tobacco  business  in  this  country  must,  from  its  magnitude,  be  justly  regarded  as  an  interest 
of  the  utmost  importance  and  conducive,  especially  to  the  Southern  tier  of  States,  in  no  small  de¬ 
gree  to  the  general  thrift  and  prosperity.  Thousands  of  operatives  are  employed,  and  a  revenue  of 
millions  of  dollars  paid  to  the  general  government.  Among  those  establishments  that  have  been 
largely  instrumental  in  promoting  the  interests  of  this  branch  of  trade,  and  who  are  known 
wherever,  in  this  country,  tobacco  is  sold  and  manufactured,  the  New  Orleans  Cigar  Factory 
ranks  prominently.  This  important  enterprise  was  established  m  1880,  with  a  capital  of  $20/  00, 
and  since  that  time,  through  the  able  management  of  the  proprietors,  has  been  eminently  success¬ 
ful.  Cigars  enter  into  consumption  almost  as  extensively  as  coffee,  sugar,  wheat  or  cotton.  Tens 
of  millions  of  them  are  fabricated  daily.  Heretofore,  the  process  of  wrapping  and  finishing  a  cigar 
was  conducted  exclusively  by  hand,  which  is,  comparatively,  a  slow,  and,  for  the  medium  and  better 
grades  of  goods,  a  very  costly  and  wasteful  method.  For  a  long  time,  therefore,  a  substitute,  for 
handwork  has  been  sought  assiduously,  but  no  inventor  successfully  combined  the  elements  of  a 

Serfect  machine, .  which  should  be  at  once  simple,  durable  effective  and  economical,  until  Mr. 

[aehnel,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  produced  the  instruments  which  bear  his  name  Simpler  in  .con¬ 
struction  than  a  sewing  machine,  the  parts  of  Haehnel’s  cigar  machines  are  few  in  number,  and 
are  easily  removed  and  replaced;  any  youth  can  readily  understand  and  operate  them  with  ordinary 
care  and  little  exertion  of  power.  Thoroughly  tested  in  the  most  practical  way  by  business  men, 
these  machines  have  already  achieved  a  success  which  leaves  no  doubt  that  they  will  rank  with  the 
reaper,  the  cotton  gin  and  the  sewing  machine,  which  have  enlarged  so  conspicuously  the  field  of 
huma,n  industry,  and  added  so  much  to  the  wealth  and  comfort  of  the  world.  Haehnel’s  invention 
consists  of  two  machines — one  to  cut  out  the  wrappers  from  the  leaf,  and  the  other  to  wrap,  paste 
and  finish  the  cigar.  HaehneVs  Improved  Wrapper- Cutting  Machine  is  exceedingly  simple,  the 
cutting  apparatus  being  an  elongated  oval  knife-edge,  descending  upon  a  plate  or  bed,  which  con¬ 
forms  in  outhne  to  the  contour  of  the  wrapper  desired.  The  leaf  is  laid  on  the  bed,  and  at  a  single 
stroke  the  wrapper  is  cut  out,  finished  in  uniform  shape  By  this  process  the  leaf  is  merely  perfo¬ 
rated,  and  not  broken  or  cut  inti  scraps,  the  remnant  of  the  leaf  being  saved  whole,  to  be  used  for 
binders  or  long  fillers,  as  desired.  The  advantage  over  hand  ^jutting  is  obvious.  More  wrappers 


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can  be  cut  than  by  hand  from  the  same  case,  Vjecause  only  the  precise  mathematical  shape  needed  to 
cover  the  bunch  is  taken  at  a  single  cut,  and  the  operation  being  instantaneous  avoids  the  delay  of 
the  several  cuts  that  must  be  given  during  the  rolling,  adjusting  and  readjusting  of  the  leaf  to  the 
bunch  by  the  hand  process.  There  being  no  tension  whatever  applied  in  cutting,  the  most  tender 
leaf  used  for  wrappers  in  hand  factories  can  be  used  also  by  this  machine.  Two  or  three  sizes  of 
knives  are  supplied  with  each  machine,  and  suffice  for  all  varieties  of  shape  and  length  of  bunch  to 
be  wrapped.  Haehnel’s  Improved  Cigar  Wrapping  and  Finishing  Machine  is  a  marvel  of  efficiency 
and  simplicity  An  endless  naiTOw  belt  or  apron  revolves  the  bunch  inside  of  a  cyhnder  or  g-uide, 
through  a  slit  in  which  the  wrapper  (previously  cut  out  of  the  leaf  )  is  fed  to  the  bunch  by  an  op¬ 
erator  sitting  at  her  work  and  propelling  the  machine  in  the  same  way,  but  with  much  less  labor 
than  a  sewing  machine  requires.  Fastened  on  a  table,  the  machine  occupies  a  space  of  about  a 
square  foot,  and  four  inches  in  height  The  parts  are  few  in  number,  no4  likely  to  get  out  of  order, 
and  easily  repaired  and  replaced.  No  special  skill  is  requisite  to  operate  the  machine,  which  itself 
adjusts  the  wrapper  on  the  bunch,  pastes  the  tip  securely,  and  finishes  the  cigar.  An  unskilled 
girl,  after  a  short  practice,  becomes  as  efficient  as  the  most  expert  Havana  cigar  maker.  This  rna- 
chine  is  adapted  for  any  length  or  shape  of  bunch;'  and  for  finish  and  elegance  of  workmanship, 
for  economy,  uniformity  and  rapidity  of  production,  and  pre-eminently  for  absolute  cleanness  of  the 
cigar  tip,  is  beyond  competition.  If  it  possessed -no  other  advantage  than  removing  from  cigar 
making  the  excessive  handling  and  other  unsavory  features,  which  some  boards  of  health  have  de¬ 
nounced  as  tending  to  spread  contagion,  this  alone  would  commend  it  as  a  xrime  necessity  to  the 
trade.  Besides  cleanliness,  it  affords  in  a  remarkable  degree  that  speed  and  economy  which  perfect 
machinery  is  designed  to  accomplish.  Experienced  girls  have  wrapped  and  finished  as  many  as  one 
hundred  and  fifty  cigars  jier  hour,  with  the  aid  of  Haehnel’s  improved  machines.  This  wrapping 
and  finishing  instrument  is  not  the  result  of  sudden  discovery.  It  is  the  growth  of  years  of  study, 
experiment  and  many  successive  improvements,  of  which  the  latest  are  perhaps  the  most  import¬ 
ant.  Its  practical  utility  is  demonstrated  in  daily  use,  and  it  needs  only  to  be  seen  in  operation  to 
convince  any  intelligent  obsen-er  of  its  decided  advantages,  commercial,  sanitary,  mechanical  and 
economical  over  any  and  all  methods  and  progress  of  making  cigars  by  hand  These  wonderful 
machines  have  been  successfully  introduced  in  Havana,  and  many  are  now  in  operation  in  New  Or¬ 
leans.  Parties  who  desire  to  investigate  their  merits  in  actual  business,  are  respectfully  referred  to 
the  New  Orleans  Cigar  Factory,  Nos  107  and  109  Rampart  street,  and  114  and-llG  Basin  street, 
where  Haehnel’s  method  is  adopted  exclusively  in  the  wrapping  and  finishing  of  all  their  cigars. 
A  large  number  of  male  and  female  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  depart¬ 
ments  of  the  establishment.  Mr.  Haehnel  is  a  thorough  and  practical •  cigar  man,  fully  conversant 
with  all  the  details  of  his  business.  Prompt,  reliable  and  just  in  all  his  transactions,  he  has  earned 
and  enjoys  the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  business  community. 

R.  M.  FLAUTT — Commission  Merchant  for  the  Sale  of  Live  Stock, 

Office  at  the  Stock  Landing. 

Among  the  tens  of  thousands  of  producers  this  work  will  reach,  showing  the  various  industries 
and  avocations  of  New  Orleans,  there  will  be  a  large  number  who  are  interested  in  the  rais¬ 
ing.  buying  and  shipping  of  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep,  and  as  the  advantages  here  presented  will 
directly  interest  them,  we  append  a  brief  notice  of  one  of  the  most  successful  and  enterprising 
commission  merchants  connected  with  the  stock  yards.  Mr.  Flautt  commenced  this  business  in 
1877  and  at  once  secured  confidence  and  business  in  a  most  flattering  degree,  establishing  for  him¬ 
self  a  reputatian  and  standing  as  one  of  the  most  prompt  and  reliable  men  operating  in  this  line  in 
New  Orleans,  Possessing  ample  capital,  he  transacts  a  very  large  and  lucrative  business  m  this 
line,  making  advancements  on  shipments  of  stock.  Ten  assistants  are  employed,  who  are  thor¬ 
oughly  competent  and  gives  personal  attention  to  all  business  transactions.  The  office  is  conven¬ 
iently  located  at  the  stock  landing  and  last  year  twenty  thousand  head  were  sold,  the  prospect  for 
future  increase  in  the  business  being  excellent.  Stock  is  received  from  all  the  western  and  south¬ 
ern  states,  and  this  brief  statement  will  convey  to  producers  and  dealers  throughout  the  country, 
the  ample  facilities  enjoyed  by  Mr  Flautt  as  commission  merchant  for  the  sale  of  live  stock  Mr. 
Flautt  is  a  native  of  I’ennessee,  is  an  enterprising,  wide  awake  and  energetic  gentlemen,  and  in  the 
line  of  business  in  which  he  is  engaged,  stands  pre-eminently  at  the  head,  fully  entitled  to  the  pros¬ 
perity  to  which  he  has  attained. 

JOHN  C.  FINNEY — Grain  and  Hay  Depot,  Nos.  50  and  52  Poydras  St. 

The  very  great  importance  of  the  grain  and  hay  trade  in  New  Hrleafis  has  brought  many  men  of 
wealth  and  energy  to  the  city,  and  among  the  houses  engaged  in  this  special  line,  that  of  John  C. 
Finney  deserves  more  than  passing  notice  in  a  work  of  this  character.  The  premises  occupied  are  a 
double  two  stoiy  brick  building,  fronting  on  Poydras  street,  and  is  in  every  way  fitted  up  especially 
for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  being  occupied.  They  keep  a  large  corps  of  competent  assistants,  who 
are  always  attentive  and  polite  to  all  who  visit  the  house.  The  firm  being  possessed  of  ample  capi¬ 
tal  are  prepared  to  make  large  purchases,  and  also,  to  make  liberal  cash  advances  on  consignments 
of  produce.  This  house  enjoys  a  large  and  constant^’  increasing  trade,  and,  to-day,  stands  pre¬ 
eminently  prominent  among  the  grain  dealers  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Finney  is  an  active, 
energetic  business  man,  in  the  pnme  of  life,  and  personally  superintends  his  business  in  all  its  vari¬ 
ous  details  to  the  full  satisfaction  of  his  patrons. 


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90 


j  B.  J.  WEBT  &  SON— Dealers  in  Hardware  and  Agricultural  Implements,  Nos.  115.  117 

I  119  and  121  Magazine  Street.  * 

I  r  ^  reputation  of  which  the  proprietors  have  a  right  to  be  proud.  It  is  an  estab- 

j  lishinent  deser\^g;  more  than  a  passing  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  industrial  pursuits  of  New 
I  Orleans,  the  business  of  this  estabhshment  is  conducted  on  the  highest  principles  of  honor,  with 
j  great  energy  and  ability,  and  to  these  facts,  together  with  the  genial,  courteous  manners  of  the  pro- 
j  pnetors  IS  due  m  an  eminent  degree  the  success  it  has  attained  and  the  prominent  position  it  occu- 
1  pies  111  the  commercial  affairs  of  the  city .  The  estabhshment  is  metropohtan  in  aU  its  features  and 
!  a  large,  varied  and  complete  stock  of  the  best  and  most  popular  makes  of  agricultural  and  hor- 
I  ticultural  implements,  tools  and  machinery  of  various  styles,  patterns,  sizes,  &c.,  together  with  a 
;  complete  line  of  all  lands  of  hardware,  is  at  all  times  to  be  found  in  this  extensive  estabhshment 
-  tne  building  occupied  beiAg  a  spacious  four  story  structure,  and  from  top  to  bottom  is  stored  stocks 
01  plows  and  implements  m  endless  variety,  adapted  to  ah  classes  of  farming  and  gardening  work, 
i his  house  does  an  annual  business  of  from  $250,000  to  $300,000,  giving  employment  to  from 
twenty- hve  to  thirty  hands.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  large,  and  extends  over  the  entire  Southern 
wuntry.  Mr.  West  commenced  his  present  successful  business  venture  thirty  years  ago.  He  is  a 
business  man  of  high  character,  great  energy  and  extended  popularity,  and  ranks  high  among  the 
business  community.  ^ 

JULIUS  MEYER— Paper  Warehouse,  No.  41  and  43  Natchez  Street. 

In  this  special  line  of  industrial  enterprise,  there  is  perhaps  no  house  in  the  South  better  known 
or  more  entitled  to  extended  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  a  display  of  the  resources  in  detail  of  the 
Crescent  City.  This  enterprise  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietor  eleven  years  ago.  Started  in 
a  small  way,  the  business  has  increased  in  size  and  proportion,  and  now  he  gives  employment  to  ten 
expenenced  hands,  with  a  large  and  prosperous  trade,  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  through¬ 
out  the  Southern  States.  He  carries  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  all  kuids  of  paper,  paper 
bags,  &c.;  in  fact,  every  article  to  be  found  in  a  first-class  paper  warehouse  is  to  be  had  at  Juhus 
Meyer  s  establishment.  This  house  is  prepared  to  furnish  articles  in  this  hne  in  any  variety  of  de- 
sign,  quantity,  or  grade  of  quahty.  Mr.  Meyer,  the  courteous  and  genial  proprietor  of  this  well 
known  estabhshment,  was  born  in  Germany,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  vears,  and 
has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  the  many  industries  and  business  enterprises  of  the  city.  It  is 
due  to  the  enterprise,  ability,  and  energy  of  such  men  that  the  Crescent  City  is  indebted  for  the 
high  position  she  holds  among  the  cities  of  the  Union.  Possessing  unrivaled  facilities,  and  adroitly 
managed,  this  house  is  fully  entitled  to  the  signal  prosperity  that  attends  its  operations. 

LEEFE  &  FINK  Dealers  m  Carpets,  Mattings,  OH  Cloths,  Wall  Paper,  Window  Shdes, 

d^c.,  No.  34  Chartres  Street. 

This  business  was  estabhshed  in  this  city  by  the  above  named  firm  in  1877.  on  a  moderate  capital, 
but  by  energy,  push  and  perseverance,  they  have  year  by  year  increased  their  business.  The  prem¬ 
ises  oc^pied  are  25x60  feet  in  size,  and  situated  as  above  stated,  it  is  convenient  to  all  parts  of  the 
city.  They  carrj^  a  carefully  selected  stock  of  all  kinds  of  carpets,  matting,  floor  oil  cloths,  table 
and  enamelled  oil  cloth.  waU  paper,  window  shades  and  cornices;  also,  Pawtucket  hair  cloth,  up- 
holstenng  goods,  &c.,  all  at  very  low  prices.  They  have  an  extensive  business  acquaintance  and 
nouri^mg  trade  throughout  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  Few  mercantile  houses  in 
New  Orleans  have  such  a  continued,  honorable  and  successful  business  acquaintance  as  that  of  Leefe 
&  1  mk,  and  no  firm,  we  are  sure,  more  richly  deserves  the  high  standing  to  which  they  have  at¬ 
tained  than  they,  and  in  a  work  hke  this,  devoted  to  giving  an  exhibit  of  the  commercial  and  busi¬ 
ness  interests  of  New  Orleans  and  her  business  men,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  thus  refer  to  a  house  which 
has  made  itself  one  of  the  features  of  the  city.  The  individuals  composing  this  firm,  Mr.  WilHain 
I  mk  and  Mr.  J.  L.  Leefe,  both  of  whom  are  native  born  Louisianians,  with  a  practical  experience 
of  sixteen  years  in  their  business,  are  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  trade  of  this  city  as  honora¬ 
ble,  prompt  and  high-minded  gentlemen,  who  are  entitled  to  consideration  as  promoting  in  no  small 
degree  the  industries  of  New  Orleans. 

W.  G.  COYLE  &  CO. — Coal  Dealers,  Office  No.  33  Carondelet  Street. 

The  coal  interests  of  this  city  have  assumed  vast  proportions,  and  are  of  the  greatest  importance 
from  the  vast  amount  of  capital  involved  and  the  large  number  of  hands  to  which  it  furnishes  em¬ 
ployment.  Messrs.  W .  G.  Coyle  &  Co.  estabhshed  their  enterprise  in  this  city  in  1865,  with  moder¬ 
ate  capital,  and  have  attained  a  prominent  position  among  the  dealers  in  our  city;  also  have  gained 
a  flourishing  and  lucrative  trade  throughout  the  city  and  surrounding  country  in  every  direction, 
trace  at  33  Carondelet  street.  A  harbor  tow-boat,  the  Mamie  Coyle,  is  owned  by  this  firm,  which  is  one 
of  the  largest  in  the  trade.  The  stock  usually  carried  embraces  Pittsburgh,  anthracite  and  cannel 
coal,  sufficient  for  the  trade,  wholesale  and  retail.  Plantations,  steamships  and  boats,  manufacto¬ 
ries  and  families  are  supphed  by  this  firm,  and  the  city  delivery  is  made  from  the  yards,  the  outside 
trade  being  supplied  by  tug  boats  and  barges  in  the  river.  The  facihties  for  conducting  the  busi¬ 
ness  are  excellent,  and  admirably  adapted  to  the  purposes  designed,  a  large  number  of  hands  being 
employed  m  the  yard,  Mr.  Coyle  has_  lieen  a  resident  of  this  city  for  over  30  years,  and  sup- 
plying  the  trade  with  a  first-class  quality  of  coal  adds  greatly  to  the  comfort  and  material  inter¬ 
ests  of  our  citizens.  He  sustains  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  prompt  and  reliable  business  man, 
highly  esteemed  as  a  liberal  and  public  spirited  citizen.  a  j 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  91 


I  E.  J.  SOUBY — Artist  Photographer,  No.  113  Cana!  Street.  | 

In  every  city  there  are  individnal  examples  of  men  whose  long'  connection  with  its  business  pur-  j 
"  suits,  whose  prominence  in  all  matters  of  public  enteiijrise,  and  whose  record  for  unflinching  integ- 
I  rity,  undaunted  energy  and  untiring  industry,  make  them  objects  of  special  note — not  alone  m 
I-  their  homes,  but  wherever  exalted  commercial  reputation  is  recognized  and  respected.  There  are 
I  few  men  now  engaged  in  Vjusiness  in  this  city  who  have  been  longer  associated  with  its  mercantile 
•  interests  than  E.  J.  Souby.  He  commenced^his  present  enterprise  before  the  late  war,  and  has  been 
:  actively  engaged  in  the  photographic  business  ever  since.  This  house,  through  all  the  vicissitudes  j 
'  of  trade,  maintained  the  even  tenor  of  its  way,  his  transactions  has  increased  year  by  year,  and  his  i 
position  in  the  commercial  world  growing  more  prominent.  He  uses  in  his  work  all  the  latest  and  i 
'  most  improved  apparatus  known  in  the  photographic  art.  He  uses  the  modern  style  of  lens,  and  j 
was  the  first  photographer  to  introduce  the  new  dry -plate  instantaneous  process  successfully,  and  i 
'  takes  instantaneous  pictures.  Moonlight  promenade  Rembrandt  photographs  are  taken  at  this  es- 
i  tablishment.  Old  pictures  carefully  copied  and  enlarged.  All  negatives  preserved.  He  employs 
six  educated  and  experienced  artists,  and  is  prepared  to  promptly  attend  upon  the  wants  of  all  who 
may  visit  his  well  known  art  gallery.  The  rooms  occupied  are  commodious,  and  fitted  up  and  es¬ 
pecially  arranged  for  this  business ; 'in  fact,  it  IS  one  of  the  most  perfectly  arranged  and  complete 
establishment  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Souby  is  a  native  bom  Louisianian,  md  is  well  known  in 
this  community  for  his  prompt,  upright  and  honorable  dealings.  He  has  an  experience  of  twenty- 
five  years  in  this  special  branch  of  business,  and  is  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  require¬ 
ments  of  his  trade.  We  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  gentlemen 
worthy  of  the  Adlest  confidence  and  deserving  of  a  liberal  patronage. 

WM.  HOGAN,  AGENT — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Boots  and  Shoes,  Trunks,  Valises, 

dr.,  No.  99  Canal  Street. 

i  Desirably  located  in  a  prosperous  section  of  the  cify,  the  boot  and  shoe  house  of  Mr.  Hogan  is 
worthy  of  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  business  interests  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans.  This 
house*  was  originally  founded  in  1847,  but  the  present  firm  was  organized  in  1857,  and  since  that 
time  the  business  has  been  successfully  conducted,  increasing  from  year  to  year  until  at  present  he 
employes  about  twenty-five  hands,  and  does  a  large  annual  business,  the  trade  extending  over 
the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  the 
liuilding  being  80x90  feet  in  size,  which  is  filled  from  top  to  bottom  with  a  complete  and.  carefully 
selected  stock  of  all  kinds  of  boots  and  shoes,  which  he  offers  to  the  trade  at  the  lowest  cash  prices. 
Mr.  Hogan  is  a  native  of  Europe,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  well  and 
favorably  known  in  this  community  as  an  honorable,  rehable  and  upright  citizen,  justly  entitled  to 
the  liberal  patronage  being  extended.  We  cheerfully  commend  the  house  of  Win.  Hogan  to  the 
readers  of  this  work  as  an  establishment  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  re¬ 
lations. 


CRESCENT  INSURANCE  COMPANY— W.  R.  Lyman,  President,  Chas.  E.  Rice,  Secretary, 

Corner  Camp  Street  and  Commercial  Place. 

In  depictmg  the  varied  industries  and  resources  of  New  Orleans,  it  would  be  unfair  to  omit  those 
great  enterprises  which,  emanating  from  capital,  are  ahke  protective  of  the  opulent  and  the  indi¬ 
gent,  conducing  directly  to  the  safety,  sohdity  and  com¬ 
fort  of  the  community.  Of  these  the  insurance  compa¬ 
nies,  both  life  and  fire,  must  always  take  a  prominent 
’place  as  institutions  beneficent,  practical  and  indispensable 
Ito  the  civilized  conduct  of  affairs.  The  Crescent  Mutual 
I  Insurance  Company  was  first  organized  in  1849.  the  first 
bneeting  of  subscribers  being  held  May  23d  of  that  year. 
In  June,  1880,  the  present  officers  of  the  Company  decid¬ 
ed  to  make  a  thorough  organization,  and  the  affairs  of 
the  Crescent  Mutual  were  wound  up  and  the  Company 
proceeded  under  the  present  title,  reinsuring  all  outstand¬ 
ing  risks  of  the  Mutual.  The  capital  stock  carried  is 
placed  at  $400,000,  and  since  its  organization  in  1849, 
about  $9,(X)0,000  have  been  paid  out  for  losses  by  this 
Company,  mainly  in  the  Southwest.  They  still  continue 
to  take  insurance  on  fire,  marine  and  river  risks,  and 
[have  over  one  hundred  agencies  in  Louisiana,  Mississippi, 
I  Arkansas  and  Texas,  the  Board  of  Trustees  comprising 
Inanies  well  known  throughout  the  Southern  country,  and 
5where  known  respected  for  worth  and  business  activity. 
H'he  aim  of  its  managers  is  to  constantly  add  to  its  sur- 
fplus,  and  build  up  in  the  Southwest  a  strong  institution. 
To  this  end  they  seek  the  patronage  of  the  entire  South.  vSuch  is  a  brief  resume  of  the  admirable 
facilities  possessed  by  this  Company — facilities  which  have  placed  them  among  the  responsible  and 
prominent  of  the  underwriting  fraternity  in  this  city,  and  entitles  them  to  the  extensive  business 
which  they  know  so  well  how  to  faster  and  promote. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


THE  MENGE  PATENT  DREDGE — Joseph  Menge  Proprietor,  Office  No.  22  Union  Street. 

In  collecting’  material  for,  and  compiling  a  work  of  this  character,  it  is  well  to  include  historical 
matter  and  tacts  regarding  the  resources  and  institutions  of  the  city  and  its  environs,  and  embrace 

notices  of  a  number  of  the  more  important 


inventions.  Among  the  leading  and  most 
noted  among  this  class  of  enterprises  in 
New  Orleans,  might  be  mentioned  that 


.  _  of 

Joseph  Menge,  inventor  and  proprietor  of 
“The  Menge  Dredge.”  Nearly  four  years 
ago  the  first  dredge  on  this  new  principle 
was  built  and  worked  successfully  ;  in  the 
meantime  the  inventor  has  spared  no  pains 
nor  expense  that  experience  might  suggest 
in  improving  and  perfecting  his  machine. 
Light  of  these  dredges  are  now  in  opera¬ 
tion  fin  Louisiana  and  Florida  and  he  has 
orders  for  and  is  building  three  more.  El¬ 
evation  of  crane  from  22  feet  ;  variation 
of  crane  table  to  dig  from  1  to  9  feet  deep  ; 
discharge  chute  35  feet  long  from  edge  of 
boat  ;  hull  65  feet  long  by  18  feet  beam,  43^ 
feet  hold,  20  horse  power  engine  running 
22  buckets  of  334  cubic  feet  capacity.  The 
excavating  capacity  of  this  sized  dredge  is 
from  1,200  to  1,800  cubic  yards  for  10  hours 
work.  Chute  with  the  drop  bucket  is  plac¬ 
ed  in  front  of  crane  post.  A  shutter  di¬ 
vides  the  excavations,  or  throws  them  to 
the  right  or  left,  according  to  position  given 
The  crane  when  in  operation,  is  swung 
from  side  to  side,  and  at  each  sweep,  the 
windlass  is  thrown  in  gear  and  boat  pulled 
up  to  its  work  a  distance  proportionate  to 
depth  dug  ;  the  rule  however,  with  lever 
tender  being  to  pull  up  so  that  the  buckets 
come  up  loaded.  The  crane  table  is  held 
to  crane  frame  above  by  radious  bars  and 
supported  below  on  projecting  gunwales  by 
rack  and  pinion,  by  which  the  table  and 
crane  resting  thereon  can  be  adjusted  to 
depth  to  be  dug  3  his  table  has  two  tracks 
curved  in  reverse  directions,  on  these  rest 
the  castor  wheels  which  support  the  crane. 
The  channel  cut  by  this  dredge  is  a  perfect 
grove,  level  bottom  and  straight  sides .  To 
the  sides  of  each  of  the  wheels  at  lower  end 
of  crane  are  fixed  6  triangular-shaped  cut¬ 
ters  made  of  34  inch  steel  plates.  These 
cutters  act  as  the  lips  of  an  augur  and  when 
the  crane  is  brought  laterally  into  bank 
rapidly  cut  away  the  soil,  roots,  &c  ,  and 
even  stumps  are  in  a  short  while  reduced. 
The  material  so  detached  being  taken  up 
by  the  buckets  Chutes  for  carrying  off 
excavations  are  made  of  wood  ;  a  plain 
trough  10  inch  sides  8  feet  in  width  ;  bottom 
.  ^  _  lined  with  sappy  ceiling  forms  the  best 

seiflSng  surface.  Chutes  are  hinged  at  either  side  of  boat,  and  outer  end  supported  by  projecting 
boom  and  tackle  by  means  of  which  the  required  incline  is  readily  given  for  free  sliding  off  of  material 
excavated  Two  kinds  of  dredge  buckets  are  used,  the  automatic  drop  bottom  bucket  and  the  par¬ 
allel  motion  bucket.  The  ordinary  buckle  chain  wheel  is  used  ;  in  this  the  pitch  or  distance  from 
tooth  to  tooth  remains,  of  course,  constant,  whiles  the  chain  wears  or  stretches,  as  we  may  say,  and 
its  pitch  is  always  increasing,  until  it  finally  rides  the  teeth,  thus  becoming  useless.  A  good  chain 
will  run  from  T*  to  12  months  before  it  ceases  to  operate  freely.  The  attachment  of  buckets  to  their 
chains  and  the  uniform  strain  and  free  and  easy  movement  of  chains  about  the  drums  or  wheels,  are 
beautiful  features  in  this  dredge.  The  Menge  Patent  Dredge  for  cutting  canals,  making  levees 
d’ edging  out  rivers,  buyous,  &c.,  is  acknowledged  to  be  the  cheapest  and  most  economical  dredge  of 
the  day,  and  is  unequalled  for  speed  and  perfection  of  its  work  Persons  interested  in  this  subject, 
would  do  well  to  examine  into  the  merits  of  the  “Menge  Dredge  ”  Territoi’y  for  sale  Right  to 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  93 


build  and  operate  on  royalty  can  be  obtained.  Mr.  Menge,  the  inventor  and  builder  of'this  valuable 
machine,  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  people  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans.  He  is  a  young, 
energetic,  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizen,  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  men  of  this  coftimunity. 


G,  B.  REUSS  &  CO. — Iron  Wind  Engine  Agents  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  42 

Union  Street. 

Among  those  industries  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  enter¬ 
prise  of  Messrs.  G.  B.  Reuss  &  Co.,  deserves  mention.  Identified  so  closely  with  the  growth  and 

commercial  well-being  of  this  city,  they  occupy  a  place  that  re¬ 
dounds  no  little  to  the  ( stablishment  of  a  reputation  for  New 
Orleans  in  keeping  with  its  real  merits.  This  firm  are  the  sole 
agents  in  this  city  for  the  “Croft’s  Improved  Iron  Wind  En-  i 
gine,"  manufactured  by  E.  C.  Leffel,  Springfield,  Ohio.  .The  ' 
old  adage  that  “the  best  is  the  cheapest’’  will,  no  doubt,  be  j 
true  in  comparing  this  wind-mill  with  any  other  manufactured,  i 
'[’he  mistakes  heretofore  made  m  the  construction  of  wind-  i 
mills  have  been  obviated  in  this.  They  claim  for  it  the  follow-  ! 
ing  advantages  not  possessed  by  any  other  mill :  First,  that  : 
the  bucket  of  our  wind-mill  is  so  constructed  as  to  get  the  i 

full  power  of  the  wind,  without  clogging,  or  breaking  its  ‘ 

force  on  the  inside  edge  of  the  bucket,  as  it  travels  at  nearly  the  i 
same  rate  of  speed  as  the  outer  edge.  This  is  not  the  case  I 
with  most  wheels.  This  wheel  presents  somewhat  the  ap-  ' 
pearance  of  a  Turbine  water  wheel.  The  buckets  are  about  j 
three  feet  long  and  two  feet  wide;  fastened  securely  to  curved  i 
iron  ribs,  and  bolted  firmly  to  a  double  set  of  13^x5-16  iron  arms.  : 
(Wood  amis  can  be  used,  but  iron  are  preferable.)  The  arms  are  I 
cone  hub  comes  back  over  a  16-inch  babbit  box,  and  is  balanced  i 
to  ran  perfectly  free  and  easy,  and  without  unnecessary  friction,  (a  leading  point  in  its  favor,  as  com-  j 
pared  with  other  wheels.)  It  is  simply  but  durably  braced,  and  as  the  wheel  has  a  double  set  of 
arms,  connected  at  the  ends,  it  forms  a  double  brace  of  itself,  and  will  stand  the  force  of  any  storm. 
This  powerful  wheel  is  mounted  on  one  of  the  strongest  and  best  turn-tables  now  made,  which  en-  | 
ables  the  wheel  to  govern  itself  so  perfectly  that  it  never  gets  out  of  order.  Some  of  these  mills  have  I 

been  in  constant  use  over  four  years,  and  never  had  a  touch  of  repairing,  and  will  run  so  for  years 

to  come.  This  firm  is  also  engaged  in  the  commission  business,  having  started  the  business  in  1866. 
They  are  well  and  fevorably  known  to  the  business  men  of  New  Orleans,  as  thorough,  reliable  and 
trustworthy  gentlemen.  I'hey  make  a  specialty  of  buying  cotton  and  cotton  seed  oil  cake  for 
foreign  markets,  their  trade  being  largely  located  in  Liverpool  and  other  markets  upon  the  Conti¬ 
nent.  The  office  and  sample  rooms,  located  at  No  42  Union  street,  are  28x50  feet  in  size,  and  well 
lighted  and  specially  arranged  for  the  business.  Thos(^  having  business  relations  with  the  firm  of 
G.  B,  Reuss  k  Co.  may  depend  upon  receiving  all  the  advantages  that  result  from  a  long  experi¬ 
ence,  large  facilities  arid  undoubted  reliability,  for  they  are  men  that  enjoy  the  respect  in  a  high 
degree  of  their  fellow-citizens.  They  solicit  consignments  of  sugar,  molasses,  rice,  cotton  and 
Western  produce  generally,  which  they  will  give  prompt  attention. 

SCHWABACHER  &  HIRSCH — Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  66  to  72  Magazine,  and  91  to 

93  Poydras  Street. 

One  of  the  most  favorably  known  and  prominent  commission  houses  in  the  city  is  that  of  Messrs, 
Schwabacher  &  Hirsch,  which  was  founded  in  1866  by  Julius  Schwabacher  and  Abe  Hirsch,  with 
an  ample  capital.  Their  business,  however,  has  steadily  increased  since  that  date  until  now.  Their 
trade  is  regularly  improving  each  succeeding  year.  The  premises  occupied,  consisting  of  two  build¬ 
ings,  are  large  and  commodious,  and  well  adapted  to  the  business  for  which  they  are  used.  Four¬ 
teen  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  this  establishment . 
The  office  affairs  are  attended  to  by  a  gentlemanly  book-keeper,  who  is  always  polite  and  attentive 
to  customers  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Julius  Schwabacher,  Abe  Hirsch  and  Mor¬ 
ris  Schwabacher,  the  latter  gentleman,  the  resident  partner,  w  o  is  also  a  director  in  the  Germania 
National  Bank,  and  was  President  jorn  tem  of  that  institution  during  the  summer  of  1881,  They 
are  aU  active,  energetic  thorough-going  business  men,  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  detads  of 
the  commission  business.  It  is  due  to  the  enterprise,  ability  and  energy  of  such  men  that  the 
Crescent  City  is  indebted  for  the  high  position  she  holds  among  the  cities  of  the  Union.  Possessing 
unrivaled  facilities  and  adroitly  managed,  this  firm  is  fully  entitled  to  the  signal  prosperity  that  at¬ 
tends  its  operations.  They  also  have  a  house  in  Chicago,  Hirsch  &  Schw^acher,  No.  6  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  which  renders  them  additional  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  their  large  business. 
Liberal  advancements  made  on  consignments  to  the  address  of  either  house.  For  the  consignment 
of  Western  produce  of  all  kinds  either  at  Chicago  or  here,  no  house  can  be  found  better  conducted 
or  financially  reliable. 


y4  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


ALEX.  SHLENKER  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  31  Perdido  St. 

This  House  was  originally  established  in  1876,  by  the  present  firm  with  ample  capital,  and  has 
been  a  success  from  the  start.  They  handle  during  the  year  from  20.000  to  25,000  bales  of  cotton, 
the  principal  part  of  which  comes  from  the  states  ot  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Texas,  which  they 
sell  on  the  market  at  the  highest  obtainable  price.  Being  possessed  of  a  large  capital,  this  firm  is 
amply  prepared  to  make  advances  on  consignments,  and  render  all  facilities  known  to  the  trade. 
Nme  competent  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  busi¬ 
ness.  The  offices  and  sample  rooms  are  commodious  and  well  lighted,  and  in  fact  ever jdhing  pertain¬ 
ing  to  the  establishment  is  conveniently  arranged  for  successfully  conducting  the  business.  The 
individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Alex .  Shlenker,  D  A  Shlenker  and  L  Levy,  all  of  whom  are 
practical  and  experienced  cotton  men,  having  been  engaged  in  the  trade  for  the  past  fifteen  years 
'J'hey  are  all  well  known  m  commercial  circles  as  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  men  and  enjoy  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  the  business  community. 

AUGUSTE  DOUSSAN — Manufacturer  and  Jobber  of  Perfumery  and  Toilet  Soaps,  No.  46 

Chartres  Street. 

This  well  known  establishment  was  started  in  1852  by  Messrs.  Doussan  &  Jorequier,  Mr.  Doussan 
succeeding  to  the  business  in  1866.  By  industry',  enterprise  and  good  management  he  has  increased 
his  business  steadily  from  year  to  year,  until  now  he  occupies  the  entire  commodious  store  at  No.  46 
Chartres  street,  together  ^vith  a  large  three  story  warehouse  in  the  rear,  and  emplovs  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  men  constantly  in  the  prosecution  of  this  entei-prise.  Perfumery  and  toilet  soaps  of  vari¬ 
ous  qualities  and  in  great  quantities  are  manufactured  by  Mr.  Doussan.  and  his  manufactures  are 
in  great  demand  throughout  the  city.  He  also  makes  the  packages  in  which  his  goods  are  sold, 
and  caiTies  at  all  times  a  very  large  and  well  assorted  stock,  which  is  sold  in  wholesale  quantities 
to  the  trade  of  New  Orleans.  Mobile.  Galveston  and  other  cities.  Mr.  Doussan  has  had  over 
twenty-five  years  experience  in  this  business,  and  is  in  every  way  qualified  to  meet  the  requirements 
of  his  trade  in  the  very  best  manner.  His  patrons  in  the  past,*  still  are  numbered  among  his  cus¬ 
tomers,  and  eveiy  one  having  dealings  with  him  is  well  satisfied  with  the  liberal  and  upright  man¬ 
ner  in  which  he  conducts  his  business.  In  compihng  the  industries  of  a  manufacturing  character 
in  New  Orleans,  it  gives  us  pleasure  to  mention  tliis  long  tried  and  honorable  house  as  m  every  way 
deserving  of  the  liberal  patronage  it  is  now  receiving  from  this  and  neighboiing  cities. 

WIDOW  GEORGE  HUYE — Steam  Box  Factory,  No  71  Chartres  St. 

Tlie  manufacture  of  wood,  cigar  and  paper  boxes,  as  conducted  by  ^Yidow  Geo.  Huye,  at  No.  71 
Chartres  street,  is  entitled  to  more  than,  a  passing  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  business  indus¬ 
tries  and  interests  of  the  Crescent  City.  Established  in  1850,  by  George  Huye,  who  continued  the 
business  until  1876,  when,  after  his  death,  the  enterprise  was  continued  by  Mrs.  Huye.  Starting 
on  a  small  capital,  this  house  has,  year  by  year,  increased  its  facilities  and  extended  its  trade  until 
now  it  is  one  of  the  leading  box  factories  in  New  Orleans,  and  second  to  none  in  the  South.  The 
premises  occupied  are  30x100  feet  in  size,  and  admirably  adapted  for  the  special  business  for  which 
it  is  being  used.  Ten  male  and  twenty-five  female  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  dif¬ 
ferent  departments  of  the  establishment.  A  two-horse  power  engine  is  used  to  furnish  the  motive 
power  for  driving  the  machinery  in  the  factor^'.  The  trade  of  this  well  known  establishment  is 
largely  confined  to  the  city  and  vicinity,  selling  principally  to  dealers  and  manufacturers.  Mm. 
Huye  was  bom  in  Florida,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  since  a  child,  and  has  an  experience  of 
thirty  years  in  this  special  branch  of  business.  She  occupies  a  conspicuous  place  among  the  busi¬ 
ness  houses  of  the  city,  which  she  admirably  fiUs,  and  has  gamed  an  enviable  reputation  among 
our  citizens  for  the  excellence  of  her  workmanship  and  promptness  with  which  all  orders  are  exe¬ 
cuted. 

W.  W.  WASHBURN — Photographer,  Artist,  &c..  No.  109  Cana!  St. 

Recording  the  success  of  men  who.  by  their  individual  efforts  and  industry,  rise  from  the  compar¬ 
atively  humble  walks  of  life  to  a  faff  prominence  in  his  business  or  profession,  is  always  a  pleasure 
to  the  compiler  of  business  notes  of  a  city.  The  subject  of  tliis  sketch — Mr.  W.  W.  Washburn — 
began  business  here  in  a  small  way  in  1^9.  -Industry,  courage  and  endurance  crowned  Ms  efforts 
with  success,  and  he  now  canies  a  stock  of  from  $8,000  to  $10,00<'),  and  transacts  an  annual  busi¬ 
ness  of  over  $30,000.  Twelve  experienced  photographers  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  this  vei-y 
popular  art  emporium,  and  it  may  be  safely  asseried  that  no  establishment  in  Ms  line  throughout 
the  South  is  better  stocked  or  turns  out  finer  work,  being  embeMshed  with  all  the  latest  improve¬ 
ments  known  to  the  art  of  photography,  as  can  be  had  from  this  weil  known  and  popular  art  gal¬ 
lery.  He  uses  the  celebrated  |‘J.  H.  Dalmier’s  Lens,”  the  best  and  most  powerful  now  in  use,  as 
well  as  the  latest  improved  appliances  known  to  tliis  special  art.  The  gallery  is  spacious  and  very 
conveniently  situated  on  one  of  the  leading  business  thoroughfares  in  the  city,  and  is  handsomely 
fitted  up  and  especially  arranged  for  the  purjiose  for  wMch  it  is  being  used.  Evei-ything  necessary 
to  make  tMs  the  leading  and  most  thoroughly  complete  art  gallery  *of  the  city  has  lieen  supplied, 
and  the  gentlemanly  proprietor  will  leave  nothing  undone  to  fuUy  satisfy  all  who  visit  his  estab¬ 
lishment.  Mr.  Washburn  is  a  native  of  New  Hamiishire,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the 
photograpMc  business  for  the  past  forty  j-ears,  and  is  thoroughly  familiar  Avith  all  the  details.  The 
enterprise  of  Mr.  Washburn  is  justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and  patronage  of  the  public,  and 
Ms  energy  and  reliability  to  the  esteem  wMch  such  talents  inspire. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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i  ROBERTS  &.  CO. — Louisiana  Steam  Sash,  Blind  and  Door  Factory,  Nos.  299,  301,  303 

;  305  and  301  Gravier  Street,  Branch  Office  52  Carondelet  Street. 

The  Louisiana  ^team  Sash  Factory  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  useful  manufacturing-  estab¬ 
lishments  in  New  Orleans.  Its  contributions  in  the  shape  of  all  kinds  of  wood  work  enter  into  the 

completion  and  perfection  of  so  many  branches  of 
the  architects’  and  builders’  operations,  that  a  su¬ 
perficial  judge  would  suppose,  after  a  careful  inspec¬ 
tion  of  the  diverse  wood  work  executed  at  this  fac¬ 
tory,  that  there  was  very  little  left  outside  of  its 
wide  contributions  for  building  purposes  tor  the  skill 
of  the  carpenter  or  the  dexterity  of  the  joiner 
Within  the  last  ten  years  machinery  adapted  for 
ij.,wood  work  has  been  so  improved  and  perfected,  that 
I  there  is  now  hardly  any  limit  to  the  range  of  opera- 
^itions  performed  by  this  wonderful  class  of  time  and 
labor-saving  inventions.  Ingenuity  and  construct¬ 
ive  skill  in  mechanical  appliahce«,  have  become  won¬ 
derfully  developed  in  this  country  dunng  the  past 
decade;  and  in  no  one  branch  has  there  been  noted 
such  remarkable  improvements  as  are  identified  with 
the  machinery  of  a  factory’  like  that  of  Roberts  &:  Co., 
i;  which  has  been  in  successful  operation  in  this  city 
■  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  centurj’.  Its  contributions, 
while  of  a  diverse  and  widely  useful  character,  reflect  the  greatest  credit  on  the  mechanical  skill 
of  those  employed  in  its  several  constructive  departments;  and  its  manufactures  find  a  .large  and 
steady  increasing  demand  from  all  portions  of  the  South,  or  wherever  good  and  perfect  work  has 
any  consideration  with  contractors  and  builders  The  leading  member  or  managing  partner  of  this 
prominent  manufactoiy,  is  Mr.  Robert  Roberts,  who  is  not  only  a  thoroughly  practical  mechanic, 
but  is  widely  experienced  in  all  the  requirements  of  his  business,  and  is  long  and  most  favorably 
known  in  this  community  for  his  close  identification  with,  and  wide  interest  in  everything  calcula¬ 
ted  to  develop  the  manufacturing  interests  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  amelioration  of  its  numerous 
mechanics  This  factory  is  possessed  of  all  the  most  modern  appliances  for  turning  out  orders  at 
the  shortest  notice  and  in  the  very  best  manner;  and  its  stock  of  sash,  blinds,  doors,  moldings  and 
dressed  lumber  of  all  kinds,  is  quite  as  large  as  that  of  any  similar  establishment  in  this  country. 
In  its  several  yards,  factory  and  offices,  it^  gives  employment  to  a  very  large  force  of  both  skilled 
and  ordinary  labor,  numbering,  in  the  aggregate,  some  ninety  people.  Such  are  the  facilities  of 
this  leading  factory  to  execute  orders  with  dispatch,  that  many  of  them  are  completed  and  shipped 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  they  are  received;  and  planters  along  the  coast,  unless  their  order 
be  a  very  extensive  and  complicated  one,  can  have  their  wants  supplied  by  the  return  trip  of  the 
steamer  that  brings  their  order  here.  The  illustrated  catalogue  recently  published  by  this  enter¬ 
prising  firm,  is  the  most  complete  and  perfect  work  of  the  kind  we  have  ever  seen.  It  should  be 
in  the  hands  of  every  architect,  builder,  and  master  mechanic  in  the  country,  as  it  is  an  invaluable 
vade  mecum  to  all  who  desire  to  have  any  knowledge  of  the  beautiful  and  useful  in  the  construction 
and  ornamentation  of  a  building,  whether  it  be  a  cabin  or  a  cathedral.  The  whole  establishment 
is  under  the  management  and  direction  of  Mr.  William  Bell,  the  efficient  and  gentlemanly  superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  factory.  This  gentleman  has  had  an  extended  experience  in  this  line  of  business  in 
the  West,  before  taking  his  present  position  here,  and  that  he  has  given  his  entire  energies  to  his 
work  is  evident  from  the  high  standing  of  the  Louisiana  Steam  Sash,  Blind  and  Door  Factory,  at 
the  present  writing.  He  is  the  right  man  in  the  right  place,  and  many  others  of  his  stamp  are 
needed  in  New  Orleans,  to  develop  her  advantages,  and  to  demonstrate  that  this  city  can  compete 
with  rival  markets  in  supplying  manufactured  goods .  This  factory  occupies  the  extensive  prem¬ 
ises  which  number  from  299  to  307  Gravier  street,  extending  back  to  Common  on  Howard.  Branch 
office  at  No.  52  Carondelet  street,  supplied  with  telephone,  which  is  connected  with  the  main  office 
and  manufactory — ensuring  the  prompt  fulfillment  of  all  orders. 

J.  C.  MULLER — Importer  and  Jobber  of  Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods,  Hats,  Flowers, 

Feathers,  d^c.,  Nos.  63  and  65  Customhouse  Street. 

Millinery  is  an  important  branch  of  commercial  industry’.  There  is  no  one  pursuit  that  conduces 
so  rnuch  to  the  comfort  and  elegance  of  the  female  portion  of  society.  Mr.  Muller  started  this  es¬ 
tablishment  some  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  by  strict  attention  to  tlie  Avishes  of  his  customers,  has 
built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  trade.  He  employes  ten  salesmen,  and  the  work  coming  from  his 
rooms  Ls  noted  for  its  taste  and  superior  workmanship  and  finish.  He  occupies  a  spacious  three 
story  brick  building,  situated  on  one  of  the  principal  retail  streets  in  the  city,  in  which  he  carries  a 
lull  and  carefully  selected  assortment  of  millinery  and  fancy  goods,  hats,  flowers,  feathers,  ribbons, 
laces,  tnmimngs,  silks,  rufflings,  veilings,  ornaments,  &c.,  and  which  he  offers  to  the  patrons  and 
mends  of  his  house  at  the  lowest  standard  prices.  He  was  bom  in  Switzerland,  but  has  resided  in 
^ew  Orleans  for  over  twenty-five  years,  and  has  an  experience  of  twenty-five  years  in  this  special 
branch  of  business.  Mr.  Muller  has  proven  himself  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  enterprising  gen¬ 
tlemen  of  his  art.  Deserving  the  position  he  has  attained  by  tme  merit,  he  is  justly  entitled  to  the 
pubhc  patronage. 


96  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


EAGER,  ELLERMAN  &  CO. — Contractors  and  Wharf  Builders,  No.  56,  Carondelet  St. 

This  old  estabhshed  and  well  ^own  enterprise  was  founded  as  early  as  1850;  through  energy, 
skill  and  close  application  to  business  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  finn,  it  has  been  eminently 
successful,  and  now  occupies  a  pi-ominent  position.  They  make  a  leading  specialty  of  building 
I  wharves  of  all  descriptions,  steam  and  hand  pile  driving,  &:c.  The  timber  used  in  their  business  is  ' 
largely  obtained  on  the  line  of  the  Jackson  Rail  Road  and  from  across  the  lakes.  They  keep  con¬ 
stantly  on  hand  a  large  assortment  of  piles  ranging  from  twelve  to  fifteen  inches  square  and  are 
i  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  at  short  notice.  From  twenty-five  to  four  hundred  men  are  kept  employed 
■  varying  according  to  the  demands  of  business;  three  large  Steam  Pile  Drivers  are  used  and  everj’- 
I  t^g  pertaining  to  the  successful  prosecution  of  their  business  is  supplied  by  the  finri.  Their  prin- 
I  cipal  business  is  located  along  the  banks  of  tho  IMississippi  river,  a  large  number  of  the  wharves 
'  having  been  built  by  them.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  all  practical  men  thoroughly 
I  conversant  with  ever\’  detail  of  theii*  business.  The  success  that  has  been  attamed  is  a  remarkable 
:  example  of  what  may  be  accomphshed  by  industry  and ‘enterprise.  Prompt  and  reliable  in  ah  busi- 
'  ness  transactions,  possessing  unusual  facilities,  the  firm  of  Eager,  Ellerman  &  Co.,  is  ineverj^  way  a 
^  desirable  concern  with  which  to  establish  business  relations.  Tlie  firm  is  widely  and  favorably  known 
as  the  late  lessees  of  the  wharves  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  from  June  29th,  1875,  to  May  29th, 
1881.  When  they  took  possession,  the  wharves  were  utterly  dilapidated  and  a  debt  of  $682,000  in 
wharf  bonds  and  a  judgment  of  $80,*^  00  m  favor  of  certain  steamboats,  was  assumed  by  the  lessees; 

I  they  also  agi’eed  to  pay  the  city  $80,000  per  annum  fqr  pohce,  hghts  and  salaries  of  wharfingers 
:  the  whole  amounting  to  upwards  of  one  million  of  dollars.  It  is  sufficient  commendation  of  this 
firm  to  state  that  aU  the  obhgations  assumed  by  them-  have  been  comphed  with.  Every  dollar  of 
;  wharf-bond  and  other  indebtedness  has  been  paid,  and  the  wharves  and  landings  under  their  man- 
I  agement  during  the  period  of  twenty-six  years  were  kept  always  in  a  condition  to  answer  every 
I  demand  of  the  commerce  of  New  Orleanr. 


PICAYUNE  SAW  MILL — F.  Fischer  &  Son,  Proprietors,  foot  of  Carrolton  Avenue. 

Among  the  sketches  of  industries  carried  on  in  this  busy  cifr,  this  one  of  F.  Fischer  &  Son  is  by 
no  me^s  to  be  overlooked.  It  is  a  branch  of  industry  requiring  great  business  sagacity  and  skill  to 
I  make  it  a  success.  This  business  was  originally  started  by  the  present  firm  about  seventeen  years 
ago  on  only  a  moderate  capital.  Tlieir  business  was  originally  small  but  has  been  immensely  in¬ 
creased  by  the  individual  industry  and  excellent  and  systematic  management  of  the  firm,  imtil  now 
,  it  is  the  leading  firm  in  this  line  of  business  in  aU  this  section.  They  are  prepared  to  do  all  toids  of 
sawing  on  short  notice  and  on  the  most  reasonable  terms.  From  seventy- five  to  one  hundred  hands 
are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  then*  business ;  their  annual  transactions 
amounting  to  over  three  million  feet  of  lumber.  A  thirty  horse  power  engine  of  the  most  improved 
pattern  is  used  to  furnish  the  necessary  motive  power  to  drive  the  required  machinery  used  in  the 
mdl.  The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious,  the  buildings  and  yards  covering  an  area  of 
four  entire  squares  of  gi'ound  and  are  supplied  with  every  facility  for  canwing  on  this  special  hne  of 
,  business.  Their  trade  extends  over  the  city  and  throughout  the  entire  Southern  countiy.  The  indi- 
1  vidual  members  of  the  firm  are,  F.  Fischer  and  F.  Fischer,  jr..  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly  con- 
:  versant  with  the  Saw  Mill  business  in  all  its  details  and  are  well  and  favorably  known  in  commercial 
circles,  as  honorable,  reliable  and  trust- worthy  citizens  who  are  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  all  who  have  business  relations  with  them.  They  occiipj^  a  leading  position  among  the 
i  prominent  dealers  of  the  city,  and  have  established  a  reputation  for  their  mill  and  themselves  equal 
^  to  that  of  any  in  the  South.  We  commend  the  firm  of  F.  Fischer  &  Son  to  the  readers  of  this  work 
I  as  being  composed  of  gentlemen  worthy  of  all  confidence  and  justly  entitled  to  liberal  public  par- 
j  ronage. 


BUSCH  &  HAGSTETTE — Nanufacturers  of  Fire  and  Burglar-Proof  Safes  and  Vault 

I  Doors,  (&c..  No  14  Perdido  Street.  j 

One  of  the  most  important  industries  in  the  city,  and  which  requires  the  greatest  scientific  skiU,  j 

i  is  the  fire  and  burglar-proof  safe  business.  This  establishment  was  started  in  December,  1881,  | 
selecting  the  commodious  salesroom  No.  14  Perdido  street,  30x80  feet  in  size,  with  a  large  manu¬ 
facturing  shop  in  the  rear,  being  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  and  i 
tools  necessary  for  conducting  this  special  branch  of  business.  The  proprietors  were  both  born  in  [ 
Europe,  but  have  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  ! 
details  and  requirements  of  their  trade.  They  make  the  manufacturing,  repairing  and  moving  of  ^ 
safes  a  specialty,  and  also  do  a  lock-smithing,  bell-hanging  and  sign-hanging  business.  This  firm  j 
have  made  many  valuable  improvements  in  lire  and  burglar-proof  safes,  and  turn  out  no  work  but  | 
in  a  perfect  and  guaranteed  condition.  Tliey  emploj"  none  but  skillful  workmen,  and  give  their  i 
personal  supervision  to  all  work  consigned  to  them  Orders  from  the  countiy  and  from  steamers  , 
and  steamboats  promptly  attended  to.  They  also  repair  safes  and  locks  on  board  steamers  without  : 
renioval.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  energetic,  honorable  and  trustworthy  citizens,  ^nd  justlj"  ■ 
entitled  to  the  confidence  of  the  community.  We  commend  the  house  of  Busch  A  Hagstette  as  be-  i 
ing  pne  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations  j 


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STEWART  BROTHERS  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants  and  Cotion  Factors,  46  Union  St. 

A  prominent  branch  of  industry,  which  is  extensively  carried  on  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  is 
the  commission  and  cotton  business.  Asa  representative  house  engaged  in  this  important  branch 
of  industry  may  be  mentioned  that  of  Messrs.  Stewart  Brothers  &  Co.,  whose  commission  office  and 
cotton  samples  room  are  located  at  No.  46  Union  street.  This  enterprise  was  first  started  in  New 
Orleans  in  1865,  which,  by  industry,  perseverance  and  strict  attention  to  business,  has  been  grad¬ 
ually  increased  irom  year  to  year  until  they  have  now  established  a  prosperous  and  growing  trade. 
They  do  an  extensive  business  with  the  “Up  River”  country,  from  the  States  of  Mississippi,  Ar¬ 
kansas  and  Tennessee.  This  house  being  associated  with  Messrs.  Stewart,  Gwyime  A  Co.,  of  Mem¬ 
phis,  Tenn.,  are  prepared  to  offer  extra  inducements  to  customers  from  that  section  of  the  country. 
They  employ  five  male  assistants,  all  of  whom  are  educated  and  thoroughly  trained  m  this  special 
branch  of  business,  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid.  Their  annual  sales  in  cotton  alone 
aggregate  twenty-five  thousand  bales,  and  besides  doing  a  large  business  m  sugars,  syrups,  Ac., 
which  they  sell  principally  to  the  jobbing  trade  in  this  and  other  large  cities.  The  individual 
members  of  this  firm  are  old  and  experienced  cotton  men,  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and 
requirements  of  the  business.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  transactions, 
they  are  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  general  public. 

R.  M.  WALMSLEY  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  36  Perdido  St. 

‘This  house  enjoys  a  reputation  of  which  the  proprietors  have  a  right  to  be  proud.  It  is  an  estab¬ 
lishment  deserving  more  than  a  passing  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  industries  and  commercial 
pursuits  of  New  Orleans.  The  business  of  this  establishment  is  conducted  on  the  highest  principles 
of  honor,  with  great  energy  and  ability,  and  to  these  facts,  together  with  the  genial,  courteous 
manners  of  the  members  of  tlie  firm,  is  due  the  eminent  success  it  has  attained  and  the  prominent  po¬ 
sition  it  occupies  in  the  commercial  affairs  of  the  city.  This  establishment  was  founded  in  1865,  under 
the  firm  name  of  C.  L.  Walmsley  A  Co.,  and  was  reorganized  in  1879  under  the  present  firm 
name,  with  an  ample  capital.  Their  business  is  large,  requiring  the  assistance  of  twelve  competent 
and  experienced  men  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment.  Their  consignments  are 
largely  from  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Arkansas.  They  are  amply  prepared  to  make  liberal  ad¬ 
vances  on  all  consignments  and  account  sales,  and  remittances  promptly  returned-  The  office  and 
sample  rooms  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  being  25x8b  feet  in  size,  well  lighted  and 
especially  arranged  and  furnished  for  this  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  R.  M. 
Walmsley  and  John  J.  Barr,  both  of  whom  are  gentlemen  of  large  experience  in  this  branch  of 
trade,  having  been  actively  engaged  in  the  cotton  business  for  many  years  in  this  city.  Mr.  Walms¬ 
ley  IS  a  native  of  Mainland,  while  Mr  Barr  was  born  in  the  State  of  Delaware.  They  are  prompt, 
reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  transactions,  men  of  high  character,  great  energy  and 
extended  popularitv,  and  rank  high  among  the  business  community. 

Among  the  numerous  painters  and  calsomining  artists 
in  New  Orleans,  none  deserve  any  more  favorable  men¬ 
tion  in  a  work  of  this  character  than  does  “Uniacke,” 
whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  14  Exchange 
Alley.  This  important  enterprise  was  started  in  1855, 
by  the  present  proprietor,  and  by  industry,  pluck  and 
ability,  he  has  succeeded  in  increasing  his  business 
with  each  succeeding  year  until  at  present  he  employs 
twenty  first-class  men,  and  is  doing  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  profitable  trades  of  any  house  engaged  in 
this  line  in  New  Orleans.  All  his  work  is  done  in  the 
most  artistic  manner,  and  will  compare  favorably  with 
any  metropolitan  establishment  in  the  United  States. 

His  premises  are  centrally  located,  and  are  especially 
arranged  for  his  work.  His  trade  extends  throughout 
the  city  and  surrounding  country,  and  is  constantly  in¬ 
creasing.  Mr.  Uniacke  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  but  has 
resided  in  New  Orleans  since  1847,  and  has  been  ac¬ 
tively  engaged  in  his  present  business  for  over  thirty 
years.  The  success  that  has  attended  his  enterprise  in 
business,  and  the  prominent  position  attained  in  the 
commercial  community,  starting  with  small  means,  is 
an  indication  of  great  ability  and  energy.  He  is  a 
gentleman  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who 
know  him,  for  his  genial  qualities  and  upright,  hon¬ 
orable  life. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


HALLEN  &  CO. — General  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Staves,  Hoop-Poles  &c 

Office  No.  22  Umon  Street  ^  >  ‘f 

prominent  firms  engaged  tn  this  branch  of  inclustrj^  in  Xew  Orleans  the  house  of  Hal- 
len  A  to.  IS  deserving  of  special  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character.  A  g-eneral  commission  busi¬ 
ness  IS  done  besides  being  heavj^  dealers  in  staves,  hoop-poles,  oak  and^  cypress  timber  Liberal 
advances  made  on  consignments.  The  business  was  first  started  in  New  Orleans  by  Mr.  Hallen  in 
18 he  having  been  engaged  therein  formerly  at  other  points  for  ten  years,  and  met  with  unusual 

annual  sales  in  staves  to  the  foreign  markets  will  reach  from  $l,o00,0(  0  to 
f  A000,000  Four  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed.  Hr  Hallen,  the  head  of  the  firm 
IS  an  experienced  man  in  this  branch  of  trade  and  well  acquainted  with  aU  the  details  and  require¬ 
ments  ot  the  same.  Prompt,  reliable  and  trustworthy,  he  is  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  patronao-e  of 


MELLE.  M.  BAUMAN. — French  Millinery,  No.  172  Cana!  St. 

There  is  no  more  important  branch  of  commercial  industry^  than  the  millinery  trade,  and  it  may 
not  be  umnter^tmg  to  the  feinimne  readers  of  the  “Industries  of  New  Orleans”  to  receive  some 
mtognation  pertaining  to  this  department  of  trade  which  may  result  in  future  advantage  Melle. 
M.  Bahman  succeeded  Mrs  H .  Hirschburg  &  Co.,  in  1881  and  occupying  a  storeroom  30x90  feet  in 
size  just  9pposite  the  Grand  Opera  House,on  Canal  street,  posesses  aU  the  advantages  of  an  excellent 
location  in  bulling  up  a  wide-spread  trade.  Melle.  Baliman  has  acquired  a  minute  knowledge  of  a 
a  branch  of  trade  requiring  a  fine  perception  of  the  gradations  in  color  and  a  taste  at  once  artistic 
and  cultivated.  Sixteen  assistants  are  employed  in  the  trimmmg  department,  skilled  and  experi¬ 
enced  m  this  business,  none  but  the  best  and  most  artistic  trimmers  being  engaged  and  a  porter  is 
•also  employed,  altogether  making  this  the  most  complete  and  fashionable  house  in  the  city  Country 
orders  are  promptly  attended  to  and  in  the  latest  styles  for  any  season  of  the  year  she  is  prepared  to 
otter  to  the  trade  a  complete  and  attractive  stock,  difficult,  if  possible,  in  assortment  and  prices,  to 
duphcate  at  any  other  point.  ^ 


BAKELER  &  UGLAND—Ship  Chandlers  and  Grocers,  No.  22  Peters  Street. 

From  a  careful  perusal  of  the  editorial  mention  made  concerning  the  many  commercial  houses 
whose  history  and  facilities  are  depicted  in  a  measure  in  the  preceding  and  following  pages  of  this 

rernembered  that  few  have  had  an  existence  of  over  twenty  years,  as  is  the  case 
with  the  establishment  forming  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  consequently  are  not  as  closely  allied 
to  and  illustrative  of,  toe  growth,  development  and  greatness  of  this  city,  as  compared  with  the  stat¬ 
us  two  decades  ago.  This  enterprise  was  first  started  m  1855.  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Hasling  who  successfully 
prosecuted  the  business  until  18/9,  when  the  present  firm  succeeded  to  the  control.  A  buildinn  three 
stories  m  height  and  30x160  feet  in  size  is  occupied  by  this  firm  and  a  full  stock  of  groceries  and  ship 
cttandlerj-  goods  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  the  average  value  being  nlaced  at  $10,000.  Eight 

and  the  proprietors  give  personal  attention  to  the  trade.  Situated  near  the 
Lnited  States  xMint  and  close  to  the  nver,  this  house  enjoys  a  flourishing  trade,  selling  mostly  to 
ships,  the  sales  reaching  $100,^00  per  annum.  Messrs  E.  Bakeler  and  A.  E.  Ugland  compose  the 
to,  the  former  a  native  of  New  Orleans,  the  latter  of  Arendal,  both  weU  known  gentlemen 
throughout  the  city  for  their  enterpnse  and  general  business  qualifications  It  is  not  surprising  that 
this  firm  should  have  nsen  to  the  important  standing  it  has  attained  in  this  community  and  from  the 

unhmited  knowledge  pf  the  trade  possessed  by  them  a  steady  continuation  of  their  success  may  be 
depended  upon  ^ 


AYCOCK,  MIC  HELL  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants  for  the  Sale  of  Live  Stock,  Office  at 

Stock  Landing. 

The  amount  of  money  annually  invested  in  the  live  stock  busmess  of  New  Orleans  is  something 
which  would  startle  a  person  knowmg  nothing  of  its  magnitude  and  proportions.  The  buying 
®  topics'  handhng  of  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep  from  stock  yards  of  tliis  city  each  year  makes  a  bulk 
of  transactions  representing  many  millions  of  dollars.  This  has  grown  into  a  great  supply  depot 
from  which  the  south  draws  largely  to  meet  the  demands  of  her  consumers.  The  firm  under  discus- 
smn  was  first  started  by  Imban  x4-ycock  &  Co.,  in  1867,  the  present  firm  assuming  control  in  1877. 
Mr.  Aycock  remained  in  the  business  during  several  changes  of  the  firm,  and  the  career  has  been 
pros|)erous  throughout  owing  principally  to  his  excellent  business  quahfications.  The  office  of  this 
at  the  stock  landing,  and  ten  assistants  are  employed,  perfectly  reliable  gentlemen 
and  thoroughly  •  acquainted  with  the  trade.  Possessing  ample  capital,  these  gentlemen  transact  a 
large  and  ttourishing  busmess,  which  amounted  last  year  to  $85^,000.  Shipments  of  hve  stock  of  all 
kinds  are  being  constantly  received  and  they  are  prepared  to  make  advances  on  the  same.  The  Wes¬ 
tern  and  Southern  country  contributes  supplies  to  these  enterpiising  dealers, and  they  have  such  arrange¬ 
ments  and  facihties  for  receiving  and  disposing  of  stock  consigned  to  them,  that  they  can  in  eveiy 
instance  secure  better  prices  and  terms  than  the  owner  of  the  stock  himself,  were  he  on  the  spot. 
Messrs.  J-  T  Aycock,  Henry  Mich  ell,  Jas.  Gitzinger  and  W.  Frank  compose  the  finn,  rehable, 
prompt  an(i  honorable  dealers  in  aU  business  transactions.  It  is  no  flatteiy  to  say  that  no  more  sub¬ 
stantial  or  desirable  house  can  be  found  anywhere  than  that  of  Aycock,  Michell  &  Co.,  and  we  are 
pleased  thus  to  recommend  them . 


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IGNACE  SCHWAB— Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Furniture,  74  and  76  Chartres  St 

The  furniture  trade  of  New  Orleans  is  yearly  increasing  in  magnitude,  not  only  owing  to  the 
country  settling  up  rapidly,  but  the  tastes  of  the  people  are  changing  in  this  respect,  and  ^  here 
benches  and  plain  tables  and  beadsteads  were  used,  now  the  people  demand  more  elegant  and  hand- 
isomely  finished  goods.  Mr.  Schwab,  after  an  experience  of  25  years  in  this  branch  of  business,  stait- 
ed  this  enterprise  about  four  years  ago,  and  by  fair  and  upright  dealing  has  succeeded  in  building 
up  a  large  and  prosperous  trade  extending  over  the  entire  city  as  well  as  through  the  Southern 
States  He  gives  especial  attention  to  all  orders  received  from  the  country  and  guarantees  all  goods 
shipped  to  be  of  excellent  quality  at  the  lowest  cash  prices.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and 
commodious,  being  centrally  located  at  Nos.  74  and  76  Chartres  street,  in  which  can  be  found  one  of 
the  largest  and  finest  assortments  of  furniture  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  New 
Orleans  The  trade  from  the  country  are  invited  to  visit  his  store  and  they  can  be  assured  of  being 
satisfied  at  this  popular  establishment. _ _  _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

BAYOU  TECHE  STEAMBOAT  COMPANY— Capt  L  T.  Belt,  Manager, 

Office  Nos:  Ti  and  19  Delta  Street. 

To  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi  river  does  the -city  of  New  Orleans  owe  its  present  and  past 
prosperity.  By  it  an  outlet  is  secured,  by  which  the  agricultural  and  manufacturing  products  of  the 
State  can  be  transported  by  water  to  nearly  half  the  States  of  the  Union.  In  addition,  the  amount 
of  capital  invested  in  the  different  packet  lines  and  the  employment  furnished  to  our  citizens,  gives 
this  branch  of  commercial  enterprise  an  importance  second  to  none..  Of  the  different  packet  lines 
connecting  with  other  ports,  the  Bayou  Teche  Steamboat  Company  commands  especial  attention. 
This  company  was  organized  in  1878,  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  both  freight  and  passengers 
from  all  points  from  New  Orleans  to  St.  Martinville  and  return,  a  distance  of  450  miles,  passing 
through  Atchafalaya,  Bayou  Chene,  Grand  Lake  and  Bayou  Teche.  The  individual  members  of 
the  company  are  Capt.  L.  T.  Belt,  T.  R.  Meygah,  Wm.  Smith  and  T.  K  Voohees;  all  of  whom  are 
men  of  large  experience  and  well-known  enterprise.  Two  elegant  steamers  are  employed  constant¬ 
ly :  the  “John  M  Chambers,”  commanded  by  Capt.  T.  R.  Meygah,  with  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Belt  as  clerk; 
and  the  “Ashland,”  commanded  by  Capt.  P.  E.  Burk,  with  Mr.  T.  K.  Voohees  in  charge  of  the  office. 
During  the  three  years  of  operations  of  this  enterprise,  Capt  Belt  and  the  officers  of  the  company 
have  displayed  great  energy  and  enterprise  in  the  prosecution  of  this  work  as  they  have  had  “heavy 
winds”  at  times  that  blew  the  water  out  of  the  lakes,  and  many_  other  inconveniences  to  contend 
with;  often  making  their  tnps  financially  disastrous,  but  overcoming  all  these  difficulties  they  have 
given  the  smaller  towns  and  planters  along  their  route  an  outlet  for  their  products  during  the  entire 
season,  thus  largely  benefiting  that  region,  that  rich  Bayou  Teche  country,  many  thousands  of  dol¬ 
lars.  and  for  which  this  company  richly  deserves  the  patronage  of  all  the  planters  along  the  route. 
That  rich  Bayou  Tache  country  usually  known  as  the  “Sugar  Bowl  of  Louisiana,”  is  certainly 
entitled  to  receive  more  attention  of  people  desiring  to  enter  into  the  sugar  planting  businesss  and  a 
trip  that  way  for  observation  would  not  be  amiss.  This  company  are  justly  entitled  to  the  liberal 
and  extended  patronage  of  all  the  citizens  residing  in  and  along  the  route  traversed  by  the  boats  of 
the  “Bayou Teche  Steamboat  Company.”  Capt.  Belt,  the  gentlemanly  and  able  manager  of  this 
important  enterprise,  is  a  native  of  Illinois  but  for  the  past  thirty-six  years  has  followed  steamboat¬ 
ing  and  understands  it  in  all  its  various  details,  and  a  loss  or  $1 ,000  a  trip  from  lying  by  on  account 
of  unfavorable  winds  does  not  dishearten  him  at  all,  but,  he  sends  out  his  boats  regularly  and  wdll, 
as  the  business  demands,  add  more  boats.  He  is  a  courteous  gentleman,  has  a  store  of  knowledge, 
and  a  high  degree  of  ability,  energy  and  industiy.  His  business  is  always  conducted  with  liberality, 
integrity  and  a  high  sense  of  personal  honor,  and  we  are  pleased  to  commend  this  enterprise  to  the 
readers  of  this  work  as  one  richly  deserving  of  public  patronage. 


MORRIS  EUROPEAN  EXPRESS.— Minor  &  Daboval,  Resident  Agents,  34  U2  Carondelet 

Stvc(yt  • 

This  important  enterprise  was  establishedin  1866  in  this  city  and  in  1858  in  New  York  City.  It 
has  been  very  successful  ever  since  it  was  first  started,  and  at  present  is  doing  a  very  prosperous  and 
growing  business.  They  give  through  receipts  to  aU  ports  of  the  Old  World  forwarding  freight 
and  merchandise  four  times  per  week  to  any  place  in  Europe.  The  following  is  a  list  of  theirprom- 
inentForeigncorrespondence:  Z/?reiy)ooZ,  Geo.  W.  Wheatley&  Co.;  Globe  Foreign  Express  Co.,  No.  10 
North  John  street;  London,  Geo.  W  Wheatley  &  Co.,  Globe  Foreign  Express  Co.,  No.  156Leadenhall 
street;  Manchester,  Geo.  W.  Wheatley  &  Co.,  Globe  Express,  31  Merely  street;  Rodinet  Dmc- 

teur  Messageries  Nationales;  Antwerp,  Richard  Bernes;  Rotterdam,  J.  T.  Verveloet&  Co.;  Bremen, 
H.  Becker;  Hamburg,  P.  Lehrs.  The  individual  members  composing  the  firm  of  the  New  Orleans 
agency  of  the  Morris  European  Express  are  F.  0.  Minor  apd  E.  Dabovel,  Jr.,  both  of  whom  have 
been  engaged  in  this  business  for  several  years,  and  are  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  re¬ 
quirements  of  the  Express  business.  They  are  prompt,  energetic,  and  reliable  business  men  in  every 
sense  of  the  term,  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  ol  the  public.  All  correspondence 
sent  to  Headquarters,  L.  W.  Moiris,  No.  50  Broadway  New  York  or  to  Messrs.  Minor  &  Daboval  at 
.34^  Carondelet  street.  New  Orleans,  will  receive  prompt  and  careful  consideration.  Infornaation  con- 
!  cerning  rates  will  be  furnished  on  apphcation.  Mr.  M9rris  has  been  twenty-four  years  in  this  particu¬ 
lar  branch  of  business  and  not  a  single  complaint  against  him  has  occurred.  This  Old  Reliable  For¬ 
eign  Express  has  offices  in  all  the  principal  cities  and  towns  of  the  United  States. 


100 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


WILSON,  CHILDS  &  CO, — Manufacturers  of  Farm  and  Plantation  Wagons,  Carts,  Drays, 

(.offon  W agons,  etc.,  Nos.  68,  70  mid  72  Carondelet  Street,  and  Nos.  16  and-  IS  Perdido  St 
— - - - 


Seldom  in  searching  for  the  en¬ 
terprises  of  a.  city  do  we  come 
in  contact  with  a  house  that 
dates  back  upward  of  half  a  cen¬ 
tury  of  successful  business  activ¬ 
ity,  but  such  is  the  case  with 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  es¬ 
tablished  in  Philadelphia  in 
1829.  Only  the  best  material 
from  their  immediate  locality 
and  the  states  of  New  Jersey, 
Delaware  and  Maryland,  and 
which  localities  are  known  for 
their  superior  quality  of  tim¬ 
ber,  is  used  in  the  construction 
of  their  vehicles.  After  com¬ 
mencing  business  soon  came  a 
large  demand  for  their  work, 
and  by  fair  and  honorable 
dealings,  from  a  small  estab¬ 
lishment  they  soon  became  the 
leading  manufacturers  in  the 
United  States  in  their  line  of 
goods,  and  are  at  present  turn¬ 
ing  out  thousands  of  vehicles 
annually  for  home  use  and  ex¬ 
portation.  They  will  be  pleased 
to  meet  any  of  their  patrons 
who  have  used  their  work,  in 
New  Orleans,  where,  for  the 
past  fifty  3^ears,  they  have  been 
represented  either  by  an  agen¬ 
cy  or  in  their  own  commodious 
.rooms,  for  the  last  thirtj^-five 
years,  to  show'  a  full  and  com¬ 
plete  line  of  goods,  same  in 
quality  as  always  made  by 
them,  and  which  they  now 
keep  on  hand  and  are  offering 
at  the  very  lowest  market 
prices.  Mr.  Moulton,  with  his 
assistants,  will  at  all  times  be 
pleased  to  show  their  goods, 
and  any  orders  from  the  coun¬ 
try  wdll  receive  prompt  atten¬ 
tion,  and  prices  guaranteed  to 
be  as  low  as  if  personallj-  pres¬ 
ent  to  select.  We  are  pleased 
to  call  the  attention  of  our 
readers  to  this  house  as  de¬ 
serving  of  the  most  liberal  pa¬ 
tronage  from  the  public. 


CONGER  &  KELLEY — Successors  to  Foley,  Conger  &  Co. — Cotton,  Sugar  and  Rice 

Factors  and  Commission  Merchants ,  No.  42,  Perdido  St. 

In  giving  a  detailed  account  of  the  business  and  industries  of  the  Crescent  City,  the  Sugar.  Cotton 
and  Rice  interests  comprising  a  very  important  part  of  business  in  the  Soutli,  we  are  glad  to  call 
attention  to  some  of  the  leading  and  representative  houses  engaged  in  this  branch  of  trade;  and, 
among  this  class  of  houses,  that  of  Conger  Kelley  is  deserving  of  liberal  mention  in  a  work  of 
this  character.  This  enterprise  has  been  established  for  over  thirty  j'ears,  and  during  that  period,  by 
their  honorable,  upright  manner  of  doing  business,  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  and  pros¬ 
perous  trade,  extending  over  all  the  cotton  and  sugar  growing  States  of  the  South.  Having  a  large 
^pital  they  are  amply  prepared  to  extend  every  facility  to  the  planters  and  countrj^  merchants. 
I  he  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Mr.  W.  B.  Conger  and  Mr.  H.  Kelley,  both  of  whom  are 
old  experienced  men  in  the  business.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  transact¬ 
ions  and  fully  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  public. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


101 


ROBERT  E.  LEE  SALE  STABLES — Alford,  Bettis  &  Co.,  Proprietors,  Nos.  129  to  135 

Baronne  Street. 

Among  the  many  livery,  boarding  and  sale  stables  in  New  Orleans,  none  are  bettter  situated  or 
more  popular  than  the  ‘‘Robert  E.  Lee,”  at  Nos.  129  to  135  Baronne  street.  This  well  known  en¬ 
terprise  was  begun  in  1871,  and  has  been  a  success  from  the  start.  They  do  an  extensive  sale  busi- 
iness,  amounting  to  from  $500,000  to  $809,000  per  annum.  Consig-nments  from  the  country  receive 
their  individual,  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Sixteen  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  em¬ 
ployed  in  the  various  departments  of  this  establishment.  The  premises  occupied  cover  an  area  of 
one  and  a  quarter  acres  of  ground,  containing  eighty  different  stalls  and  pens,  all  of  which  are 
furnished  with  all  the  conveniences  for  the  business,  being  supplied  with  running  water  and  escape 
.  pipes,  so  that  no  overflow  occurs  in  any  of  the  stables  The  trade  of  this  firm  being  largely  in 
purchasing  and  selling  of  mules  and  horses,  is  not  confined  to  the  city  alone,  but  they  have  an  ex¬ 
tensive  trade  among  the  planters  in  all  the  adjacent  States,’  as  well  as  in  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South 
America.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  0.  P.  Alford,  W.  C.  Bettis,  M.  F.  Thompson 
land  J.  P.  Hudson,  all  of  whom  are  old  and  experienced  Kentucky  horse  men,  and  thoroughly  con¬ 
versant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  their  business.  They  are  heavy  dealers  in  Kentucky 
mules  and  horses,  and  respectfully  solicit  a  call  from  buyers.  The  firm  of  Alford,  Bettis  &  Co.  are 
justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and  patronage  of  the  public,  and  the  individual  members  of  the 
firm  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  that  energy,  reliability  and  talent  always  inspire.  It  is  essential 
to  planters  that  they  get  healthy  animals.  The  Robert  E.  Lee  stables  has  the  best  arranged  horse 
hospital  that  it  has  been  our  province  to  witness,  and  no  animal  is  ever  allowed  to  go  out  or  be  of¬ 
fered  for  sale  unless  in  perfect  health.  Their  veterinary  department  is  also  unsurpassed  in  any 
country. 


JOHN  HOLMES — General  Steamboat,  Steamship  and  City  Blacksmithing,  89  Delta  St 

In  a  city  like  New  Orleans,  with  the  constant  flow  of  boats,  coming  and  going,  an  enterprise  of 
this  kind  is  almost  indispensable,  and  the  location  of  this  establishment  for  convenience,  &c.,  is 
worthy  of  special  mention,  and  for  being  of  great  benefit  to  boats  landing  at  this  port  Mr.  Holmes 
started  this  enterprise  in  1878,  and  being  a  thorough  and  practical  engineer,  has,  by  his  excellent 
work  and  prompt  attention  to  business,  built  up  a  reputation  in  business  that  few  men  in  his  line 
ever  obtain.  He  employs  from  ten  to  fifteen  hands,  all  of  whom  are  skilled  workmen,  and  steam¬ 
boats  and  steamships  can  rest  assured  that  by  leaving  their  orders  with  him  that  their  work  will  not 
only  be  promptly  done,  but  will  be  executed  in  a  perfect  and  neat  manner,  and  is  always  guaranteed 
to  give  satisfaction.  In  the  absence  of  Mr.  Holmes,  his  foreman,  Mr  Jahies  S.  Ward,  is  always 
attentive,  prompt  and  courteous  to  the  patrons  of  the  house,  and  attends  to  aU  the  wants  of  custo-' 
mers.  We  commend  Mr.  Holmes  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  man  fully  entitled  to  the 
liberal  patronage  being  extended  him. 


MRS.  A.  TESSON — Dealer  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Goods,  Bobinet  and  Cross  Bar  Muslin 

Bars,  (£;c.,  No.  12  Chartres  Street. 

This  old  established  and  popular  establishment  was  founded  by  A .  Tesson  about  thirty  years  ago, 
as  a  dry  goods  and  notion  store,  and  has  ever  since  been  conducted  as  such,  until  a  few  years  ago, 
when  the  manufacturing  of  bobinet  and  cross  bar  muslin  and  mosquito  bars  was  added  to  the  en¬ 
terprise.  The  last  named  branch  of  the  business  having  become  so  well  known  and  the  goods  in 
such  demand,  the  proprietor  now  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  these  goods.  Mrs.  Tesson  having 
succeeded  in  the  business,  now  carries  a  full  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  all  these  goods,  ^  and  is 
prepared  to  fill  all  orders,  either  large  or  small,  on  short  notice  and  at  the  very  lowest  prices’.  She 
is,  by  her  long  and  practical  experience  in  the  business,  well  adapted  to  cairy  on  this  special  trade. 
She  makes  all  sizes  and  qualities  of  bars  for  families,  hotels  and  steamboats,  both  single  and  double. 
We  can  cheerfully  recommend  this  house  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  an  honorable,  reliable 
and  desirable  place  to  do  business.  Mrs.  Tesson  is  in  every  way  deserving  of  esteem  and  confidence 
by  the  people  of  this  community,  and  worthy  of  liberal  patronage. 


//.  J.  MULLAN — Wholesale  Hardware,  Nos.  69  Common,  and  50  Cana!  Sts. 

As  a  branch  of  industry  pecuharly  successful  in  New  Orleans,  and  forming  an  important  factor  of 
the  commercial  importance  of  the  great  city,  the  hardware  trade  and  those  engaged  in  it  are  en¬ 
titled  to  consideration  in  the  compilation  of  a  work  having  for  its  object  a  historical  review  of  the 
mercantile  and  industrial  resources  of  the  city.  This  house  was  established  in  1865  by  Mullan  & 
Co.,  and  in  1876  Mr.  Mullan  assumed  sole  proprietorship.  The  building  occupied  is  25x135  feet  in 
sizef  four  stories  high,  and  contains  an  extensive  assortment  of  articles  coming  under  the  head  of 
hardware,  besides  an  ample  warehouse  for  heavy  goods.  Thirteen  hands  are  employed,  and  three 
traveling  salesmen  are  constantly  on  the  road  selling  large  orders  throughout  the  states  of  Louis¬ 
iana,  Mississippi,  Florida,  Arkansas  and  Texas.  Mr.  Mullan  was  bom  in  New  York  in  1838,  and 
since  his  residence  in  this  city  has,  by  energy  and  application  to  business,  built  up  a  flourishing  and 
lucrative  trade,  which  will  compare  favorably  with  that  of  any  contemporaneous  establishment  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  same  line.  Those  dealing  with  this  house  will  receive  both  courteous  and  prompt  at¬ 
tention. 


102  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

THOMAS  F.  KING — Bricklayer  and  Builder  of  Steamboat  Furnaces;  Factory,  Mills,  &c.. 


No.  89  Delta  Street. 

In  connection  with  Mr.  Holmes,  at  No  89  Delta  street,  Mr.  King  carries  on  the  building  and  re¬ 
pairing  of  fumacesfor  steamboats,  steamships,  factories,  mills  and  all  other  brick  work.  He  is  a 
practical  man  in  this  branch  of  business,  having  made  it  a  life-long  profession,  and  is  weU  adapted 
to  caiTy  on  the  trade,  being  fully  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  his  business.  He 
carries  a  large  stock  of  fire-brick,  fire-clay,  tiles,  &c.  He  is,  also,  agent  for  the  celebrated  Eureka 
Boiler  Felt,  a  non-conductor  for  steam,  and  especially  adapted  for  covering  for  boilers  of  steamships, 
&c.,  to  prevent  condensation  of  steam,  which  is  a  great  savhig  and  economy  for  aU  vessels.  Mr. 
King  employs  none  but  skillful  workmen,  and  personally  superintends  his  entire  estabhshment. 
AU  work  turned  out  from  his  works  is  guaranteed  to  give  perfect  satisfaction.  AU  steamboats  and 
steamships  desiring  work  done  in  his  line  will  please  address  Thomas  F.  King,  at  No.  89  Delta  street. 


BICHABD  M.  ONG — Dealer  in  Paints,  Oils,  Budding  Materials,  Nava!  Stores,  Nads,  &c  , 

Nos.  92  and  94,  Magazine  Street. 

By  the  death  of  W.  P.  Converse,  jr.,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  W.  P.  Converse,  jr.  &  Co  , 
Mr.  Ong,  who  had  been  identified  ^vith  the  same  as  salesman  and  partner  for  sixteen  years,  on  July 
1st,  1881,  succeeded  to  the  business.  For  several  years  prior  to  the  change  in  the  fiinn,  the  active 
management  of  the  business  devolved  upon  Mr .  Ong,  by  which  he  has  acquired  a  more  complete 
knowledge  of  aU  the  details  so  necessary  in  the  successful  management  of  so  important  a  business. 
He  carries  a  large  and  carefuUy  selected  stock  of  paints,  glass,  varnishes,  brushes,  oils,  naUs,  Ume, 
cement,  fire  brick,  plaster,  rosin,  tar,  pitch,  oakum,  axle  grease,  kc.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend 
him  in  every  particular,  as  a  worthy  successor  to  the  old  firm.  Possessing  aU  necessary  faciUties  and 
caiTymg  a  full  stock  of  each  of  his  specialties,  parties  neediag  anything  that  he  deals  in,  if  studying 
them  own  interests  will  not  faU  to  see  him  before  making  their  purchases. 


AUG.  RAUXET — Wholesale  Grocer,  Nos.  55  and  57,  Decatur  Street. 

There  are  a  great  many  houses  in  this  city  which,  without  any  ostentation  or  striving  for  promi¬ 
nence,  yet  transact  a  business  of  unusual  magnitude  and  employ  capital  and  labor  very  extensively. 
Of  such,  that  of  Mr.  Aug.  Rauxet  is  an  excellent  sample  and  is  ceriainly  entitledto  recognition  in 
this  work.  This  entei-prise  was  started  in  1878,  by  the  present  proprietor  and  a  large  and  flourishing 
trade  has  been  built  up.  Two  storerooms,  three  stories  in  height  and  each  thirty  by  seventy-five 
feet  in  size  are  occupied,  which  are  well  adapted  to  the  successful  prosecution  of  tliis  business.  A 
stock  of  wholesale  groceries,  well  selected  and  arranged  is  kept  on  hand,  averaging  $20,000  in  value, 
embracing  aU  the  staple  and  other  groceries  usually  found  in  similar  estabhshments.  Seven  assist¬ 
ants  are  employed  at  fair  wages  and  in  every  respect  this  house  compares  favorably  with  cotempora¬ 
ry  concerns  throughout  the  city.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  Louisiana  and  Mississippi  and  is 
extending  in  every  direction,  the  sales  reaching  $150,000  per  annum.  This  house  is  enabled  to  com¬ 
pete  with  all  others  in  the  terms  and  inducements  offered  to  buyers  as  well  as  the  quahty  of  goods 
kept  in  stock.  Mr.  Rauxet  was  born  in  France  in  1840  and  since  residing  in  this  city  has  won  many 
patcons  and  friends.  He  was  engaged  in  the  retail  grocery  trade  in  Monroe,  Louisiana,  from  1856 
until  1871  and  possesses  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Possess¬ 
ing  every  facihty  for  transacting  business,  he  is  able  to  respond  promptly  to  any  demands  made  upon 
him  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say,  in  conclusion,  that  the  advantages^  to  be  derived  by  dealing  with 
this  house  will  prove  so  obvious  by  experiment,  as  to  result  m  the  verification  of  our  remarks . 


ROBERT  H.  CHAFFE — Wholesale  Grocer,  Nos.  48  Cana!  and  66  Common  Streets. 

Such  enterprise  as  characterizes  some  of  the  business  houses  of  the  Crescent  Citjr  is  not  excelled  in 
any  other  city  in  the  Union.  Conspicuous  among  the  public  spirited  and  enterprising  business  firm^^ 
of  New  Orleans,  where  efforts  to  secure  and  retain  trade  from  abroad  have  been  rewarded  by  grati¬ 
fying  success  may  be  mentioned  the  house  of  Mr.  Robert  H .  Chaffe,  who  started  in  business  in  1880 
under  the  firm  name  of  Chaffe  &  Flower,  assuming  the  entme  control  in  1881,  and  largely  increas¬ 
ing  the  trade.  His  business  premises  front  on  canal  and  Common  streets,  the  building  being 
twenty-four  by  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height.  A  stock  of  groceries  of 
the  very  best  quahties  and  in  large  quantities  is  kept,  the  average  value  being  estimated  at  $80,000. 
Thirteen  assistants  are  employed  and  three  travelinsr  men  are  .constantly  on  the  road  in  the  interests 
of  this  house,  and  extending  their  trade  in  every  direction.  Mr.  Chaffe  devotes  his  personal  atten¬ 
tion  to  the  trade  and  besides  his  immense  sales  throughout  the  city,  also  transacts  business  with 
firms  in  all  the  cities  and  towns  of  Louisiana,  IMississippi  and  Florida,  his  annual  sales  reaihing 
$450,000.  Mr.  Chaffe  was  bom  in  this  State,  in  1854,  and  commenced  his  trade  in  1867,  working  his 
way  to  his  present  high  position  among  the  commercial  men  of  this  city  by  his  own  unaided  efforts 
and  unth'ing  industry.  He  has  thoroughly  mastered  his  business  in  all  its  details  and  ramifications, 
being  especially  conversant  in  every  department  of  the  estabhshment.  Enterprising,  reliable  and 
honorable  in  dealing,  Mr.  Chaffe  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  this  commumty  for  these  charact¬ 
eristics  and  is  very  justly  accorded  the  general  confidence  of  the  public  and  a  high  place  in  the  es¬ 
teem  of  the  trade. 


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PERSEVERANCE  RWE  MILLS, — Louis  Ruch,  Proprietor,  Nos.  8  to  14  E/ysian  Fields  St. 

The  rapid  growth  and  development  which  has  marked  the  history  of  New  Orleans  in  the  past 
decade,  is  nowhere  more  strikingly  illustrated  than  in  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  Louis  Ruch,  proprietor 

of  the  Perseverance 
Rice  Mills.  Origi¬ 
nally  established  in 
1870,  with  moderate 
capital,  the  growth 
of  the  business  was 
rapid  that  they 


=  w  e  r  e  enlarged  m 
M1874  to  the  present 
p  capacity.  The  two 
mills  forming  this 
establishment  are 
situated  at  Nos  8  to 
14  Elysian  Fields 
K  street,  and  occupy 
one  four  story  build- 
:  ing  126x140  feet  in 

_ size,  every  facility 

being  provided  for 
rapid  and  satisfac- 
tory  work.  Seventy 
lands  are  employed 
it  liberal  wages  and 
he  mills  have  a  ca- 
lacity  for  turning 
■ut  eight  hundred 
acksin  twenty-four 
1 0  u  r  s  .  Provided 
/ith  ample  capital 
nd  all  the  latest  in- 
entions  devised  for 
h  e  more  perfect 
^prosecution  o  f  the 
business,  Mr.  Ruch 

is  enabled  to  sustain  a  large  and  flourishing  trade,  which  lies  principally  in  this  city  and  is  rapidly 
and  steadily  extending  in  every  direction.  The  turn-out  of  clean  rice  last  season  reached  53,000  bar¬ 
rels  and  the  prospects  for  future  increase  are  flattering  in  the  extreme.  Mr.  Ruch  is  a  native  of  Ger¬ 
many,  and  possessing  undeniably  energetic  and  enterprising  qualities,  calculated  to  win  success  on 
every  side,  has  attained  a  prominent  position  in  mercantile  circles  and  controls  the  largest  enterprise 
of  this  description  in  the  entire  city.  Conducting  business  upon  an  upright  and  liberal  basis,  and 
quick  to  avail  himself  of  every  idea  promising  improvement,  we  must  accord  this  gentleman  the 
credit  of  being  in  a  position  to  afford  extraordinary  advantages  to  his  patrons. 


McCLOSKY  &  HENDERSON — Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  67  to  71  Magazine,  and  93 

and  95  Poydras  Streets. 

This  house  enjoys  a  reputation  of  which  the  members  have  a  right  to  be  proud.  In  the  third  year 
of  its  existence,  it  has  taken  high  rank  among  the  leading  firms  handling  Western  produce  in  this 
city,  and  are  deserving  of  more  than  a  passing  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  industrial  and  com¬ 
mercial  pursuits  of  New  Orleans.  This  business  is  conducted  upon  the  strictest  known  principles  of 
fair  dealing  which  gives  it  the  benefit  of  a  most  extended  patronage  among  the  numerous  city  buy¬ 
ers,  whether  for  local  use  or  distribution  throughout  the  country.  Their  chief  aim  appears  to  be  the 
handling  of  the  finest  articles  of  Western  production,  whether  of  pork  packing  or  the  miller’s  skill. 
An  idea  of  their  extended  connections  may  be  realized,  when  we  state  that  Chicago  furnishes  most 
of  the  meats  they  handle,  Minneapolis,  a  large  portion  of  the  flour,  whose  special  properties  are  so 
highly  esteemed  by  bakers;  oats  from  Galena  and  Dubuque,  enter  the  list  of  receipts  which  the 
Western  arm  stretches  out  to  the  Missouri  river  at  Kansas  City,  returning  by  way  of  St.  Louis, 
reaching  through  Southern  Illinois  for  the  excellent  winter  wheat  flour  milled  in  that  section.  A 
most  judicious  selection  of  location  was  made  in  the  removal  to  the  handsome  and  commodious  store 
atthe  comer  of  Magazine  and  Poydras  streets,  which  is  always  stocked  with  the  staple  articles  of 
Western  production.  Long  experienced  salesmen  assist  the  members  of  the  firm,  whose  thorough, 
practical  kn  owledge  of  the  business  enables  them  to  push  sales  of  spot  stuff  to  an  amount  aggregat¬ 
ing  $200,000  per  annum.  It  is  proposed  to  extend  their  trade  in  the  direction  of  Mexico,  Cuba  and 
other  West  India  Islands.  The  time  is  at  hand  for  the  successful  execution  of  this  important  step, 
encouraged  by  the  progressive,  enterprising  and  liberal  spirit  displayed  by  the  firm  at  all  times.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are,  John  Henderson,  jr.,'  and  George  McClosky,  who  are  largely  identified 
with  the  material  interests  of  the  city,  and  will  cgntinue  in  this  useful  sphere  to  promote  the  welfare 
and.  industrial  thrift  of  the  community. 


104  •  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


THE  LOUISIANA  TELEPHONE  COMPANY— Executive  Office,  No  47  Camp  St 

If  any  evidence  were  wanting  in  this  progressive  age  of  what  can  be  accomplished  by  business 
energy,  ability  and  appreciation,  supplemented  by  zeal  and  integrity,  they  surely  could  be  brought 
forward  in  this  enterprising,  active  city,  in  numbers.  A  clear  and  well  defined  example  of  this  is 
afl&orded  by  the  organization  and  history  of  the  above  company.  The  company  was  organized  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  being  licensed  to  transact  business  m  the  States  of  Louisiana  and  Miss¬ 
issippi.  The  present  officers  are:  John  N.  Bofinger,  President:  W.  H.  Bofinger,  Vice-President 
and  General  Manager,  and  W.  W.  Huck,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  Telephone  Exchanges  are  lo¬ 
cated  as  follows :  In  New  Orleans,  Vicksburg,  Natchez,  Meridian,  Columbus,  Greenville,  Shreve- 
poit  and  Aberdeen.  Too  high  praise  cannot  be  awarded  the  management  of  this  company  for  es¬ 
tablishing  an  industry  which  will  not  only  crown  their  labors  with  success,  but  redown  to  the  credit 
of  this,  the  “Crescent  City”  of  the  South.  The  impetus  given  to  the  industries  of  this  community 
by  the  capital  and  enterprise  of  this  compani^  is  not  unrecognized,  and  the  general  consideration 
with  which  it  is  regarded  is  the  natural  outgrowth  of  a  career  which,  for  a  number  of  years,  has 
embodied  the  highest  principles  of  commercial  integrity  and  personal  honor.  The  managers  of 
this  enterprise  enjoy  the  high  esteem  of  trade,  and  the  consideration  of  the  general  public,  which 
derives  such  marked  advantages  from  its  enterprise  and  capacity. 


SHAKSPEARE  IRON  WORKS — Shakspeare,  Smith  &  Co.,  Proprietors,  Manufacturers  of 

Steam  Engines,  Boilers,  Sugar  Mills,  dtc.,  Girocl  Street,  between  Baronne  and  Drgades. 

In  giving  a  detailed  review  of  the  many  manufacturing  and  commercial  industries  of  New  Or¬ 
leans,  it  is  our  duty  to  give  mention  to  the  leading  and  representative  houses  engaged  m  the  .differ¬ 
ent  branches  of  trade,  and  among  such  concerns  we  cannot  omit  mention  of  the  well-known  and 
rehable  estabhshment  of  Messrs.  Shakspeare,  Smith  &  Co.,  who  are  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch. 
This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  estabhshments  of  the  kind  in  the  South.  They  manufac¬ 
ture  every  variety  of  steam  engines,  sugar  mills,  saw  mills,  draining  and  centrifugal  machines,  mill 
and  gin  gearing,  grate  bars,  store  fronts,  columns,  ventilators  and  blacksmith  work  of  every  kind. 
A  large  force  of  skilled  workmen  are  constantly  employed,  and  all  work  turned  out  from  their  es¬ 
tablishment  is  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.  The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious, 
being  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  used  in  this  branch  of  business. 
Their  trade  is  large  and  prosperous,  extending  over  the  entire  city,  and  throughout  the  Southern 
country.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Joseph  A-.  Shakspeare,  A.  Smith  and  S.  Swoop, 
aU  of  whom  are  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  community  as  honorable,  upright  and  trustworthy 
citizens.  Mr.  Shakspeare,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  chosen  by  the  voice  of  the  people  to 
the  enviable  position  of  Mayor  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  which  position  he  now  holds  to  the  en¬ 
tire  satisfaction  of  his  constituents.  We  are  pleased  to  commend  the  firm  of  Shakspeare,  Smith 
&  Co.  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  one  with  which  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business 
relations. 


F.  R.  HARDON — Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods,  No.  29  Chartres  Street. 

This  well  known  establishment  was  started  in  1858,  with  a  moderate  capital,  which,  through  the 
industry,  perseverance  and  close  application  to  business  by  the  proprietor,  has  from  year  to  year  been 
I  augmented  until  at  present  he  is  the  possessor  of  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  giving  employ¬ 
ment  to  twenty  one  hands,  the  monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  from  $250  to  $500.  The  premises 
occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  the  building  being  30x80  feet  in  size,  and  three  stories  high, 
which  is  entirely  occupied  and  filled  with  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  all  kinds  of  milli¬ 
nery  and  fancy  goods,  which  Mr.  Hardon  offers  to  the  friends  and  patrons  of  the  house  at  greatly 
reduced  rates.  He  keeps  all  the  newest  and  most  novel  and  elaborate  designs,  and  persons  wishing 
a  great  variety  to  select  from  should  give  him  a  call.  Mr.  Hardon  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  but 
has  resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  New  Orleans  in 
all  her  industries  and  business  interests .  Prompt,  reliable  and  energetic,  he  is  deserving  of  the 
esteem  of  the  citizens  of  this  community,  and  worthy  of  an  extended  patronage  from  the  generous 
public. 


DUNCAN  S.  CAGE,  JR. — General  Commission  Merchant,  No.  32  RienviHe  Street. 

The  produce  Dusiness  of  New  Orleans  represents  a  very  large  share  of  the  commercial  wealth  of 
the  city,  and  it  requires  men  of  judgment,  prudence  and  activity  to  carry  it  on  to  a  successful  issue. 
Mr,  Cage  seeing  the  necessity  of  more  extended  conveniences  m  the  Southern  produce  trade,  opened 
in  June  last,  this  present  enterprise,  at  No.  32  Bienville  street,  where  he  has  successfully  inaugurat¬ 
ed  and  built  up  a  prosperous  trade.  He  handles  sugar,  molasses,  cotton,  rice,  wool,  potatoes,  onions, 
hides,  moss,  beeswax,  tallow,  honey,  eggs,  chickens,  Ac.,  for  planters  and  country  merchafits 
throughout  the  South  and  West,  and  on  as  liberal  terms  as  can  be  had  in  the  city  He  keeps  an 
able  corps  of  assistants  in  the  office,  and  gives  his  personal  attention  to  consignments  and  realizes  at 
all  times  the  very  highest  obtainable  inices  for  produce.  Having  an  ample  capital  he  is  always  pre¬ 
pared  to  make  liberal  cash  advances  on  consignments.  Prompt  and  reliable  in  his  business  transac¬ 
tions,  he  is  justly  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  now  being  extended.  We  are  pleased  to  recom¬ 
mend  this  house  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  firm  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to 
have  business  relations. 


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BOSTON  WAREHOUSEINO.  2.—J.  D.  Conway,  Proprietor,  85  and  87  Tchoupitoulas  St 

’  In  a  city  like  New  Orleans,  receiving  not  only  the  products  of  our  own  State,  but  also  the  depot 
for  the  produce  of  the  entire  Western  territory,  it  fc  a  matter  of  great  convenience  to  the  public  as 
well  as  a  benefit  to  the  city,  to  have  an  enterprise  like  the  Boston  Warehouse  No.  2  in  its  midst. 
Being  centrally  located  near  the  railroad  depots  and  steamboat  landings,  with  an  ample  capacity 
for  a  large  amount  of  storage,  this  warehouse  is  entitled  to  prominent  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to 
the  industries  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Conway,  the  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  this  city,  active,  ener¬ 
getic  and  accommodating,  with  a  high  sense  of  business  honor,  and  highly  deserving  of  the  liberal 
patronage  being  extended.  The  premises  occupied  for  storage  purposes  are  spacious  and  conven¬ 
iently  situated,  being  a  three  story  bnck  structure,  with  tight  roof,  &c.,  and  no  chani^  of  damage 
to  stock  The  conveniences  for  loading  and  unloading  are  unsurpassed,  making  this  warehouse  one 
of  the  most  popular  in  the  city. 

THOMAS  KING— Commission  Merchant  and  Merchandise  Broker,  No.  109  Poydras  St 

Mr.  King  has  been  identified  with  New  Orleans  and  her  business  enterprises  for  oyer  thirty  years 
as  commission  merchant  and  merchandise  broker,  and  from  his  long  experience  with  the  business 
men  of  the  city,  is  well  adapted  to  this  branch  of  trade.  He  does  a  general  purchasing  business 
for  merchants  in  the  city  or  country,  charging  only  a  small  commission  for  the  services  rendered, 
and  his  aid  to  those  unacquainted  with  prices  of  goods  is  very  valuable.  His  office  is  conveniently 
and  centrally  located  at  No.  109  Poydras  Street,  where  he  may  be  addressed  by  any  parties  from 
the  surrounding  States  who  may  desire  to  avail  themselves  of  his  seiwices.  Having  the  implicit 
confidence  of  the  business  men  of  New  Orleans,  that  he  has  served  so  long  and  satisfactory,  he  has 
secured  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  which  the  older  houses  in  this  special  hne  might  covet. 
Prompt,  reliable  and  just  in  all  his  business  transactions,  he  is  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  public. 

CRESENT  CITY  CIGAR  STORE.— Louis  Tiemann,  Proprietor,  No.  107  Cana!  Street 

The  annual  sales  of  tobacco,  cigars  and  smokers  articles  in  the  Cresent  City  adds  very  materially 


and  prosperity  of  the  community.  Among  the  prominent 
ail  tobacco  and  cigar  trade,  the  house  of  Mr.  Tiemann, 


to  the  a  ggregate  of  the  commercial  wealth 
houses  engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail 
located  at  No  107  Canal  street,  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice  in  a  work  of  this  character  He 
carries  in  stock  a  full  line  of  all  the  finest  brands  of  both  Havana  and  domestic  cigars,  tobacco,  mer- 
chaum  pipes,  cigar  holders,  and  every  article  of  smokers  material.  He  is,  also,  sole  agent  of  the 
“Old  Judge,”  “Turkish  Patrol”  and  “Lone  Fisherman”  cigarettes,  with  all  the  popular  brands  of 
both  cigarettes  and  tobacco,  and  which  he  offers  to  the  trade  at  the  lowest  standard  prices.  This 
enterprise  was  started  in  1865,  and  by  a  liberal  and  honorable  business  policy  shown  toward  his  pat¬ 
rons,  has  steadily  increased  his  annual,  sales,  and  he  stands  to-day  among  the  representative  houses 
in  this  line  of  trade  in  the  city.  His  trade  is  largely  local,  being  confined  to  the  city  and  surround¬ 
ing  country.  He  is  a  thorough  and  practical  cigar  man  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and 
requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Tiemann  is  amative  of  Germany  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for 
many  years,  and  is  well  known  in  business  circles  tbr  his  excellent  business  qualifications,  and  honor¬ 
able  upright  life.  He  is  justly  deserving  of  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended. 


THOMAS  H.  ALLEN  &.  CO. — Cotton  Factors,  No.  32  Perdido  St. 

There  are  few  names  better  known,  or  which  command  more  respect,  than  those  which  heads 
this  article.  Not  alone  in  New  Orleans,  but  throughout  the  United  States,  is  the  business  enter¬ 
prise,  punctuality  and  unquestioned  integrity  of  Messrs.  Thomas  H.  Allen  &  Co.  understood  and 
appreciated,  while  their  urbane  and  courteous  manners  have  gained  them  a  favored  and  honored 
place  in  social  circles  at  home  and  abroad  The  senior  member  of  this  firm  has  been  engaged  in 
business  in  New  Orleans  since  1840 — was  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  1'.  H.  &  J  M.  Allen  & 
Co  ,  and  afterwards  of  Allen,  Nugent  &  Co.  The  present  firm  was  started  in  this  city  October 
1880,  and  is  a  branch  of  the  Memphis,  or  main  house,  where  they  have  been  engaged  in  business 
for  many  years.  They  have  an  ample  capital,  and  are  prepared  to  extend  liberal  favors  to  their  pa¬ 
trons,  throughout  the  South  and  West.  They  receive  large  consignments  from  over  the  States  of 
Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Louisiana,  and  in  fact  from  eveiy  cotton-growing  State 
Five  competent  and  experienced  men  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  office  department  in  the 
New  Orleans  branch,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid.  The  books  and  office  affairs  are  under  the 
supervision  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Houchens,  a  capable  and  worthy  gentleman,  who  is  evei’ ready  to  attend 
to  the  wants  of  customers  who  visit  the  office.  This  firm,  in  addition  to  their  estabhshment  in  New 
Orleans,  have,  houses  located  at  Memphis  and  St.  Louis,  at  which  points  they  are  also  extensively 
engaged  in  doing  a  general  cotton  and  commission  business.  The  house  in  this  city  is  under  the 
able  management  of  Mr.  Harry  Allen,  a  member  of  the  firm,  who  is  a  young,  active  and  energetic 
business  man,  who  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  cotton  trade  and  is  fully  conversant  with  all 
the  details  and  requirements  of  their  extensive  business.  They  have  their  regular  correspondents  in 
New  York,  Liverpool,  London  and  in  every  foreign  market  of  magnitude.  The  firm  of  Thomas 
H.  Allen  Co.  is  too  well  known  to  the  business  men  of  this  part  of  the  country  to  require  any 
commendation  at  our  hands  We  can  cheerfully  commend  it  as  being  a  firm  with  whom  it  is  al¬ 
ways  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


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EAGLE  ODERLESS  APPARATUS— Hussmann  &  Co.,  Proprietors,  Office  No.  21  Exchanae 

Place.  •  • 

This  important  enterprise  was  started  in  1877*  by  a  company  composed  of  a  number  of  our  most 
enterprising  citizens,  and  smce  that  time  have  been  eminently  successful.  They  have  one  of  the  most 

an^frovat  nf  vaults,  and  which  has  received  the  endorsement  and 

^  ot  Health  of  ^N  ew  Orleans.  They  have  all  the  modern  machinery  and  fixtures 

^cessary  for  carrying  on  this  special  busmess.  They  keep  constantly  employed  five  dLble  teams 
with  an  ample  corps  of  assistants.  They  are  prompt  and  reliable  m  their  work,  and  are  a  valuable 
company  for  the  good  of  the  city  All  orders  left  at  No.  21  Exchange  Place,  will  receive  pro^t  at¬ 
tention  Tills  woikhas  been  conducted  with  skill  and  abihty  and  the  company  are  deser^ng-  of  the 
support  of  our  citizens.  j  ^  viug  ui  tue 


FRED'S  HOUSE— On  European  Plan,  Wm.  Troegel,  Proprietor,  No.  106  St.  Charles  St. 

The  proprietor  of  this  popular  establishment  started  his  present  business  about  fifteen  years  ago 
and  although  the  house  is  an  old  and  tried  one.  it  is  a  popular  and  well  known  one  of  over  thirty  y  eirs 
standing,  and  familiar  to  the  traveling  public.  About  three  years  ago  Mr.  Troegel  bought  out  his 
partners  interest  and  smce  that  time  has  continued  to  cater  to  the  tastes  of  the  public.  The  house 
IS  conducted  as  a  restaurant  u.nd  has  facilities  for  feeding  several  hundred  guests  daily.  The  lodg¬ 
ing  aepartment  of  the  house  can  accommodate  from  100  to  200  guests,  and  is  always  kept  in  a  clean 
and  comfortable  condition.  His  trade  m  the  city  is  large  m  the  way  of  day  boarding,  w&le  his  trade 
horn  the  country  is  large  and  constantly  increasing .  Parties  visiting  the  city  on  business  can  always 
find  No.  1  fare  and  a^ommodations  at  “Fred’s,”  and  are  always  sure  of  being  elegantly  treated  in 
every  manner.  Mr.  Troegel  was  born  m  Europe  in  183-5,  and  is  a  genial  and  social  gentleman  in 
every  sense  of  the  term,  and  possesses  the  faculty  of  pleasing  his  patrons. 


RENSHAW,  CAMMACK  &  CO. — Cotton  and  Sugar  Factors  and  Genera!  Commission 

Merchants,  No.  32  Perdido  Street. 

Prominent  among  the  leading  cotton  and  sugar  factors  of  New  Orleans,  worthy  of  a  liberal  men- 
lon  m  a  work  devoted  to  a  detailed  account  of  the  many  manufacturing  and  commercial  industries 
and  advantages  of  New  Orleans,  the  firm  of  Messrs  Renshaw,  Cammack  A  Co.  are  not  to  be  over- 
^^^^^ouse  was  organized  as  early  as  1830,  and  from  that  period  up  to  l868,  the  business 
passed  through  the  hands  of  several  different  firms.  In  the  latter  year,  1868,  the  present  firm  was 
organized  with  an  ample  capital,  and  through  the  industry  and  excellent  business  management  of  the 
members  of  the  firm  their  trade  has  been  largely  increased  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  at  present 
they  are  m  possession  of  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  Mr.  R.  C.  Cammack,  father  of  the  Mr. 
Uarnmack  of  Renshaw,  Cammack  &  Co.,  originated  the  business,  and  his  gveat  capacity  built  for  it 
a  sohd  foundation,  which  his  several  successors  have  added  to  and  strengthened.  They  make  a  spec¬ 
ialty  m  the  sale  of  the  two  leading  staples,  cotton  and  sugar,  giving  emplojunent  to  eight  competent 
and  expenen^d  hands,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  to  the  wants  of  the  patrons  and  friends  of  the 
firm.  Ihis  firm  bemg  possessed  of  sufficient  capital  are  amiily  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances 
on  consignments  from  their  country  customers  Their  trade  is  largely  from  the  States  of  Louisiana, 
Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  their  sugar  consignments  coming  mostly  from  Louisiana.  They  sell  du'ect 
on  the  New  Orleans  market  for  the  best  ootainable  prices,  and  make  prompt  return  of  account  sales 
to  their  correspondents.  The  indiiudual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Mr.  Henry  Renshaw,  Mr.  Albert 
Cammack  and  James  A.  Renshaw,  all  of  whom  are  held  in  high  regard  by  the  business  community, 
and  looked  upon  as  bemg  among  our  leading  and  most  respected  citizens.  Mr.  H.  Renshaw,  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  born  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1812,  and  has  resided  in  New 
Oileans  for  the  past  fifty  years.  Mr.  James  A.  Renshaw  and  Mr.  A.  Cammack  are  both  native  born 
Lomsiamans,  and  f ally  identified  with  all  the  busine  s  interests  of  the  city.  The  members  of  this 
all  experienced  and  well  known  business  men,  who  by  their  energy,  perseverance  and  relia- 
bmty  have  become  thoroughly  acquainted  with  their  business,  and  deservedly  hold  the  prominent 
position  m  the  busmess  circles  of  this  community,  which  they  have  secured  by  their  long,  continual 
and  honorable  dealings  with  many  of  our  prominent  and  leading  citizens. 


HENRY  MARKS — Clothiers  Agent,  No.  61  Customhouse  Street. 

resident  Agent  of  Messrs.  Hornthal,  Ubritcheais,  Weisman  &  Co.,  Nos.  466 
and  468  Hroadway ,  New  York,  and  as  such  is  enabled  to  sell  to  the  city  trade  and  throughout  the  en- 
tue  oouthem  country  at  as  favorable  prices  as  if  the  merchants  were  in  New  York  themselves.  The 
house  represented  by  Mr.  Marks  carries  $1,000,000  worth  of  stock,  thereby  giving  him  every 
facility  for  making  selections  and  on  the  easiest  possible  terms  for  liis  patrons.  Country  merchants 
tmoughout  the  South  desiring  to  consult  and  avail  themselves  of  Mr.  Mark’s  services,  can  address 
him  at  the  above  named  location.  He  represents  and  sells  all  kinds  of  men’s,  boy’s,  youth’s  and  chil- 
1  s  clotmiig  111  every  quality  and  style,  all  of  which  is  made  from  the  finest  foreign  and  domestic 
cloth  down  to  the  common  jeans.  We  are  glad  to  be  able  to  mention  Mr.  Mark’s  agency  in  giving  a 
^tailed  account  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans  as  bemg  one  of  great  convenience  to  thepubHc. 
He  is  an  active,  wide-awake,  honorable  business  man,  deserving  of  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all 
who  have  busmess  relations  with  him. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  107 


B.  ONORATO. — Auctioneer,  Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  45  Royal  St. 

This  establishment,. started  in  1878.  'with  a  small  capital,  has  built  up  a  trade  not  only  satisfactory 
to  the  proprietor,  but  a  just  subject  of  pride,  as  it  has  been  done  by  close  attention  to  business,  en¬ 
ergy,  high  individual  honor  and  square  liberal-dealing.  With  the  thrift  characteristic  of  his  na¬ 
tionality,  Mr.  Onorato,  unaided,  has  to-day,  by  his  o^vn  exertions,  as  an  attractive  establish-  j 
ment  of  the  kind  as  can  be  found  in  New  Orleans  He  transacts  a  general  auction  business,  suc¬ 
cessions,  portwardens,  cargoes,  undei-writers’  and  sales  of  any  description  promptly  attended  to.  ■ 
Liberal  cash  advances  made  on  furniture  and  merchandise  of  ever>*  description.  He  carries  a  large  , 
and  varied  stock  of  goods  averaging  in  value  from  .$20,000  to  $25,000,  while  his  annual  sales  will  . 
aggregate  over  $1..500,000.  Eight  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  ! 
employed  in  the  different  branches  of  his  busines,  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  customers  who  mav  call  j 
at  his  estabhshment.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  the  budding  i 
being  a  four  story  brick  structure.  40x1.50  feet  in  size,  the  whole  of  which  is  occupied  and  used  by  j 
this  firm  Mr.  Onorato  is  a  native  of  Italy,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for  many  ye^.  His  facilities  | 
for  conducting  his  business  are  first  class  both  in  extent  and  qualitj’.  He  is  an  active  business  man,  givmg  j 
promise  of  greatly  extending  his  trade.  For  square,  upright  dealing,  liberal  principles  and  enter-  | 
prise  no  house  stands  higher.  Altogether  it  is  one  of  the  most  fiourishing  concerns  in  the  city,  and  j 
in  its  commercial  position  holds  equal  rank  with  any  similar  establishment  m  the  South.  The  ' 
principal  department  of  this  business  is  the  sale  of  cargoes  of  fruit  from  Mediteraniam  ports  and  the  j 
sales  for  the  present  season  will  reach  $3,000,000.  i 

J.  IN.  ADAMS. — Agent  Weston’s  Mills,  Pearl  River  Miss.,  No.  318  Delord  St.  1 

The  Weston  mills  have  been  established  since  1840,  haring  been  originally  founded  by  Carr  &  j 
Weston,  and  conducted  by  them  until  about  nine  years  ago  when  Nr.  Weston  became  sole  proprie-  j 
tor  of  the  enterprise  Mr.  Adams  the  representative  of  this  well-known  firm  in  New  Orleans,  will  ; 
receive  all  orders  for  lumber  of  any  desenption  which  will  be  sawed  to  order  at  the  Mills  on  short  I 
notice.  Cargoes  for  foreign  markets  made  a  speciality  Fifty-five  hands  are  kept  constantly  em-  j 
ployed  at  the  mills,  which  have  been  furnished  with  aU  the  latest  and  most  improved  saw  mill  ma-  j 
chinery.  Three  large  and  improved  engines,  with  five  boilers,  are  used  to  furnish  the  motive  power  j 
necessary  to  drive  the  machinery  in  the  various  departments.  The  trade  of  the  well-known  mills  is  ■ 
spread  out  over  the  entire  Southern  States,  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  America  Mr.  Adams,  the  i 
gentlemanly  Agent  is  an  old  resident  of  Neiv  Orleans,  and  is  well  known  to  the  lumber  trade  of  this 
city  as  an  honorable,  upright,  and  trustworthy  gentleman,  of  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have 
business  relations. 

CHARLES  GERBER — Dealer  in  Hats,  Caps,  Gents  Furnishings,  &c,,  No.  184  Camp  St,  \ 

also  Corner  Camp  and  Commercial  Alley.  j 

In  recording  any  adequate  account  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  progress  made  | 
during  the  l^st  quarter  of  a  century  in  commercial  and  manufacturing  importance,  it  would  be  im-  ! 
possible  to  omit  meidioft  of  the  houses  of  Charles  Gerber.  Established  by  the  present  ovmer  in 
1873,  the  resources  and  trade  of  this  concern  have  more  than  kept  equal  pace  with  the  general  pros¬ 
perity  of  the  Crescent  City.  Founded  with  but  limited  capital,  but  conducted  with  ever}’  advantage 
to  be  derived  from  a  stainless  business  pohey,  the  success  of  the  houses  have  increased  with  each  j 
succeeding  year,  until  at  present  they  stand  on  a  very  solid  basis.  An  average  stock  of  about  $2, COO  i 
is  carried  in  each  of  these  establishments,  and  an  annual  business  of  .$10,0^ )0  transacted.  Two  com-  ; 
petent  and  experienced  clerks  are  kept  constantly  employed .  Mr.  Gerber  the  proprietor  of  these 
well-known  and  popular  emporiums,  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  thirty  years,  and  is  ; 
well  and  favorably  known  in  this  community  as  an  honorable,  rehable  and  upright  citizen,  justly 
entitled  to  the  patronage  and  prosperity  that  has  attended  his  untiring  efforts.  Any  person  wishing 
to  purchase  an}i:hing  in  the  above  line  can  do  no  better  than  to  call  at  either  of  Mr.  Gerber’s  estab¬ 
lishments  and  examine  his  magnificent  stock  of  goods. 


MRS.  B.  SONTHEIMER. — Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods,  No.  567.  Magazine  St. 

Nothing  pleases  the  feminine  fancy  more  than  to  revel  among  the  beauties  and  styles  of  loveliness  | 
displayed  in  a  first  class  milhnery  establishment  and  if'  anything  could  make  a  lovely  woman  look  : 
more  lovely,  it  is  a  tasteful  and  bewitching  millinery  adornment.  In  all  the  great  city  of  New  i 
Orleans  there  is  no  more  attractive  establishment  of  this  kind  than  that  of  Mrs  B,  Sontlieimer  at 
No.  567  Magazine  street.  Starting  m  February,  1881,  Mrs,  S.  can-ie^  a  fine  assortment  of  perf'ectly 
new  goods  of  the  latest  and  most  popular  styles.  Her  storeroom  is  large  arid  weU  adapted  to  the 
display  of  both  materials  and  trimmed  goods,  the  stock  of  fancy  goods,  laces,  ruching,  etc  , 
of  beautiful  design,  all  tastefully  arranged,  the  average  stock  reaching  $3,0  0  in  value.  Four 
assistants  are  employed  and  the  bonnets,  hats,  etc.,  purchased  at  this  store  are  widely  noted  for 
excellence  of  taste  in  their  trimming.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  the  entire  city  and  many 
residents  of  the  surrounding  country  who  make  purchases  in  the  Orescent  City  patronize  this  well 
deserving  establishment.  The  annual  sales  reach  $2  ),000  and  prospects  for  future  extension  are 
very  flattering.  Mrs.  Son theimer  is  a  native  of  Europe,  thoroughly  conversant  ■with  her  business, 
and  it  gives  us  pleasure  to  thus  speak  of  this  branch  of  trade  and  her  connection  wim  it,  knowing 
that  all  -with  whom  she  may  do  business  will  find  satisfaction  in  giving  her  their  patronage. 


108 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


^TNA  STEAM  PRESSED  FIRE  CLAY  FURNACE  AND  POTTERY  WORKS— J  L  Swan 

Proprietor,  No.  121  South  Rampart  Street.  ' 

the  practical  manager  in  this  business,  as  a  manufacturer  has  done  much 
towards  thej^roduction  of  the  manufacture  of  the  domestic  article  known  as  a  clay  furnace,  and 

now  produces  a 
home  article  pref¬ 
erable  compared 
with  that  made 
in  any  market, 
and  fully  one-half 
less  in  price.  He 
darted  this  en- 
erprise  about 
axteen  years  ago, 
ind  after  many 
everses,  has  suc¬ 
ceeded  m  making 
t  a  success.  He 

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iraae.  ue  is  tiie  mventoi  of  the  best  known  furnace  press,  worked  by  steam  and  is  fumished  to 

j"t“  Nf  ^27  SoZrR^™  .f  ”•  “y  ordeS  “.ed  to 

large  and  general  assortoent  of  crockerrZZhe'^r^To™  eZmlhto^^  whiS  are  sold  aUhe 

itostpTeasure  to  have 


J.  H.  HINRICHS — Manufacturer  of  Show  Cases,  No.  21  Decatur  Street. 

This  enterpri^se  was  started  m  1872,  and  has  been  very  successful.  The  premises  occupied  in  the 
roanufacture  of  show  cases,  with  white  metal  for  show  windows,  &c.,  is  spacious  anTconvenfen^^^^ 
s  tuated  on  one  of  the  principal  business  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  the  building  bdng  akSS 
story  structure,  the  entire  premises  being  occupied  by  Mr.  Hinrichs  with  his  maLflctoiT  anf  sales- 
rooms  He  gives  constant  employment  to  from  eighteen  to  twenty  hands, and  inanufacturL  1  OOOele- 
gant  show  cases  during  the  year.  Se,  also, in  addition  to  this  business,does  a  general  jobbing  and  finish¬ 
ing  business,  fitting  up  banks,  offices,  &c,  with  white  metal  sash  and  elegant  show  cases^  The  first 
premium  was  awarded  Mr.  Hinrichs  by  the  Louisiana,  Alabama  and  Texas  State  fairs  in  i876  for  the 
finest  and  most  durable  show  cases.  All  orders  by  mail  will  be  promptly  attended  to  The  hand¬ 
some  show  case  m  the  vestffiule  of  the  St.  Charles  Theatre,  containing  the  presents  -iven  atay  by 
Baron  Seenian,  was  furnished  by  J  H.  Hinrichs,  No.  21  Decatur  street  He  is  a  native  of  G^^anf 
being  born  m  1848,  but  has  resided  m  this  city  for  many  years.  He  commenced  the  study  of  his 
trade  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  special  branch  of  business  since 
that  time.  He  is  an  active  energetic  and  honorable  man,  who  holds  in  an  eminent  degree  the  good 
opinion  and  confidence  of  all  who  do  business  with  him.  We  are  pleased  to  recommend  hirn  to  the 
patronage  being  a  gentleman  in  every  sense  of  the  term,  and  one  worthy  of  the  pubhc 

GEO.  W.  DAYISON  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants,  No.  47  Poydras  St. 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Davison  and  Mr.  Geo.  Grundmann  constitute  the  individual  members  of  this  old  re¬ 
liable  produce  house,  both  of  whom  are  men  of  large  experience,  and  who  have  ably  conducted  the 
business  in  such  a  manner  as  to  see  a  large  and  very  flattering  increase  in  their  consignments  Their 
liberality  to  their  patrons  m  business  transactions  has  won  them  a  large  number  of  reSr  cSo- 
mers  from  over  all  the  Northern  and  Western  States.  Their  facilities  for  handling  floui?  corn  mfal 
oats,  bran,  corn,  hay,  meats,  lard,  butter,  cheese,  potatoes,  apples,  Ac.,  are  not  excelled  bv an /  sim- 
a?te?  dS^eTfoV'V^^b^^  the  firm  is  worthy  of  especial  mention  m  a  work  of  this-  char- 

nJw  ThpV  regarding  the  various  business  enterprises  of 

blew  Orleans  Then-  business  is  conducted  m  all  its  various  details  upon  principles  of  pure  mercatile 

fbr^fhMr  uif  reputation  and  confidence  of  the  house  are  indebted 

for  their  success  ^  Before  closing  this  sketch,  we  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  northern  and  western 

merchants  and  shippers  of  northern  cities  to  the  fact  that  Messrs.  Davison  A  Co.  make  a  speciality 
during  the  spring  of  handling  large  quantities  of  all  early  produce.  Their  arrangements  for  hand^ 
hng  this  class  of  goods  IS  so  perfected  w^^^  railroads  that  they  ^place  these  products  in  western 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


109 


PAUL  GELP!  &  BRO. — Commission  Merchants  aud  General  Importers  of  Wines, 

Brandies,  Liquors,  Sardines.  French,  Spanish  and  Italian  Produce,  No.  43  Decatur  street. 

There  is  no  firm  in  New  Orleans  more  generally  and  favorably  known  than  that  of  Messrs.  Paul 
Gelpi  k  Bro.  Commencing  business  in  1874,  armed  with  years  of  experience  and  a  thorough,  inti¬ 
mate  knowledge  of  the  importing  trade,  success  crowned  their  ever}’  effort,  from  year  to  year  they  i 
have  gone  on  increasing  until  to-dyy  their  store  on  Decatur  street  82x217  feet  in  size  will  be  found  i 
filled  throughout  its  entire  extent  w’ith  an  assortment  of  choice  and  rare  w’ines,  Hquors,  cordials.  | 
brandy  fruits,  sardines,  the  finest  salad  oil.  with  maccaroni,  assorted  paste,  castile  soap,  etc.,  in  fact  i 
everything  to  tempt  the  palate  of  the  most  fastidious.  When  once  introduced  to  the  vast  variety  of  ; 
good  things  contained  in  their  sample  room  you  no  longer  doubt  the  ability  of  the  New  Orleans  Im¬ 
porter  to  gratify  your  every  desire,  and  offer  for  your  selection  the  choicest  products  of  the  old  w’orld.  ' 
Messrs.  Gelpi  k  Bro.  possess  unusual  facilities  for  the  successful  conduct  of  their  business,  for  besides  ■ 
an  abundance  of  capital  for  all  needs  and  a  corps  of  assistants  skilled  beyond  the  usual  requirements, 
among  w’hom  w’e  cannot  fail  to  name  Mr.  Augustas  Lerts,  .Tr.,  w’ho  is  of  himself  most  affable,  cour-  ' 
teous  and  genially  attentive  to  all  wdio  visit  the  house,  he  seems  a  necessarj’  part  and  parcel  of  the 
firm  and  pleasantly  so  to  every  buyer.  This  firm  being  sole  agents  for  several  noted  foreign  houses.  ■ 
control  many  staples  of  evei-y  day  consumption  enabling  them  to  offer  inducements  to  trade  superior 
to  fyat  of  any  other  house  in  the  city.  Their  trade  is  not  confined  to  the  city  alone,  for  they  are  in 
active  correspondence  all  over  the  South  and  West,  their  shipments  are  to  prominent  houses  in  everj’  ' 
city  of  the  West,  for  wherever  foreign  goods  of  finest  quality  are  needed,  there  vnW  be  found  custo¬ 
mers  of  Paul  Gelpi  k  Bro.,  for  they  have  long  since  learned  that  choice  goods  at  reasonable  prices 
wall  always  .sell,  and  good  buyers  soon  learn  where  to  purchase  to  best  advantage.  Messrs.  Gelpi  k 
Bro.  are  ahvays  prepared  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  trade  and  able  to  guarantee  their  stock  as 
perfectly  fresh  and  desirable.  This,  coupled  with  their  evident  desire  to  have  all  buyers  feel  at  home  ; 
in  their  store,  makes  their  house  a  pleasant  rendezvous,  as  all  who  visit  them  once  feel  a  natural  ' 
w’ish  to  call  again.  Their  establishment  is  ever}’  w’ay  w’orthy  of  liberal  patronage. 

THE  SINGER  MANUFACTURING  CO. — S.  E.  Randle  Agent,  No.  85  Cana!  Street. 

The  New’  Orleans  agency  of  this  company  is  one  of  the  most  important,  and  represents  the  , 
interest  of  the  Singer  Manufacturing  company  in  nearly  all  of  the  Southern  States,  and  w’as  estab¬ 
lished  in  1869,  during  w'hich  year  the  sales  of  the 
New’  Orleans  Agency  w’as  300  machines,  while  dur¬ 
ing  the  year  1880,  their  sales  amounted  to  17.513. 
The  premises  occupied  are  conveniently  situated, 
large  and  commodious,  the  building  being  the  hand¬ 
some  four  story  structure  at  No.  85  Canal  street,  30x121 
feet  in  size,  and  especially  fitted  up  and  furnished 
for  the  business.  This  entire  building  is  occupied  by 
the  company,  the  offices  being  on  ‘the  ground  floor, 
and  are  the  most  handsomely  furnished  of  any  estab-  , 
lishment  in  the  entire  city.  This  Agency  which  is  , 
under  the  management  of  Mr.  S.  E.  Rundle,  gives  em¬ 
ployment  to  950  hands,  w’ho  are  under  the  control  of 
of  the  New’  Orleans  Agency  and  subject  to  the  orders 
of  its  Agent,  iMr,  Rundle.  Tire  trade  from  this  city  ’ 
is  spread  out  over  the  States  of  Louisiana.  Mississippi 
and  Alabama.  The  Singer  Sewdng  Machine  w’as  pat¬ 
ented  in  1851  and  subsequent  years.  The  Machine  ! 
makes  a  lock  stitch  by  means  of  a  straight  eye-pointed 
needle  and  a  longitudinally  reciprocating  shuttle.  The  needle  bar  "derives  its  motion  from  a  pin  on 
the  end  of  the  rotating  horizontal  shaft,  the  pin  entering  a  heart-shaped  groove  in  a  block  attached 
to  the  needle  bar.  A  bevel  w’heel  on  the  main  shaft  engages  a  bevel  wheel  on  the  vertical  shaft,  j 
provided  at  its  lower  end  with  a  crank,  connected  by  link  w’ith  the  shuttle-driver  or  canier.  The 
four-motion  feeding-dog  is  operated  through  the  horizontal  lever  actuated  from  the  vertical  shaft. 
The  feed  is  adjusted  through  a  movable  fulcrum,  controlled  by  a  set  screw’.  A  take-up  lever  con¬ 
trols  the  thread  betw’oen  the  tension  device  and  the  eye  of  the  needle.  Tlie  Company  has  1500  su-  ! 
bordinate  offices  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  3000  offices  in  the  Old  World  and  South  j 
America.  The  New  Orleans  office  contains  a  full  fine  of  these  EMachines,  from  the  plain  family 
Machine  at  $30  to  the  highly-ornamented  ]\Iachine  inlaid  w’ith  pearl,  in  polished  rosewood  cabinet 
ca,se,  with  folding  cover,  drawers,  locks,  etc.,  at  $130,  as  well  as  the  machines  for  manufac¬ 
turing  purposes,  and  the  patent  improved  Button-Hole  ^Machine,  having  a  chain  stitch,  w’ith  w’hich  | 
an  ordinary  operator  can  make  1 000  button-holes  in  cloth,  daily,  or  1500  in  leather  with  a  complete  as-  ' 
sortment  of  attachments  and  parts.  Mr.  S  E.  Rundle,  the  gentlemanly  agent  of  the  company  at 
New  Orleans,  was  bom  in  New’  York  State  in  1838,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  and  closely  identified  i 
with  the  industries  and  business  of  the  Crescent  City.  Like  many  of  our  successful  business  men,  by  | 
application  and  earnest  devotion  to  his  calling,  from  humble  ^‘^gming  he  has  risen  to  a  prominent 
po.sition  in  the  business  community.  With  his  experience  and  facilities,  together  wdth  the  just  and  ' 
liberal  policy  that  has  ever  marked  his  business  career,  Mr.  Rundle  presents  advantages^and  induce- 
ineets  that  entitle  the  singer  Manufacturing  Company  to  the  most  favorable  consideration  of  all 
classes  of  buyers  who  draw  their  supplies  from  this  city"  i 


110  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


EDMUND  M.  IVENS  &  SON — Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Stationary  and  Portable 

Steam  Engines,  and  Plantation  Machinery  of  all  Discriptions,  No.  104  South  Peters  Street. 

Among  the  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  the  establishment  of  Edmund 
M.  Ivens  &  Son,  at  No.  104  South  Peters  street,  manufacturers  of  the  Self  Priming  Irrigating  Pump 
and  the  Double-Quick  Self-Returning  Screw  Cotton  press,  and  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  portable  and 
stationary  steam  engines  and  plantation  inachinery,  occupies  a  position  that  entitles  it  to  considera¬ 
tion  in  this  work.  The  history  of  these  inventions  and  their  work  are  so  intimately  connected  with, 
the  development  of  the  trade  and  commerce  of  New  Orleans  and  vicinity,  that  no  record  of  the 
industries  and  business  of  this  community  would  be  complete  that  did  not  take  cognizance  of  them. 
It  is  an  all-important  subject  at  present  among  the  rice  planters  of  how  to  thoroughly  and  cheaply 
irrigate  their  lands,  and  in  order  to  thoroughly  consumate  this,  a  number  of  pumps  are  now  invented 
and- in  operation  throughout  the  rice  growing  districts  of  this  and  adjoining  States.  Mr.  Ivens  see- . 
ing  the  great  need  of  some  machine  for  this  purpose  has  invented  and  perfected  the  celebrated 
“Ivens’  Draining  Machine,”  for  dry  docks,  draining  cities,  plantations,  raising  sunken  vessels,-  and 
all  places  where  lai'ge  bodies  of  water  are  to  be  removed  He  secured  the  patent  to  the  wonderful 
machine  January  28,  1868,  and  immediately  commenced  their  manufacture;  a  large  number  have 
already  been  made  and  put  into  active  and  successful  operation.  With  one  of  the  No.  3  Patent 
Drainage  Machines  the  “Steamship  Minnetonka”  was  raised  out  of  21  feet  6  inches  of  water,  with¬ 
out  removing  her  cargo  of  80iJ  tons,  in  four  hours  and  fifty-five  minutes  from  the  time  of  starting  the 
engine,  and  was  towed  to  the  city  and  put  upon  the  docks  for  repairs  This  same  machinery  was 
afterwards  sold  by  Mr.  Ivens  for  $10,000  Another  one  of  these  machines  has  been  in  successful 
operation  on  the  Ashland  plantation,  owned  by  Duncan  F.  Kenner,  of  this  city,  for  a  number  of 
years  and  has  given  the  utmost  satisfaction  in  every  particular.  Mr.  Ivens’  patent  does  away  with 
the  bottom  or  foot  valve,  and  now  primes  the  pump  with  a  steam  syphon,  thus  operating  the  entire 
pump  from  the  boiler  of  the  engine.  When  the  pump  is  in  operation  there  is  no  valve  or  anything 
else  for  trash  or  dirt  passing  through  to  lodge  against  and  thus  clog  its  operation.  It  is  clear  of 
everything  when  working  and  will  do  as  much  as  the  largest  plantation  draining  wheels  have  done, 
at  about  one-fourth  the  first  cost.  The  Mechanics’  and  Agricultural  Fair  Association  at  their  fair 
held  in  this  city  in  November,  1866,  awarded  Mr.  Ivens  the  “Grand  Gold  Medal,”  and  in  1867 
awarded  him  a  “Diploma,”  as  a  premium  for  the  best  draining  pump.  The  No.  4  machines,  with 
a  discharge  of  14x24  inches,  the  diameter  being  only  40  inches,  has  a  capacity  of  1,500,000  gallons 
per  hour.  Mr.  Ivens  asks  a  careful  examination  of  the  merits  of  this  pump  from  all  who  have  the 
slighest  interest  in  the  draining  or  irrigating  of  land  or  raising  of  vessels.  The  machinery  attached 
to  these  engines  is  of  the  simplest  character,  subject  to  no  breakage  or  disorder,  and  the  whole  con¬ 
struction  speaks  for  itself  in  a  manner  which  must  challenge  the  admiration  and  wonder  of  all  Louisi¬ 
anians.  Mr.  Ivens  is,  also,  the  patentee  and  manufacturer  of  the  Double-Quick  Self-Returning 
Screw  Cotton  Press,  patented  February  26  and  April  9,  1878  and  March  18,  1879.  This  press  has  a 
lock-chain  box  fastening,  oil  well  base,  improved  hinge  timbers,  top  roller  stops,  and  a  thoroughly 
bolted  box.  It  is  manufactured  in  sections,  many  of  which  can  be  placed  upon  other  presses.  This 
is  beyond  question  the  “Cotton  Press  of  1881,”  and  has  already  attained  an  excellent  reputation 
throughout  the  cotton  districts.  About  400  of  these  presses  have  already  been  manufactured  and 
are  now  in  active  use  and  in  every  case  have  given  entire  satisfaction  in  every  sense  of  the  term. 
The  price  of  the  “Horse  Power”  is  $210,  and  the  “Steam  Power”  $285.  Mr  Ivens  has  an  extended 
trade  throughout  all  the  cotton  growing  States,  which,  through  the  industry,  peresverence  and  close 
attention  to  business  of  the  proprietor  of  this  well-known  establishment,  will  be  largely  augmented 
during  the  coming  season.  Mr.  Ivens  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  all  the  business  men  of  New 
Orleans,  as  an  honorable,  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizens,  who  has  in  an  eminent  degree  the  confi¬ 
dence  and  esteem  of  the  community.  We  can  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  readeis  of  this  work 
as  a  gentleman  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


LAGAN  &  MACKISON. — Hardware  and  Ship  Chandlery  Nos.  6  and  8  Common  St. 

W e  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  our  many  readers  to  the  superiority  and  excellent  business  capa¬ 
bility  of  this  house.  As  compact  and  comprehensive  in  its  details  as  any  house  in  the  city,  it  merits 
more  than  passing  notice.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1856  by  M.  D.  Lagan  -with  a  small  capital, 
and  the  business  has  increased  steadily  until  now  a  capital  of  $5,0''0  is  employed.  Two  large  stores 
sixty  feet  front  and  three  stories  high  are  occupied  by  this  firm  and  a  full  line  of  hardware  and  ship 
chandlery  is  carried,  also  steamer,  telegraph,  and  railroad  supplies,  steam  trains  for  the  evap¬ 
oration  of  cane  juice,  etc.,  the  entire  stock  being  valued  at  $8,000.  They  are  workers  in  copper, 
brass  and  sheet  iron  and  dealers  in  gas  pipes  and  fittings,  the  annual  trade  reaching  $65,000 
Twenty-five  mechanics  are  employed  and  all  work  turned  out  from  this  establishment  is  guaranteed 
as  bemg  first  class  in  every  respect.  Messrs.  M.  D.  Lagan  and  James  Mackison  compose  the  firm. 
Mr.  Lagan  is  a  native  of  Ireland  and  learned  his  trade  in  this  city.  Mr.  Mackison  is  a  native  of 
Pittsburg,  and  learned  his  trade  in  Louisville,  Ky.  The  ample  measure  of  success  atten¬ 
dant  upon  the  efforts  of  this  house  has  been  largely  due  to  the  enterprising,  honorable,  and  lib¬ 
eral  policy  that  has  always  characterized  its  business  transactions,  and  it  is  just  to  say  that  no  firm  in 
the  city  has  achieved  a  higher  reputation  for  these  qualities  and  for  mercantile  integrity  than  the 
firm  of  Lagan  &  Mackison. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS 


111 


,G.  R.  FINLAY  &  CO. — Wholesale  Druggists,  No.  35  Magazine  St. 

By.  a  careful  examination  of  the  commercial  facilities  enjoyed  by  this  city,  we  find  that  among  its 
cotemporaries  the  house  of  Messrs.  G.  R.  Finlay  Co.  is  one  of  the  most  important.  This  distinc¬ 
tion  is  accorded  not  only  from  the  fact  that  the  house  is  one  of  the  largest  in  New  Orleans,  but  in  the 
magnitude  of  its  operations  and  the  enterprise  of  its  business  policy,  it  may  be  regarded  as  occupying 
an  eminent  position  and  exerting  marked  influence  upon  the  trade.  This  house  was  started  by 
Wheelock,  Finlay  Ball  in  1866  with  large  capital,  who  were  succeeded  by  Wheelock  Finlay  Co. 
1  in  1868,  the  present  finn  assuming  control  in  1876.  A  large  four  storj*  building  30x200  feet 
i  m  size  is  occupied,  situated  in  the  strictly  wholesale  pari  of  the  city,  and  a  large  and  com- 
j  plete  assortment  of  goods  in  this  line  carried,  the  average  value  being  estimated  at  $150,000. 

1  None  but  pure  and  unadulterated  goods  are  purchased  by  this  finn,  and  purchasers  may 
rely  on  their  goods  being  just  Avhat  they  are  represented.  Twenty-six  hands  are  employed 
at  liberal  wasres,  and  every  thing  is  kept  in  perfect  order  throughout.'  Five  traveling  men 
are  constantly  engaged  in  selling  supplies  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas, 
Texas,  Alabama,^  Florida,  Tennessee,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Kentucky',  Mexico  and  Central  America,  the 
^’Caching  $500,000  per  annum.  Messrs.  G.  R.  Finlay,  .T.  P.  Alvey  and  Louis  Faurie  compose 
the  firm,  and  they  are  fully  entitled  to  the  success  they  have  achieved  and  the  general  consideration 
with  which  they  are  regarded.  The  enterprise  of  Messrs.  Finlay  A  Co.  has  met  with  appreciative 
;  acknowledgment  from  the  public,  and  the  firm  is  regarded  with  that  estimation  rightfully  due  to  a 
,  business  policy  founded  upon  the  stnctest  integrity  and  the  highest  standard  of  professional  accom- 
i  plishlll6llt. 


C.  E.  SARRAZIN — Steam  Tobacco  Manufactory,  Importer  of  and  Dealer  in  Havana  and 

Domestic  Cigars,  Chewing  and  Smoking  Tobaccos,  Snuff,  Cigars  and  Pipes  of  all  kinds, 
2^ os.  275  and  277  Decatur  Street,  and  13,  15,  17  and  19  Ursulines 

It  would  be  impossible  to  give  an  accurate  account  of  the  commercial  and  industrial  historj^  of 
this  City  without  making  favorable  mention  of  the  establishment  which  is  the  subject  of  this  brief 
sketch.  Mr.  Sarrazin  started  his  present  enterprise  in  1879,  with  a  moderate  capital,  and  the  trade 
has  been  steadily  growing  ever  since,  and  his  business  is  now  in  a  prosperous  condition,  canying  an 
average  stock  of  $.35,000.  To  the  building  up  of  such  a  business,  strong,  natural  talent,  coupled 
with  years  of  training  and  seconded  by  an  industry  that  has  never  flagged.  He  gives  employment 
^  hands  in  the  various  branches  of  the  estatlishment,  and  transacts  an  annual  business 

(H  $2.50,0  0.  The  faetory  and  salesrooms  is  large  and  conveniently  situated,  being  a  large  three 
story  building  60x»175  feet  in  size,  and  well  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machin¬ 
ery  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  this  business.  He  carries  in  stock  a  full  and  complete  assort¬ 
ment  of  Havana  and  domestic  cigars,  chewing  tobacco,  smoking  tobaccos,  snuff,  pipes,  playing 
cards,  matches,  Ac.,  in  fact  everything  to  be  had  at  a  first-class  establishment  of  the  kind,  can  al- 
ways  be  found  in  stock  at  this  well-knovtm  emporium.  In  the  manufacture  of  tobacco,  this  is  one 
p  ®  largest  and  most  complete  in  all  its  details  in  the  entire  Southern  country,  having  a  capacity 
of  from  350,000  to  400,000  pounds  per  annum  Mr.  J.  L.  Sarrazin,  father  of  the  proprietor  of  this 
house,  was  the  first  to  manufacture  fine-cut  tobacco  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and  in  this  branch 
^^^5"  l^be  son  succeeded  the  father,  and  has  continued  its  manufacture  ever  since.  The  trade 
^ ^  fobacco  house  is  almost  exclusively  confined  to  the  city,  a  large  proportion  of 
which  IS  among  the  jobbers,  and  who  purchase  in  large  quantities,  thereby  securing  all  the  advan¬ 
tages  of  discounts,  Ac.  Mr.  Sarrazin  has  made  a  life-long  profession  of  this  business,  having  com¬ 
menced  the  study  of  his  trade  in  early  boyhood,  and  has  ever  since  been  activeh"  engaged  in  the 
^same  line  of  business.  Cordially  commending  this  house  to  the  trade  and  the  public,  and  directing 
attention  to  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted,  the  amplitude  of  its  resources  and  facilities,  and 
remarking  that,  as  ranking  first  among  its  line  of  contemporaries,  the  establishment  is  of  that 
class  which  commands  respect,  confidence  and  consideration  of  the  community  at  large. 


£.  M.  HOGAN  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  44  Union  St. 

IS  entitled  to  a  prominent  place  in  the  recorded  an¬ 
nals  of  this  city,  so  closely  allied  as  it  is  to  those  enterprises  which  conduce  so  much  to  the  genei'al 
comfort  and  satisfaction  of  life.  This  enteiprise  was  started  in  1865  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Hogan,  who 
conducted  the  business  successfully  until  1880,  when  the  present  finn  was  organized.  They  do  a 
large  and  general  cotton  and  commission  business,  making  liberal  advances  on  consignments,  with 
prompt  retums.  All  orders  for  merchandise  from  planters  and  country  merchants  will  receive  their 
careful  and  prompt  attention,  ^e  sales  during  the  year  in  cotton  alone  aggregated  over  1.5,000 
bales.  Iheir  consignments  are  principally  from  the  Yazoo  river  country.  Four  competent  assistants  are 
kept  em^oyed  in  the  clerical  department  of  the  establishment,  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are 
paid.  Ihe  premises  occupied  are  30x100  feet  in  size,  well  lighted  and  specially  fitted  up  for  the 
■  purpose  for  which  it  is  being  used.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  E.  M  Hogan,  M.  J. 
^  Hogan  and  H  F.  Warner,  all  of  whom  are  known  to  the  trade  as  A  1  cotton  men,  reliable  and 
r.  honorable  in  all  their  transactions,  and  fully  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  being  extendgd  them. 
^  pleasure  to  record  the  grand  success  of  young  men  like  Messrs.  Hogan  A  Co.,  who  have  left 

all  their  competitors  behind,  and  now  stand  at  the  head  of  their  business. 


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112  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


NEW  ORLEANS,  BA  TON  ROUGE  AND  BA  YOU  SARA  PACKET  COMPANY.— 

Cajjt.  J .  J.  B/'oivu  Mannyer. 

Prominent  among  the  steamboat  enterprise  of  New  Orleans,  and  which  deserve  a  page  in  a  work 
of  this  character  devoted  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  interest  of  the  city,  we  are  glad  to  make 
mention  of  this  company  as  one  conducive,  not  only  to  the  public  good  of  New  Orleans  but  as  a  great 
accommodation  to  the  planters  along  the  coast  and  the  ditferent  towms  along  the  line.  The  ‘*Ed- 
!  ward  J.  Gay”  is  one  of  the  finest  steamers  on  the  river,  built  expressly  for  this  trade  and  with  a  view 
to  the  accommodation  of  Waterloo  Hermitage.  Port  Hudson.  Lobdells  Store,  Baton  Rouge,  Plaque- 
mine  and  other  smaller  landings,  besides  the  sugar  and  cotton  planters  interests,  and  for  which 
this  company  should  receive  a  hearty  support.  She  makes  semi-weekly  trips,  learing  New  Orleans 
Monday's  and  Friday's  at  o  p.  m..  and  can  always  be  depended  on.  Capt.  E.  0.  Melacan  is  com- 
I  mander,  Mr.  S.  S.  Streck  in  charge  of  the  office,  both  of  whom  are  attentive  and  accommodating 
•  to  the  passengers  interests.  The  cabin  is  a  model  of  neatness  and  in  every  way  adapted  to  the  com¬ 
fort  of  its  patrons,  while  no  question  can  be  raised  regarding  the  supply  and  style  of  the  table.  The 
owners  Capts.  Leathers,  Brown  and  Jenny  are  too  well  known  to  the  public  to  presume  that  they 
would  allow  a  boat  to  be  run  in  their  line  except  in  first  class  order  This  boat  when  fully  equipped 
requires  the  services  of  100  hands.  For  freight  or  passage  the  public  are  requested  to  call  on  board 
the  boat  or  to  Capt.  J.  J.  Brown. 

W.  G.  WILMOT  &  CO — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Pittsburg,  Anthracite  and  Canne! 

Coal,  Office  No.  166  Poydras  Street. 

The  industries  which  comprise  of  our  prominent  manufacturing  establishments  and  the  domestic 
I  comfort  and  convenience  of  our  citizens  are  indebted  in  a  verj’  great  degree  to  that  important 
■  mineral  popularly  tenned  ‘‘black  diamonds;"  hence  it  is  just  and  proper  in  compiling  historical 
facts,  figures  and  statistics  of  the  leading  business  enterprises,  manufacturing  and  industrial  pur¬ 
suits,  to  give  due  importance  to  that  branch  which  ranks  as  the  “power  behind  the  throne" — the 
coal  trade.  Among  those  firms  engaged  in  this  business  whose  transactions  have  assumed  great 
magnitude,  may  be  properly  classed  that  of  Messrs.  W.  G.  Wilmot  k  Co.,  which  was  established  in 
1867,  and  have  continued  from  that  time  the  successful  prosecution  of  their  trade,  year  by  year  in¬ 
creasing  it,  until  now  they  carry  one  of  the  largest  stocks  in  this  city,  and  give  employment  to  about 
one  hundred  hands.  Their  premises  are  commodious,  and  have  a  yard  at  the  head  of  Robin  street, 
also  are  in  Algiers,  where  they  are  fully  prepared  to  furnish  families,  steamships,  factories,  planta¬ 
tions,  steamboats,  etc.,  at  the  lowest  market  rates  Main  office  at  No.  166  Poydras  street,  with  a 
receiving  office  at  the  corner  of  Gravier  and  Delta  streets.  This  house  has  a  branch  at  the  capital  of 
the  State,  Baton  Rouge,  situated  on  the  river  convenient  to  coal  any  boats  that  need  supplies  At 
I  this  point  th,ey  have  the  Steam  Tug  “Nelhe”  for  general  towing  purposes.  Planters  on  the  upper 
coast  can  be  supphed  from  this  Point  at  reduced  rates.  This  firm  are  the  sole  receivers  South  of 
Louisville,  of  the  celebrated  Faucett  coal,  which  is  undoubtedly  the  best  grade  of  coal  shipped 
from  Western  Pennsylvania.  It  is  mined  and  shipped  from  Pittsburg  to  them  by  the  well  known 
coal  firm  of  Thos.  Faucett  k  Sons.  The  offices  in  New  Orleans  are  connected  with  the  Telephone 
Exchange  and  all  orders  transmitted  by  telephone  will  receive  their  prompt  attention.  The  individ¬ 
ual  members  of  the  firm  are.  Mr.  W.  G.  Wilmot,  resident  of  New  Orleans,  and  Mr.  Thos.  Faucett, 
of  Pittsbug,  Pa.,  who  are  both  gentlemen  of  superior  business  qualifications.  Kind-hearted  and  gen¬ 
erous,  they  have  won  the  affection  of  all  classes,  and  are  respected  and  honored,  not  alone  for  their 
business  attainments,  but  for  the  high  qualities  of  gentlemen  and  upright  citizens.  Thorough-go¬ 
ing  they  conduct  their  business  with  great  ability  and  upon  principles  of  sound  mercantile  integrity 
and  liberality'.  _ 

TAMPA  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY’S  LINYfLORIDA  AND  HAVANA  STEAMERS— R.  B.  Post 

(&  Son,  Agents,  Nos.  91  and  93  Magazine  Street. 

Among  the  industries  and  commercial  x>ursuits  of  New  Grleans  there  are  none  occupying  a  more 
prominent  position  or  exercising  a  more  healthful  influence  on  the  general  thrift  and  prosperity  of 
the  city  than  the  house  of  R.  B.  Post  k  Son  commission  merchants  and  Agents  for  the  Florida  and 
Havana  steamers.  For  the  accommodation  and  convenience  of  transportation  of  both  freight  and 
passengers  to  Florida  and  Havana,  this  house  might  be  termed  a  public  benefactor.  The  office  lo¬ 
cated  at  Nos  91  and  93  Magazine  street,  is  conveniently  situated  and  has  telephone  connections  Avith 
all  parts  of  the  city,  rendering  it  quite  easy  of  access  for  aU  business  men,  who  can  give  their  orders 
regarding  freight  or  passage.  As  a  commission  house,  they  have  a  large  and  prosperous  trade  ex¬ 
tending  over  the  State  of  Louisiana  and  throughout  the  South  and  West.  Being  possessed  of  ample 
capital  they  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments.  In  the  Florida  trade,  in  gro-  | 
cenes  and  produce,  they  ar«  second  to  none  in  the  city.  For  over  thirty  years  this  house  has  been  well 
known  to  the  citizens  of  New  Orleans,  and  in  all  public  enterprises  have  contributed  their  share. 
The  house  occupies  a  high  position  in  commercial  circles  and  in  our  eminent  degree  commands  the 
respect  of  the  community,  who  so  largely  derive  advantages  from  their  enterprise  and  business  capac¬ 
ity.  Steamers  of  this  line  touch  Pensacola,  Apalachicola,  St.  Marks,  Cedar  Keys,  Key  West  and 
Havana,  making  connectionat  Apalachicola  with  steamboats  to  all  points  on  Chattahoochee  Flint  and 
Apalachicola  rivers,  at  St.  Marks  with  J.  P.  and  M.  R.  R.  to  Tallahassee  the  Capitol  of  the  state  only 
twenty  miles  due  north;  at  Cedar  Keys  with  Florida  Transit  Railroad  to  Jacksonrille  and  Fernan-  ; 
dina,  and  the  United  States  mail  line  steamers  to  Tampa  and  all  points  on  Tampa  Bay  and  Char¬ 
lottes  Harber.  Bills  of  lading  and  passage  tickets  issued  to  all  points.  : 


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A.  M.  DERMOTTS  DEPOT  FOR  ORTHOP/EDIC  APPARATUS,  ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS,  Scc.— 

No.  153  Camp  Street. 

The  publishers  and  editors  of  a  work  of  a  kindred  nature  to  this  have,  in  the  collating-  and  elabo¬ 
rating  of  the  business  interests  and  establishments  of  a  city,  with  special  mission  to  note  their  pro¬ 
gress  and  prosperity,  unusual  facilities  and  data  for  obseiwing 
the  importance  of  the  different  styles  and  classes  of  business, 
as  to  their  bearing  on  the  general  thrift  and  development  of 
the  mercantile  advantages  and  inducements  which  those 
cities  claim  and  hold  out  to  capitalists  in  quest  of  investment. 
Among  the  numerous  business  enterprises  of  the  city,  in  this 
connection,  we  cannot  overlook  that  of  Mr.  A.  McDermott, 
whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article.  The  business 
was  founded  by  Dr.  Blys,  in  1866,  who  conducted  it  until 
1871,  when  the  firm  changed  and  Mr.  McDermott  became  the 
sole  proprietor  of  the  establishment  He  carries  a  large  and 
i  varied  stock  of  goods,  consisting  of  trusses,  shoulder  braces,  abdominal  supporters,  elastic  stockings, 

'  suspensory  bandages  of  all  kinds,  pile  pipes  and  supporters,  crutches,  and  all  the  different  appara- 
;  tus  for  the  treatment  of  distortions  and  debilities  of  the  human  body  always  on  hand,  or  made  to 
order.  The  work  turned  out  by  Mr.  McDermott  is  always  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.  He  car- 
;  ries  an  average  stock  of  from  $2,000  to  $3,000,  and  trarsacts  a  business  of  over  $5,000  per  annum. 

'  Two  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  employed,  who  are  always  on  hand  ready 
and  willing  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  customers  who  visit  the  establishment.  A  lady  will  wait 
on  lady  customers.  All  orders  sent  bv  telegraph  or  letter  will  be  promptly  attended  to.  Mr.  Mc¬ 
Dermott  is  the  manufacturer  of  Dr.  Blys’  celebrated  artificial  legs  and  arms,  which  are  so  well 
known  throughout  the  South.  It  is  an  anatomical  leg,  with  lateral  or  side  motion  at  the  ankle, 
like  the  natural  one,  which  have  been  greatly  improved,  and  are  warranted  in  every  respect.  The 
trade  of  this  concern,  while  it  is  largely  local,  extends  over  the  entire  Southern  States,  Mexico,  Cuba 
and  South  America.  Mr.  McDermott  has  resided  in  this  city  since  1866,  and  is  well  and  favorably 
known  by  all  who  have  business  relations  with  him.  He  is  a  genial,  courteous  gentleman,  thor¬ 
oughly  conversant  with  the  details  of  his  most  delicate  business,  and  one  that  can  and  will  build 
up  a  reputation  and  maintain  it.  His  residence  here  has  made  him  many  warm  and  personal 
friends,  besides  giving  him  an  extended  acquaintance  throughout  the  entire  country. 

•  ■■  ■  .  ..  — -  — . — ■  '  ...  I  .1  I  .  ...  -  -  ■  ■  - ...  -  '  ■  '  III..  '  '  ■"  ’ 

J.  B.  C  A  MORS  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants,  No.  61  Tchoupitoulas  St 

^  The  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  J.  B.  Camors  and  J.  H.  Jackson,  is  one  of  the  leading  commission 
nouses  in  New  Orleans  This  business  was  founded  in  1848,  by  Willoy  &  Burdett,  who  conducted 
the  business  for  *a  few  years,  when  the  firm  was  changed  to  A.  Willoy  &  Co.,  and  afterwards  to 
Willoy  &  Camors,  the  latter  firm  conducting  the  business  until  1866,  when  the  firm  of  J.  B.  Camors 
<fc  Co.  was  organized.  They  do  a  general  commission  business,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  flour, 
of  which  they  keep  constantly  in  stock  a  large  and  carefully  selected  line  of  all  the  leading  and  most 
popular  brands  of  family  flour,  which  they  offer  to  the  trade  on  the  most  reasonable  standard  prices. 
This  firm  being  possessed  of  ample  capital,  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments, 
and  have  every  facility  for  making  purchases  direct  from  first  hands,  cheap  for  cash.  Fourteen 
male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  establishment,  who 
are  always  on  hand  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  customers  who  call  at  the  house.  Orders,  however 
extensive,  are  filled  with  care  and  dispatch,  and  with  that  attetition  to  fair  and  honorable  dealing 
which  has  marked  this  house  from  the  hour  when  its  doors  were  first  thrown  open,  a  course  which 
has  placed  it  in  the  front  rank  amongst  the  great  commercial  firms  of  this,  the  Crescent  City  of 
the  South.  The  spacious  four  story  building  occupied  by  them  is  filled  with  an  immense  stock,  em¬ 
bracing  every  article  known  to  their  special  line  of  business.  Their  orders  come  from  the  city  and 
all  sections  of  the  neighboring  States,  and  keep  their  large  corps  of  employes  busy  packing,  marking 
and  shipping.  Among  the  honored  names  that  have  place  m  the  commercial  history  of  New  Or¬ 
leans,  none  hold  a  higher  rank,  at  home  and  abroad,  than  that  of  J.  B.  Camors  &  Co. 

FRANTZ  &  OPITZ. — Dimamond  Setters  and  Jewelers,  Corner  Royal  and  Bienville. 

As  pursuing  a  very  important  branch  of  industry  bearing  upon  the  general  commercial  prosperity 
and  mercantile  thrift  of  this  city  the  house  of  Frantz  &  Opitz  may  not  be  overlooked  in  a  publica¬ 
tion  whose  special  objects  will  be  attained  in  the  proper  display  of  the  natural  resources  and  ac- 
uired  advantages  of  New  Orleans  as  a  great  center  of  manufacturers  and  productive  trade.  This 
rni  was  organized  in  1874,  with  an  ample  capital,  and  has  proven  a  success  from  the  beginning. 
They  now  carry  an  average  stock  of  about  ST2,000,  while  their  annual  business  amounts  to  over 
$25,000.  Seven  experienced  and  skilled  workmen  are  kept  constantly  employed,  and  are  prepared 
to  do  all  kind  of  watch  repairing,  diamond  setting  &c.  They  also  carry  a  full  and  complete  assort¬ 
ment  of  watches,  diamonds  and  jewelry  of  every  variety,  in  which  they  are  prepared  to  offer  extra 
inducements  to  their  patrons,  in  low  prices,  &c.  Their  trade  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  surround¬ 
ing  country.  The  individual  members  are  Win.  Frantz  and  H.  Opitz,  both  of  whom  are  thorough 
and  practical  jewelers  and  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  their  business.  Mr. 
Frantz  is  a  native  of  Alsace  Loraine,  while  Mr.  Opitz  was  bom  in  Hanover.  They  have  resided  in 
this  country  for  many  years,  and  since  they  have  been  engaged  in  business  in  this  city  have  won 
many  friends  and  patrons  among  our  citizens. 

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114  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


H.  DUDLEY  COLEMAN  &  BRO. — Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Mills,  Engines,  Cotton  j 

Presses  and  Machinery.  Xo.  12  Union  Streei. 

This  firm  is  composed  of  H.  Dudle}*  Coleman  and  Will  H.  Coleman,  and  no  more  substantial  illus-  ; 
trationof  what  can  he  accomplished  by  Southern  enterprise,  industiy  and  skill  can  be  presented  than  ; 


the  manufacturing  and  foundry  establishment  of  Messrs.  H.  Dudley  Coleman  Sz  Bro..  which  is  the 
subject  of  this  brief  sketch.  Mr.  H.  Dudley  Coleman  started  business  in  1869,  with  only  a  small  cap-  . 
itab  havuig  succeeded  his  father,  WiUis  P.  Coleman,  who  died  in  1868,  and  in  the  darkest  times  the 
brothers  forced  their  way  to  success,  and  laid  the  foundation  of  their  fortunes  in  times  when  the 
wealthy  were  strugghng  to  hold  their  own.  In  1879  H.  Dudley  Coleman  k  Bro.  purchased  the  Ben¬ 
nett  k  Purges  Fomidiw*.  occupying  nearly  all  the  square  bounded  by  Magnolia,  Erato,  Cho  and  Clara 
Streets,  as  a  manufactory  for  their  famous  mills,  presses  and  saw-mills.  These  works  are  now  turn¬ 
ing  out  over  four  hundred  of  these  mills  annually  besides  large  numbers  .of  cotton  presses,  saw- mills 
and  steam  engines,  which  are  sold  throughout  the  South,  and  even  in  the  West  and  Northwest,  for 
they  are  shipped  to  St.  Louis  and  distributed  by  a  branch  house  there;  but  the  enterprising  propri¬ 
etors  have  branched  out.  cautiously  it  is  true,  and  feeling  their  way  at  every  step,  into  general  ma- 
chineiw’ and  foundry  work  with  good  results.  Tlieir  moulding  floor  and  machine  shop  now  tuin  out 
as  fine  work  as  can  be  had  m  any  section,  and  which,  in  point  of  finish,  irill  compare  favorably  wdth 
any  in  the  country.  Engines  are  built  here  that  are  models  in  every  respect.  Tins  firm  carries  in 
stock  the  largest  assortment  of  engines,  boilers  and  plantation  machinery  hi  the  United  States.  They 
compete  in  prices  with  any  other  reliable  manufacturers  or  dealers.  North,  South,  East  or  M  est.  j 
They  keep  this  large  stock  here  ready  for  inspection  and  immediate  shipment,  and  haring  unex-  j 
celled  freight  rates  and  facilities,  they  are  prepared  to  deliver  machinery  to  be  shipped  direct  troni  j 
Eastern  and  Western  factories.  At  their  factory  and  foundry,  corner  Magnolia  and  Erato  streets,  in  i 
this  city,  they  make  Coleman's  Corn  Mills,  all  sizes;  Coleman's  Pony  Saw  ]\Iills.  for  8  and  10  horse¬ 
power;  Standard  Saw  Mills,  all  .-^izes,  for  sawhig  large  quantities  of  lumber;  Simple  Screw'  Cot¬ 
ton  Presses;  Simmon's  Patent  Friction  Power  Presses,  for  baleing  cotton,  hay,  hides,  grass  | 
or  moss;  Cotton  Seed  Carriers.  Shaftngs,  Pulleys,  Castings.  Gearing.  Grate-Bars.  Boil-  \ 
er-Fronts  and  Boiler  Irons.  They  also  repair,  buy  and  sell  second-hand  steam  engines 
and  boilers  for  plantation  purposes,  and  deal  in  Pumps,  Pipe,  Belting  and  Brass  Goods. 
They  are  the  agents  for,  and  cam’  in  stock,  Blake's  Patent  Steam  Pumps.  Brown  s  Cotton 
Gins,  Feeders  and  Condensers,  Buckeye  Mowers  and  Reapers,  Draining  Pumps,  Rice  Threshers. 
Phoenix  Geared  Cotton  Gins  and  general  plantation  machineiy.  A  risitor  to  this  industrial  estab- 
Hshment  will  see  the  embiyo  of  a  great  institution,  one  that  we  feel  assured  wdll  grow  to  be  the 
pride  of  this  section.  These  young  men,  bom  and  reared  ia  New  Orleans,  have  shown  what  pluck 


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and  perseverance  can  accomplish  under  the  most  unfavorable  circumstances.  A  young-  man  of  per¬ 
haps  twenty-five  years  superintends  the  foundry  and  machine  work.  He  is  the  son  of  our  hiAlv 
esteemed  fellow-citizen,  .John  T.  Hardie,  President  of  the  Mutual  National  Bank.  Young  Hardie 
was  sent  to  Scotland  years  ago  and  trained  in  this  department  of  mechanics,  and  comes  back  here 
where  such  young  men  are  so  sorely  needed.  I  would  that  we  had  more  of  them)  to  engage  in  a  field 
where  there  is  the  surest  and  speediest  road  to  fortune.  Some  eightv  men  are  nov^  employed  in  this 
establishment,  and  its  field  is  steadily  widening.  We  can  point  to  it  with  honest  pride  ”as  an  evi¬ 
dence  of  the  line  of  growth  of  the  New  South,  and  wish  its  energetic  young  propnetors  all  the  suc¬ 
cess  which  they  truly  deseiwe.  H  Dudley  Coleman  k  Bro.  are  large  stockholders  in  the  Southwestern 
Brush  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  of  this  citv  and  have  furnished  the  steam  engines,  boil¬ 
ers.  pumps,  Ac.,  required  for  the  Home  plant,  the  Wharf  Li«ht  contract  and  other  parties  using, 
electnct  lights.  They  are  agents  for  the  Atlas  Corliss  engines,  which  are  so  well  and  favorably 
known  for  regular  and  steady  motion,  required  for  electric  lights  and  for  factory  purposes. 

J.  D,  WARNER — Dealer  in  Wood  and  Coal,  Nos.  277,  279  and  281  Camp  and  424 

Delord  Streets. 

Devoted  entirely  to  the  sale  of  all  kinds  of  wood  and  coal,  this  house  deserves  mention  among  the 
commercial  industries  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  J.  D.  Warner  is  the  indirtdual  member  of  the  firm, 
and  established  this  enterprise  in  1881.  His  yards  are  large  and  commodious,  occupNung  an  area  of 
i  five  lots,  and  especially  fitted  up  and  airanged  for  the  coaf  and  wood  business.  He*^ carries  a  large 
supply  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  from  •‘?lo,000  to  ^20,000.  Three  competent  and  experi¬ 
enced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  to  whom  liberal.monthly  wages  are  paid.  Wood 
j  sawed  and  split  to  any  length.  All  orders  by  mail  promptly  attended  to.  Although  he  has  only 
recently  gone  into  business,  Mr  W  arner  has  a  large  city  aru.1  country  trade.  Cordially  commending  i 
this  house  t9  the  trade  and  tlae  public,  and  directing  attention  to  the*^  manner  in  whichit  is  conducted  | 
and  remarking  that,  as  ranking  first  among  its  line  of  contemporaries,  the  establishment  is  of  that- 
class  which  commands  the  respect  confidence  and  consideration  of  the  community  at  large.  The 
large  and  increasing  custom  of  the  establi.shment  is  ver\'  flattering,  and  indicates  sure  success  in  the 
future.  Mr.  Warner  is  a  native  of  New  Tork  City,  is  honorable,  liberal  and  progressive  in  everj”- 
respect,  and  to  this  is  attributed  much  of  the  success  which  has  come  to  the  house.  ; 

I  THE  NOVELTY  IRON  WORKS — William  Golding,  Proprietor,  Cor.  Peters  and  Delord  Sts. 

j  .  ffi®  manufacturing  interests  and  business  enterprises  of  this  city,  we  cannot  fail  to  make 

)  liberal  mention  of  the  Novelty  Iron  Works,  whose  office  and  general  business  location  is  at  the  cor¬ 
ner  of  Peters  and  Delord  streets.  This  establishment  is  not  only  conducted  in  the  most  able  and 
enterprising  manner,  but  presents  as  well  a  list  of  manufactured  articles  most  thoroughlv  and  prac¬ 
tically  adapted  to  the  uses  for  which  they  are  made,  viz:  Horizontal  and  vertical  steam  engines, 
sugar  mills,  cotton  presses,  and  all  descriptions  of  iron  and  brass  castings.  Heavv  forging  and  cot¬ 
ton  presses  made  a  specialty .  Every  facility  for  marine  repairing.  This  enterprise  was  first  started 
in  1853  by  Messrs  McKewen  A  Patterson,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1865  when  it  was  trans¬ 
ferred  to  the  present  proprietor.  He  now  canies  an  average  stock  of  about  $150,000,  and  transacts 
an  annual  business  of  oyer  $300,000  Twenty  skilled  mechanics  are  constantly  employed,  the 
monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  about  $12,000.  A  twenty-five-horse  power  engine  is  used  to  furnish 
Hie  motive  power  to  drive  the  machinery  throughout  the\lifferent  depaidments  of  the  establishment. 
The  buikhngs  and  grounds  covers  an  area  of  eleven  entire  lots  and  are  especially  fitted  up  and 
arranged  for  this  especial  branch  of  business.  Mr.  Golding  is  the  inventor  of  a  number  of  valuable 
imprqvenients  in  cotton  presses,  and  of  which  he  is  the  sole  proprietor  and  manufacturer.  His  trade 
extends  over  all  the  Southern  States.  IMexico  and  Cuba.  Mr.  Golding  was  the  manufacturer  of  all 
the  bridge  work  for  the  New  Orleans  A  Pacific  Railroad.  He  was  bom  in  Livei-pool,  England,  in 
1838,  but  has  resided  m  New  Orleans  for  many  years  Prompt,  reliable  and  honokble  in  all  his 
business  transactions  he  is  worthy  of  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  communitv.  W^e  can  cheer- 
fully  commend  him  to  the  public  as  being  a  man  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  have  business 
relations. 


E.  0.  LEHDE— Dealer  in  Teas,  Coffees,  Spices,  Chocolate,  Cocoa,  &c..  No.  605  Maga¬ 

zine  Street.  , 

The  marked  success  attendant  upon  the  career  and  operations  of  this  house  is  of  such  a  pronounced 
cinu  obvious  cha;ract6r  as  to  demand  more  than  ordinarj''  attention  in  making’  a  careful  review  of 
the  commercial  and  manufacturing  business  of  this  city.  ‘This  business  was  established  in  1879,  bv 
Manhn  A  Lehde,  who  conducted  the  establishment  until  188^,  when  the  firm  changed,  and  Mr. 
Lehde  became  sole  proprietor.  He  carries  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock,  consisting  of  teas, 
coffees,  ^ices,  chocolate,  cocoa,  Ac.,  in  which  he  is  prepared  to  offer  extra  inducements  to  the  citi¬ 
zens  of  this  vicinity.  Bu3dng,  as  he  does,  from  first  hands  for  cash,  he  is  prepared  to  sell  his  goods 
as  low,  or  lower,  than  any  other  establishment  of  a  similar  character  in  this  citv.  The  patrons  of 
this  well-known  establishment  comprise  many  of  our  most  .prominent  citizens,  with  whom  Mr. 
Lehde  has  attained  an  enviable  reputation  for  being  an  honorable,  conscientious  and  liberal-minded 
business  man,  and  worthy  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended.  He  was  born  in  the  cityof  New 
Orleans  in  1854,  and  is  an  energetic,  entei-prising  and  reliable  gentleman,  and  one  with  whom  it  is 
always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


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THOS.  McKENDRICK — Gas  and  Steam  Fitting,  No  625  Magazine  St. 

Aniong-  those  industries  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  enter-  | 
prise  of  Thos.  McKendrick  deserves  mention.  Identified  so  closely  with  the  growth  and  commercial 
well-being  of  this  city,  he  occupies  a  place  that  redounds  no  little  to  the  establishment  of  a  reputa-  j 
tion  for  New  Orleans  in  keeping  with  its  real  merits.  This  enterprise  was  started  twelve  years  ago  ; 
by  the  present  proprietor,  who,  by  industry,  perseverance  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  busi-  i 
ness,  has  succeeded  in  largely  increasing  his  trade,  until  at  present  he  carries  a  stock  of  from  $8,000  ! 

to  $10,000,  and  does  an  annual  business  of  over  $20,000.  Eight  skilled  mechanics  are  kept  con-  j  j 
stantly  employed,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  con-  j  j 
veniently  arranged  for  the  purposes,  the  storeroom  being  filled  with  a  large  and  well  selected  stock  | 
of  all  kinds  of  house,  ship  and  steamboat  plumbing  supplies,  plumbing  and  gas  fittings,  chande-  ; 
liers,  brackets,  &c.  The  trade  of  this  well-known  establishment  extends  over  the  city  of  New^  Or-  I 
leans  and  all  the  surrounding  country.  Mr  McKendrick  was  born  in  Grlasgow,  Scotland,  but  has 
resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  is  well-known  as  an  honorable  and  upright  citizen.  We 
are  pleased  to  recommend  such  a  house  to  the  public  patronage,  believing,  as  we  do,  that  all  who 
patronise  the  house  will  be  greatly  benefited  thereby.  _ 

WILLIAM  EWERT — Ornamental  Iron  and  Wire  Work,  Nos.  194  and  196,  Magazine  St. 

One  of  the  many  New  Orleans  houses,  whose  history  is  well  worthy  to  occupy  a  page  in  this  work 
of  useful  information,  is  the  old  and  popular  establishment  of  William  Ebert,  Ornamental  Iron  and 
Wire  Work  dealer.  Nos.  194  and  196,  Magazine  street.  This  business  was  founded  as  far  back  as 
1859,  by  Mr.  C.  Miltenberger,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1869,  when  Mr.  Ebert  became  sole 
proprietor.  He  is  a  gentleman,  who,  during  his  active  career,  exerted  an  extensive  influence  in  the 
business  community  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the  present  very  extensive  and  prosperous  establish¬ 
ment.  Ten  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  the  pay-roll  amounting  to  from  $500  to  $600 
per  month.  He  carries  a  full  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  wrought,  cast  and  wire  house  and  cenietery 
railing,  verandahs,  brackets,  bars,  shutters,  doors  and  fastenings,  and  all  descriptions  of  plain  and 
ornamental  work,  constantly  on  hand  or  made  to  order;  also,  vases,  parlor  and  garden  fountains, 
acquariums,  statuary,  flower-pot  brackets,  wire  flower  stands,  settees  and  garden  chairs,  pedestals,  | 

weather  vanes,  and  stable  fittings.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious,  the  building  being  sixty-  ; 

four  by  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  size,  and  filled  with  one  of  the  most  complete  stocks  to  be 
found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  South.  The  trade  of  this  firm  extends  over  the  States  of 
Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Texas  and  Mexico .  Mr.  Ebert  was  born  in  Germany,  in  1828,  and  > 
is  a  gentleman  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  deal.  His  success  is  genuine,  and  he  is  just  the  kind 
of  a  man  to  conduct  such  an  important  enterprise.  ■ 

STAR  PLANING  MILL — Nicholas  Connell,  Proprietor,  Corner  Calliope  and  Rampart  Sts. 

The  Star  Planing  Mill  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  extensive  establi.shments  of  the  kind  in 
the  State  of  Louisiana.  The  present  enterprise  was  established  about  five  years  ago,  with  a  moder¬ 
ate  capital,  which,  by  the  enterprise  and  industry,  backed  up  by  the  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
proprietor,  has  been  very  largely  augmented  until  at  present  he  transacts  an  annual  business  of 
from  $35,‘‘'00  to  $40,f’09.  Eighteen  competent  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  the 
monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  from  $600  to  $80  b  The  planing  mill  and  lumber  yard  occupies  an 
area  of  one-half  of  a  square,  the  mill  being  furnished  with  the  most  improved  machinery  used  in 
this  special  branch  of  trade.  A  large  assortment  of  rough  yellow  pine  lumber,  cypress,  &c.,  also 
dressed  flooring,  ceiling,  weatherboards,  sashes,  doors,  blinds  and  mouldings  are  constantly  kept  on 
hand,  and  will  be  offered  to  the  trade  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  The  trade  of  this  establishment 
extends  over  the  states  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Texas  and  Mexico.  Mr.  Connell  was 
born  in  New  Orleans  in  1838,  is  an  active,  energetic,  honorable  and  trustworthy  gentleman,  and  is 
fully  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  community.  We  cheerfully 
commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  a  man  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  have  business 
relations.  _ 

R.  ANGELL — Druggist  and  Manufacturer  of  AngelTs  Chill  Drops  and  Fever  Powders, 

Nos-  i 53  mid  155  Julia  Street. 

This  old  and  well  established  Pharmacy  was  started  in  1858,  and  since  that  time  has  been 
successfully  conducted,  and  the  trade  has  steadily  increased.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious 
and  conveniently  situated,  where  is  kept  on  hand  a  choice  stock  of  pure  drugs  and  medicines,  fancy  | 
goods,  toilet  articles  and  everything  pertaining  to  a  well  regulated  estsblishment  of  the  kind.  Mr.  ; 

Angell  is  an  experienced  pharmaceutist  and  pays  especial  attention  to  compounding  physicians’  pre-  | 

scriptions  in  a  careful  manner,  using  only  the  very  purest  and  best  ingredients.  He  is,  also,  sole 
proprietor  and  manufacturer  of  “Angell’s  Chill  Drops  and  Fever  Powders,”  for  the  cure  of  intermit¬ 
tent  and  remittent  fevers,  chills  and  fever,  bilious  and  swamp  fevers  and  other  periodic  malarial 
diseases.  His  trade  extends  all  over  the  Southern  country,  and  he  enjoys  the  confidence  in  an  emi¬ 
nent  degree  of  the  leading  physicians  of  New  Orleans,  and  his  prescription  trade  alone  is  a  large  and 
growing  one.  Mr.  Angell  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Mississippi,  being  born  in  1843,  but  has  resided 
in  New  Orleans  for  twenty-eight  years,  and  is  highly  esteemed  and  respected  in  the  community  for 
his  many  social  and  gentlemanly  qualities.  He  was  elected  and  filled  the  enviable  position  of  aider- 
man  at  Mandeville,  La.,  twelve  years  ago,  and  gained  many  admirers  for  the  bold,  straightforward 
and  honorable  course  that  he  maintained  while  a  member  of  that  body.  We  take  pleasure  in  rec¬ 
ommending  this  store  to  the  generous  patronage  of  the  public. 


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DAVID  B! DWELL — Proprietor  of  the  Academy  of  Music  and  St.  Charles  Theatre. 

The  gentleman,  whose  career  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  June,  1821,  in  the  town  of 
Styuvasent.  on  the  Hudson  River,  in  the  State  of  New  York.  Mr.  Bidwell  came  to  New  Orleans  in 

November,  1846,  and  engaged  in  the 
ship  chandleiy  business,  in  Triangle 
buildings,  with  his  brother,  Mr.  Harry 
Bidwell.  the  firm  being  H.  Bidwell  & 
Co.  The  firm  did  a  large  and  success¬ 
ful  business,  having’  besides  a  good 
tradt"  from  ordinary  sources,  the  sup- 
phung  of  the  Governmer.t  transports 
for  the  Mexican  war.  In  1850  they 
purchased  the  well  known  and 
\videly  popular  “  Phoenix  House,"  and 
in  1852  Mr  Da\’id  Bidwell  withdrew 
from  the  firm,  and  with  the  late  Mr. 
Jno  Daniels  refitted  and  furnished  the 
Phoenix.  Mr.  Daniels  soon  retired, 
and  Mr.  Bidwell  continued  the  busi¬ 
ness  alone.  In  1855  he  purchased  this 
property.  The  original  Academy  of 
Mu.sic  was  built  in  1858.  and  until 
1855  was  conducted  as  an  amphi¬ 
theatre,  and  then  as  a  theatre,  Mr. 
Bidwell  always  being  the  leading 
spirit  connected  'with  it.  In  1856  Mr. 
Bidwell  formed  a  co-partnership  'vvith 
Mr.  Charles  J,  Rogers  and  Dr.  G. 
Spaulding,  the  firm  being  Spaulding, 
Rogers  Bidwell,  and  the  Academy 
became  one  of  the  regular  theatres  of 
the  city,  soon  wininng  its  way  to  popu¬ 
larity  under  tliis  excellent  manage¬ 
ment.  Mr.  Rogers  withdrew  from  the 
firm  at  the  close  of  the  war.  Messrs. 
Spaulding  and  Bidwell  then  bought 
the  ground  and  built  the  Olympic 
Theatre  in  St.  Louis,  one  of  the 
finest  theatres  in  the  West,  and  hav¬ 
ing  leased  the  theatres  in  Mem- 
phi.s*  and  Mobile,  they  rebuilt  and  remodeled  them.  These  four  theatres.  New  Orleans,  St. 
Louis,  Memphis  and  Mobile,  made  a  circuit,  and  their  companies  played  artemately,  two  weeks  at 
a  time  in  each  place,  making  the  largest  theatrical  circuit  ever  established,  and  inaugurating  the 
system  of  traveling  combinations,  which  has  since  become  so  popular  throughout  the  countiy.  In 
1867,  three  men,  Mr.  Bidwell,  Dr,  Spaulding  and  Mr.  Avery  Smith,  projected  one  of  the  most  ex¬ 
tensive  amusement  enterprises  ever  undertaken.  We  refer  to  the  great  American  Champion  Circus, 
which  went  to  the  World’s  Exposition  in  Paris  in  1867.  After  an  eventful  career  of  four  months 
Mr.  Bidwell  returned  home  and  resumed  his  management  of  the  Academy  As  this  period,  1867 — 
68,  Messm.  Spaulding  A  Bidwell  had  six  theatres — New  Orleans,  St.  Louis,  Memphis,  Mobile,  Paris 
and  Havana-^all  in  successful  operation  at  one  time.  In  1871  the  fimi  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Bid- 
well  in  the  dmsion  of  property,  retained  the  Academy  of  Music  in  this  city.  This  he  has  conducted 
with  marked  success  and  constant  increasing  popularity,  not'with standing  the  depreciation  in  prop¬ 
erty  and  depression  in  business.  Among  his  feUow  citizens,  Mr.  Bidwell  is  esteemed  for  integrity, 
liberality  and  enterprise.  tSocially  he  is  the  best  of  companions,  and  in  business  he  has  attained  an 
enviable  reputation  for  honorable  and  upright  transactions.  Mr  Bidwell  purchased  the  St.  Charles 
Theatre  when  run  down,  refitted  and  refurnished  it  and  made  it  one  of  the  best  in  the  countrv. 


ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

In  a  detailed  rertew  of  New  Orleans  as  a  commercial  and  manufacturing  center,  ■with  elaborate 
commehits  upon  her  various  institutions  worthy  of  mention,  there  are  none  more  appropriate  for 
special  attention,  or  which  alfords  more  interest  to  our  citizens  engaged  in  all  branches  of  business, 
and  the  travelers  who  are  called  to  visit  the  city  in  the  transactions  of  business,  than  our  places 
of  amusement.  This  place  of  amusement  is  deservedly  popular  -wath  all  who  find  themselves  ‘“with¬ 
in  her  gates."  Its  name  is  never  mentioned  by  our  citizens  except  with  a  smile  and  expectations 
of  pleasure,  and  especially  is  this  so  -with  ladies  and  children,  to  whom  the  Academy  Matinees" 
are  always  enjoyable  events.  The  building  was  erected  in  1853,  by  George  C.  Lawrence,  for  its 
present  propnetor,  Mr.  David  Bidwell,  and  was  opened  as  an  amphitheatre  by  the  well  knovm  cir¬ 
cus  manager,  Dan  Rice.  In  1854  it  was  changed  to  a  regular  theatre,  and  as  such  held  a  front 
rank  ever  since.  The  interior  arrangements  are  admirable.  Neat  and  convenient  reception  and 
dressing  rooms  are  provided  for  ladies  and  children.  An  elaborate  steam  apnaratus  supplies  the 


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auditorium  with  hot  and  cold  air,  according  to  the  season.  The  Academy  has  a  seating  capacity  of 
2,000,  and  the  seats  are  comfortable  and  the  decorations  elegant  and  attractive.  Every  arrange¬ 
ment  has  been  made  for  the  safety  and  comfort  of  guests.  The  entrance  has  been  enlarged  and 
beautified,  the  interior  repainted  and  a  new  drop  curtain  adorns  the  front  of  the  stage;  and  in  fact, 


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everything-  is  eleg-ant,  pleasing  and  attractive.  A  series  of  entertainments  are  given  v^hich  embrace 
'  the  leading  artists  in  all  departments  of  the  histronic  art,  presenting  a  round  of  amusements  which 
never  fail  to  draw  crowded  houses,  and  give  entire  satisfaction  to  the  patrons  of  the  theatre.  Mr. 
Bidwell  takes  great  pnde  in  the  profession,  and  superintends  in  person  the  entii*e  business  of  his 
;  whole  theatre.  A  visit  there  cannot  fail  to  be  productive  of  much  pleasure  and  enjoyment. 

ST.  CHAKLES  THEATRE 

I.'  I  This  old  and  popular  place  of  amusement  was  built  by  the  late  .James  H.  Caldwell,  in  1842,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  styled  the  “Old  Drury.”  It  was  here  that  the  Queen  of  Song,  Jenny  Lind, 
i  on  her  triumphant  tour  through  the  United  States  in  1851,  gave  her  concerts  which  crowded  the  house 
[  j  from  pit  to  dome.  The  extended  experience  of  this  gifted  woman  gives  her  opinion  great  weight, 
i  and  after  testing  the  St.  Charles  Theatre  thoroughly,  she  said,  in  a  letter  addressed  to  the  Delta,  a 
;  leading  newspaper  of  that  day , that  it  was  the  finest  theatre  for  acoustics  that  she  had  ever  sung  in.  Old 
I  residents  of  New  Orleans  will  remember  the  brilliant  audiences  that  have  gathered  n  the  St. 
j  Charles  to  witness  the  master  efforts  of  Keen,  the  elder  Booth,  Macready,  Forrest,  Julia  Dean, 

[  Eliza  Logan  and  other  bright  stars  of  the  dramatic  firmament,  and  will  be  pleased  that  David  Bid- 
well  has  become  the  proprietor  of  this  renowned  pleasure  resort.  It  is  the  largest  theatre  in  the 
South  and  \\nll  comfortably  hold  three  thousand  people  Mr.  Bidwell  is  not  only  an  energetic,  far- 
seeing  business  man,  but  thoroughly  devoted  to  the  development  and  progress  of  the  profession, 
which  his  liberality  and  enterprise  have  done  so  much  to  perpetuate  and  elevate  in  our  section  of 
the  country.  He  has  made  a  thorough  over-hauling,  remodeling  and  refitting  of  this  old  time 
f  favorite.  The  entire  front  has  been  changed  and  a  splendid  stairway  leading  to  the  dress  circle  has 
been  added  Twelve  hundred  of  the  latest  opera  chairs  have  been  put  in  the  orchestra  and  dress 
circle,  while  the  family  circle  and  gallery  have  been  furnished  with  arm-chairs.  New  scenery,  new 
decorations  and  appointments  throughout,  give  a  lustre  to  th^  old  St.  Charles,  which  will  eclipse  its 
former  appearance  even  in  its  palmiest  days.  Piverything  in  the  way  of  adding  comfort  and  pleasure 
to  the  patrons,  is  being  furnished  by  the  present  management.  Mr.  Bidwell  has  done  much  n 
making  the  St.  Charles  the  theatre  of  the  South  for  grand  opera  and  spectacular  plays.  We  hazard 
nothing  in  saying  that  our  amusement  lovers  have  many  a  treat- in  store  for  them  at  the  St.  Charles 
!  under  its  present  proprietor,  Mr.  David  Bidwell. 

FONT  SONS — Dealers  m  General  Ship  Chandlery,  Hardware,  Hope,  &c.,  275  Julia  St 

This  business  was  originally  established  in  1852,  by  Mr.  S.  J.  Font,  father  of  the  present  firm,  on 
moderate  capital,  which,  by  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  business  has  been  aug¬ 
mented  until  at  present  they  are  doing  one  of  the  largest  and  most  prosperous  business,  in  this  line, 
i  of  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city.  The  premises  occupied  are  conveniently  situated,  the 
I  building  being  29x120  feet  in  size,  well  filled  with  a  full  and  complete- assortment  of  manilla  rope, 
i  tarred  rope,  pitch,  .paints,  oils,  anchors,  chains,  general  ship  chandleiy,  and  hardware,  also,  gro- 
;  ceiies,  provisions  and  boat  stores.  The  salesroom  is  presided  over  by  three  competent  salesmen,  who 
.  attend  to  the  wants  of  customers.  The  trade  of  this  firm  is  largely  confined  to  vessels,  steamboats, 

,  &c.,  coming  to  this  port.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  J.  F.  Fontand  S.  A.  Font,  both 
of  whom  are  experienced  men  in  the  business  in  which  they  are  engaged,  having  been  connected  and 
in  the  business  for  many  years  with  their  father,  Mr.  S.  J.  Font  Mr.  J.  F.  Font  was  bom  in  Natch- 
i  ez.  Miss., in  1842,  and  S.  A.  Font  in  this  city,  in  1847.  Their  father  was  a  native  of  Spain,  being  bom 
1  at  Catalonia  in  1816.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  among  New  Orleans’ most  highly  honored  and 
I  esteemed  business  men.  They  are  gentlemen  of  experience,  business  sagacity  and  ability,  whose 
house  has  contributed  largely  to  the  commercial  importance  of  New  Orleans. 

E.  H.  ADAMS  <6  BRO. — Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Etc.,  Nos,  594  and  596  Magazine  St. 

I  No  detailed  account  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans  would  be  complete  without  some  reference 
i  to  an  entei^rise  that  conduces  no  little  to  the  general  thrift  of  the  community  and  the  promotion  of 
.  its  prosperity.  We  refer  in  this  connection  to  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  E.  H.  Adams  &  Bro., 

;  dealers  in  dry  goods,  fancy  goods,  etc.,  at  Nos.  594  and  596  Magazine  street.  These  gentlemen  start- 
!  ed  their  enterprise  in  1876,  the  senior  member  of  tliis  firm  has  been  in  business  in  this  neighborhood 
i  for  twenty  years,  principally  of  the  late  firm  of  Brazelman  &  Adams,  and  a  management  so  able  as 
I  that  which  has  always  controlled  the  operations  of  this  house,  has  necessarily  given  it  an  eminence 
I  among  the  retail  dealers  in  this  portion  of  the  city,  to  which  few  of  its  compeers  can  lay  claim.  Two 
i  large  storerooms  are  occupied  and  the  display  of  fresh,  first  class  goods  from  the  finest  to  the  cheap- 
1  er  qualities  is  attractive  in  the  extreme,  a  large  trade  being  carried  on  throughout  the  city  and 
I  Southern  country.  Fifteen  clerks  are  employed,  polite  and  attentive  to  the  wants  of  customers,  and 
!  an  average  stock  is  carried,  estimated  at  from  $25,000  to  $50,000  in  value  with  which  an  annual 
i  business  of  $75,000  is  transacted.  In  devoting  themselves  to  the  work  in  which  they  are  engaged, 

I  these  gentlemen  have  achieved  a  position  in  the  community  involving  the  highest  consideration  and 
I  a  respect  that  arises  from  quahties  without  which  no  business  can  become  eminently  prosperous. 
Orders  for  fresh,  first-class  dry  goods,  fancy  goods,  notions,  etc.,  sent  to  E.  H.  Adams  &  Bro.,  594 
and  596  Magazine  street.  New  Orleans;  will  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Freight  prepaid 
on  orders  exceeding  $10.00.  Notice. — Goods  can  be  sent  b^  mail  for  one  cent  an  ounce.  Register¬ 
ing  costs  ten  cents  for  each  package.  Both  postage  and  registering  must  be  paid  in  advance.  In  send¬ 
ing  orders,  it  will  be  well  to  give  us  some  discretion,  as  it  is  beyond  human  power  always  to  have  the 
same  article  in  stock . 


120  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


McCRACKEN  &  BREWSTER — Dealers  in  Furniture,  33  and  35  Royal  St,  Manufactory, 

Corner  Derhigny  and  Customhouse. 

This  important  establishment  was  founded  1832  by  Mr.  Wm.  McCracken,  who  was  afterward 
succeeded  by  William  and  James  McCracken,  and  was  conducted  in  a  very  successful  manner  by 
them  until  about  ten  years  ago,  when  the  present  firm  was  organized  Among  the  many  promi¬ 
nent  houses  in  New  Orleans  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business  worthy  of  special  notice  in  a  work 
devoted  to  a  detailed  account  of  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  advantages  of  New  Orleans, 
that  of  Messrs.  McCracken  &  Brewster  is  not  to  be  overlooked.  They  carry  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  carefullv  selected  stocks  of  furniture  of  all  descriptions  that  can  be  found  in  this  or  any  other 
market  in  the  South.  They  make  a  specialty  of  manufacturing  office  and  bank  furniture,  and  in 
this  line  cannot  be  surpassed  From  thirty  to  fifty  skilled  workmen  are  kept  constantly  employed 
in  the  various  departments  of  their  extensive  establishment  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid  The 
factory  and  lumber  yard  are  spacious  and  commodious,'^  being  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most 
improved  machinery  and  tools  used  in  this  branch  of  manufacturing.  The  storeroom  is  conven¬ 
iently  situated,  the  building  having  a  frontage  of  60  feet,  and  running  back  120  feet,  and  four 
stories  high,  the  entire  building  being  occupied  by  the  firm,  and  kept  filled  froin  top  to  bottom  with 
a  full  line  of  furniture.  The  store  and  manufactory  covers  an  area  of  five  entire  lots,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  complete  establishments  in  the  city.  They  do  an  extensive  city  trade,  their  patrons  com¬ 
prising  many  of  our  wealthiest  and  leading  citizens.  Their  trade  is  also  extended  all  over  the 
iSouthern  States,  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  America.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Mr. 
James  McCracken  and  Mr.  George  E.  Brewster,  both  of  whom  are  experienced  and  practical  men 
in  their  business,  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  their  extensive  business  and  the  demands 
and  requirements  of  the  trade.  The  entire  estabhshment  is  justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and 
patronage  of  the  public,  and  the  proprietors  to  the  esteem  that  energy,  reliability  and  talent  will 
always  inspire. 

LAFARGUE  &  BRIERRE — Dealers  in  Books,  Church  Ornaments  and  Fancy  Articles, 

No.  167  Royal  Street. 

The  marked  success  attendant  upon  the  career  and  operations  of  this  house  is  of  such  a  pro¬ 
nounced  character  as  to  demand  more  than  ordinary  attention  in  making  a  careful  review  of  the 
commercial  and  manufacturing  business  of  this  city.  This  business  was  established  in  1877  by  the 
present  firm,  with  a  moderate  capital,  which,  through  the  industry  and  perseverance  displayed,  to¬ 
gether  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  they  have  succeeded  in  largely  augmenting  their 
trade,  until  at  present  they  carry  an  average  stock  of  about  $20,000,  while  their  annual  sales  will 
reach  over  $40,000.  They,  carry  a  full  and  varied  stock  of  all  kinds  of  books,  both  foreign  and  do¬ 
mestic,  church  ornaments  of  every  variety,  and  all  kinds  of  French  articles  and  fancy  goods,  A 
large  corps  of  competent  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  who  are  always  on  hand  to  at¬ 
tend  upon  the  wants  of  their  patrons.  They  have  a  large  trade,'  which  is  spread  over  the  entire 
city,  as  well  as  throughout  the  adjoining  States.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Ludovic 
Lafargue  and  Paul  Brierre,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  France,  but  have  resided  in  New  Orleans 
for  years,  and  are  gentlemen  of  unimpeachable  integrity,  and  stand  high  in  the  estimation  and  con¬ 
fidence  of  the  community,  and  they  are  both  justly  entitled  to  a  prominent  position  among  the  rep¬ 
resentative  self-made  men  of  the  city,  and  we  gladly  give  them  space  in  our  book. 


W.  B.  DANIEL  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic 

Fruits,  etc.,  No.  18  South  Peters  Street. 

Among  the  industries  and  commercial  pursuits  of  New  Orleans,  there  are  none  occupying  a  more 
prominent  position,  or  exercising  a  more  healthful  influence  on  the  general  thrift  aud  prosperity  of 
the  community  than  the  fruit  trade.  Among  the  houses  engaged  in  this  trade,  the  excellent  Arm  of 
W.  B.  Daniel  &Co.  stands  in  the  first  walk  among  the  largest  dealers  in  the  entire  city.  A  large 
four  stoiy  building  is  occupied,  which  is  situated  in  business  center  of  the  city  and  contains  every  fa-  ! 
cility  for  handling  and  storing  fruit  of  every  description,  besides  an  immense  stock  which  is  required 
to  supply  the  great  demand  constantly  made  upon  them.  Last  season  about  four  hundred  thousand 
boxes  of  fruit  were  received  at  this  port  and  the  receipts  of  island  fruit  amount  to  three  cargoes  per 
week.  Possessing  ample  capital,  a  widely  extended  trade  is  enjoyed  and  none  but  fresh  fruits  and 
nuts  are  offered  for  sale,  the  stock  being  constantly  replenished.  Seven  hands  are  employed  and  the 
sales,  which  are  general  all  over  the  South  and  West  amounts  to  hundreds  of  thousands  per  annum. 
This  Arm  have  long  experience  in  the  business,  but  have  only  been  in  the  trade  under  the  present  Arm  j 
name  since  1878.  Correspondence  is  respectfully  solicited  and  all  information  regarding  arrival  of 
cargoes  of  fruits,  prices,  etc.,  will  be  cheerfully  furnished,  while  catalogues  of  sales  wAl  be  mailed  to  j 
all  who  desire  them.  Mr.  W.  B.  Daniel  is  a  native  of  Alabama  and  is  one  of  our  most  popular  and  i 
substantial  citizens.  Mr.  J.  W.  Demarest  is  a  native  of  New  York  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for 
over  forty  years  and  is  well  known  for  excellent  qualities  by  all  residents  of  the  Crescent  City.  This 
Arm  occupies  a  high  position  in  the  trade,  and  to  an  unusual  degree,  commands  the  respect  of  the 
community  which  derives  such  advantages  from  their  enterprise  and  capacity.  Their  business  ope-  i 
rations  are  based  upon  a  policy  of  honorable  and  hberal  dealings  and  being  active  and  energetic  in  i 
the  prosecution  of  their  business,  their  large  operations  and  wide  spread  populaiaty  are  but  the  out-  i 
growth  of  those  sterhng  qualities  which  ever  lead  to  commercial  success.  | 


I 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  121 


H.  MONTREUIL — Importer  of  Fancy  Goods,  Toys,  Trimmings,  Buttons  &c,  17  Bourbon  St. 

Among  the  many  branches  of  industry  in  New  Orleans  there  are  none,  probably,  that  aid  more  j 
effectually  in  satisfying  the  general  public  wants  than  the  varied  assortment  of  useful  articles  to  be  i 
found  in  a  well-supplied  fancy  goods'  and  toy  store.  We  are  surprised  as  we  enter,  to  find  so  much  . 
that  we  need  and  so  much  that  it  seems  impossible  to^  do  without.  In  1879,  Mr.  Montreuil  began  I 
this  enterprise  at  this  place.  His  beginning  was  made  upon  a  very  small  capital,  which,  by  close  i 
attention  and  judicious  management,  has  been  very  greatly  enlarged.  The  stock  embraces  fancy  i 
goods,  toys,  trimmings,  buttons,  perfumeries,  cutlery,  statuettes,  toilet  sets,  umbrellas,  baskets,  car-  ! 
riages,  velocipedes,  dolls,  Ac.,  in  fact,  everything  that  goes  to  make  up  athorougMy  equipped  busi¬ 
ness  of  this  character.  The  store  is  neat  and  capacious,  everything  being  especially  arranged  for  i 
carrjung  on  this  special  hue  of  trade.  Six  competent  clerks  are  kept  constantly  employed.  His 
sales  are  large,  with  a  very  promising  future,  and  are  principally  in  the  city  and  surrounding  coun-  ' 
try.  As  will  be  observ^ed,'^Mr.  Montreuil  is  alone  in  the  proprietorship  and  government  of  this  busi-  | 
ness.  He  is  a  native  of  France  by  birth  and  education,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many 
years,  and  is  alive  to  the  business  wants  of  his  trade.  He  has  by  industry'  and  fair  dealing,  arisen  ■ 
from  a  small  to  a  large  and  flourishing  business,  and  is  deservedly  respected  by  all  with  whom  he  ■ 
comes  in  contact.  i 

P.  F.  GOG  ARTY — Bookseller  and  Stationer,  No.  151  Camp  St. 

Among  the  many  prominent  dealers  in  the  above  branch  of  industiy  in  this  city,  deserving  of  , 
especial  mention  in  this  work  is  Mr.  P.  F.  Gogarty,  located  at  No.  151  Camp  Street.  He  founded  , 
the  business  in  1864  on  a  capital  of  $600,  which, "'by  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  . 
business  has  been  increased  until  at  present  he  carries  an  average  stock  of  $6,000,  and  does  an  annual 
business  of  over  $10,000.  The  premises  occupied  are  conveniently  situated  in  the  heart  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  portion  of  the  city,  the  building  being  27x75  feet  in  size,  and  handsomely  fitted  up  for  this  busi-  ; 
ness  He  carries  a  full  line  of  all  the  school  and  text  books  in  general  use.  Old  school  books  are 
purchased.  Mr.  Gogarty,  is  also,  agent  for  the  sale  of  the  Syrup  of  SpraceGum  for  pulmonary  con-  , 
sumption,  coughs,  colds,  hoarseness  and  other  alfections  of  the  chest;  the  syrup  for  whooping  cough  , 
and  asthma;  the  Compound  Liniment  for  inflammatory  rheumatism,  sciatica,  and  pains  in  the  loins. 
Also  the  Cyano  Pancreatine,  a  sure  remedy  for  dyspepsia  and  diseases  of  the  chest  The  trade  of  ; 
this  establishment  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  all  of  the  Southern  States.  Mr.  Gogarty  was 
bom  in  Ireland  in  1824,  is  a  man  of  ability  and  learning  and  a  large  experience  in  this  branch  of  trade. 
He  is  ever  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  m  his  business  transactions.  5ye  cheerfully  commend 
liim  to  the  public  as  a  man  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 

J.  ROSENBERG — Fancy  Goods  and  Novelties,  No.  609  Magazine  St. 

In  writing  a  descriptive  review  of  the  commercial  advantages  and  industries  of  New  Orleans,  and 
in  mentioning  the  various  enterprises  which  add  so  materially  to  the  general  sum  of  our  vital  busi¬ 
ness  qualities,  no  house  contributes  more  toward  the  grand  aggregate  than  that  of  Mr.  .J.  Rosenberg, 
dealer  in  fancy  goods  and  novelties  of  all  kinds  at  No.  609  Magazine  street.  This  enterprise  was 
started  in  1876  by  the  present  proprietor  who  has  enjoyed  a  continuously  successful  career.  I  he 
storeroom  occupied  by  Mr.  R.  is  ample  and  commodious  and  the  stock  of  goods  is  displayed  in  an 
attractive  manner.  Ten  clerks  assist  in  the  business  and  all  customers  are  waited  upon  with  prompt 
and  courteous  attention.  The  average  amount  of  stock  canned  is  estimated  at  about  $8,000  value  , 
and  comprises  everytliing  classed  under  the  head  of  fancy  goods,  laces,  mchings,  fichus,  embroider-*  I 
ies,  etc.,  with  many  articles  to  please  the  feminine  fancy.  The  trade  is  general  throtighout  New  i 
Orleans  and  the  country  adjoining,  the  sales  reaching  about  $15,(  Oj  per  annum.  Mr.  Rosenberg  j 
was  bom  in  Mississippi  in  1853  and  is  a  yomig  man  deserving  of  unlimited  success  in  his  depart-  i 
ment  of  trade.  Occupying  a  central  position  in  the  retail  portion  of  Magazine  street,  and  conducting  ; 
his  business  with  honorable  policy,  he  has  a  well-earned  reputation  as  a  bright,  active  business  man  i 
and  as  a  consequence,  has  the  best  trade  in  the  city,  with  flattering  prospects  for  future  stccess. 

GUSTAVE  BECK — Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer,  No.  528  Camp  St. 

In  compiling  the  various  industries  of  New  Orleans,  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  trade  can  not 
be  overlooked.  Among  those  who  supply  fresh  groceries  to  our  citizens  and  understand  best  how 
to  cater  successfully  to  the  different  tastes  of  the  pubhc,  is  Mr.  Gustave  Beck,  who  established  him¬ 
self  in  the  grocery  business  in  this  city  thirteen  years  ago  and  has  gained  a  large  portion  of  the  trade 
in  this  part  of  the  city.  Situated  at  Nos.  524,  526  and  528  Camp  street,  he  is  in  daily  receipt  of  fresh 
.supplies  of  articles  in  season,  and  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  good  stock  of  flour,  fine  teas  and  a 
great  variety  of  canned  goods.  This  establishment  is  kept  in  good  order,  the  very  best  of  goods  in 
the  staple  and  fancy  grocer}^  line  filling  the  shelves  and  replenished  often  so  that  everything  for  sale 
is  in  a  good  condition.  Four  employes  assist  in  the  business,  and  goods  are  sold  in  large  or  small 
quantities  to  suit  purchasers,  the  trade  beiug  general  throughout  the  city  and  Southern  count-y, 
with  a  large  and  extended  trade.  Mr.  Beck  was  bora  in  Germany  in  1844  and  having  resided  m 
this  country  thirty  seven  years  is  thoroughly  identified  with  the  industries  of  our  city  and  is  w  dl 
Imown  and  highly  popular  among  our  citizens.  He  is  enabled  to  give  customers  the  very  best  goo  Is 
at  the  very  lowest  prices,  which  accounts  for  his  having  so  large  and  such  a  first  class  trade. 
Promptness  and  accuracy  are  leading  characteristics  of  this  house  and  it  is  deserving  of  unlimited 
patronage. 


122  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


J.  E.  AUl/RAY — "^Mississippi"'  and  ""Iron”  Coffee  Warehouses, 

Fulton,  befiveen  Julia  and  St.  Joseph  Streets,  Office  No.  147  Front  Street, 

This  well  known  establishment  was  founded  by  the  present  firm  in  1867,  and  carries  an  average 
I  stock  of  50,000  bags  of  coffee,  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  13,375,000.  Employment  is 
i  given  to  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hands.  The  warehouses,  two  in  number,  are  large  and  well  arranged 
j  for  the  especial  business  for  which  they  are  being  used.  The  buildings  are  of  the  following  dimen- 
I  sions:  One  125x266  feet  in  size,  while  the  other  is  110x125  feet,  and  furnished  with  all  the  conven- 
I  iences  to  be  found  in  an  establishment  of  this  character.  The  trade  of  Mr.  Auvray  is  largely  con- 
I  fined  to  South  America  and  Mexico,  besides  having  a  large  and  prosperous  trade  in  the  city,  Mr. 
i  Auvray  was  born  in  New  Orleans  in  1838,  is  an  active,  energetic  and  honorable  business  man,  fully 
conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  business  in  which  he  is  engaged. 

SOUTHERN  EXPRESS  COMPANY— Office  No.  164  Gravier  St 

^  The  Southern  Express  Company  was  established  in  1865,  being  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Georgia,  and  has  become  one  of  the  largest  and  wealthiest  organizations' in  the  United 
States,  or,  it  may  be  said,  in  the  world.  Mr.  H.  B.  Plant,  of  Connecticut,  is  the  President  of  the 
Company.  Mr.  T.  M.  Wescoat  is  the  agent  and  manager  of  the  New  Orleans  branch  of  the  com¬ 
pany.  Mr.  Wescoat  has  been  attached  to  the  company  for  many  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably 
known  in  commercial  circles  for  his  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  manner  of  transacting  the  busi¬ 
ness  The  business  of  the  company  comprises  the  transportation  of  parcels,  packages,  goods,  wares, 
merchandise,  money,  &c.,  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  to  the  remotest  part  of  the  earth, 
wherever  civilization  has  left  its  imprint  So  complete  is  the  system  of  doing  business,  and  so  at¬ 
tentive  are  its  superintendents,  agents,  officers  and  men,  that  mistakes  seldom  happen,  and  no  de¬ 
lays  have  ever  occurred,  on  its  thousands  of  miles  of  route,  that  could  be  truthfully  attributed  to 
any  neglect  or  carelessless  on  the  part  of  the  company  or  any  of  its  employes.  There  are  about 
twenty-five  men,  fourteen  wagons  and  twenty-six  .horses  in  constant  requisition  by  the  company  in 
this  city.  The  company  uses  all  the  principal  railroads  in  the  country  to  carry  on  their  extensive 
operations,  and  they  even  send  goods  by  Cape  Horn  at  times,  and  also  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
until  the  name  of  the  Southern  Express  Company  has  become  familiar  all  over  the  entire  inhabita¬ 
ble  globe.  The  company  safely  transports  and  delivers  money  and  other  valuables,  gold,  silver,  and 
other  precious  metals  in  buUion.  All  the  money  and  other  securities  of  the  government  are  trans¬ 
ported  by  this  company  to  the  different  trade  centers  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Wescoat,  the  resi¬ 
dent  manager  of  the  Southern  Express  Company,  has,  by  his  industry,  perseverance  and  capable 
management,  added  much  to  the  popularity  of  this  well-knoym  corporation.  He  is  an  energetic 
and  thoroughly  rehable  business  man,  and  is  ever  watchful  and  active,  losing  no  opportunity  for  ad¬ 
vancing  the  material  interests  of  the  gigantic  corporation  whose  representative  and  business  mana¬ 
ger  he  is. 

DENEGRE  &  VILLERE — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Pittsburg,  Anthracite,  and 

Cannel  Coal,  Office,  Corner  Carondelet  and  Common  Streets,  Yards,  No.  293  Rampart  Street. 

Of  the  several  firms  or  individuals  in  the  city  engaged  in  the  coal  business,  it  may  be  safely  asserted 
that  none  are  better  stocked,  or  conducted  with  a  more  thorough  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of 
the  trade  than  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Denegre  &  Villere.  The  business  was  esfabhshed  in 
1880  by  the  present  firm,  with  an  ample  capital,  and  has  proved  a  success  in  every  particular.  They 
receive  their  coal  direct  from  headquarters,  making  large  purchases  and  shipping  by  the  boat  load 
directly  from  Pittsburg,  frequently  in  tows  of  fifty  boats  or  more.  They  handle  all  kinds  of  Pitts¬ 
burg,  anthracite  and  cannel  coal,  and  are  prepared  to  supply  planters,  presses,  factories  and  fami¬ 
lies  at  the  lowest  market  rate.  Coal  in  casks  for  shipment  constantly  kept  on  hand.  Fourteen  clerks 
are  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  their  business.  Their  yards  are  centrally  located 
and  cover  an  area  of  80x200  feet,  and  are  supplied  with  all  the  conveniences  for  successfully  carry¬ 
ing  on  this  branch  of  trade.  Their  trade  is  principally  confined  to  the  city  and  along  the  coast, 
which  aggregates  many  thousands  of  dollars  per  annum.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are 
Mr.  Henry  Denegre  and  Gabriel  ViUere,  both  of  whom  are  practical  men  in  their  line  of  business, 
Mr.  Denegre  having  been  for  years  connected  with  the  firm  of  Denegre,  Desforges  <fe  Co.,  and  Mr. 
Villere,  formerly  of  the  firm  of  A.  Lambert  &  Co  They  are  well  and  favorably  known  in  com¬ 
mercial  circles  as  reliable,  honorable  and  trustworthy  business  men.  Possessing  excellent  facilities, 
and  being  excellently  managed,  this  house  is  fully  entitled  to  the  signal  prosperity  that  attends  its 
operations. 

THE  AMERICAN  SALT  COMPANY — R.  Ranger,  President;  Office  48  Broad  St.,  New  York, 

F.  A.  Luling,  Agent,  17  Tchoupitoulas  Street,  New  Orleans. 

The  marked  success  attendant  upon  the  career  and  operations  of  this  company  is  of  such  a  pro¬ 
nounced  and  obvious  character  as  to  demand  more  than  ordinary  attention  in  inalnng  a  careful  re¬ 
view  of  the  commercial  and  manufacturing  business  of  this  city.  The  office  of  this  company  was 
established  in  this  city  in  1881,  and  a  large  amount  of  business  is  transacted  throughout  the  South. 
The  company  has  salt  depots  located  in  New  Orleans,  Mobile  and  Galveston,  and  a  average  stock 
of  one  hundred  thousand  sacks  is  carried,  %vith  which  an  immense  business  is  transacted  per  annum, 
This  company  have  their  nwn  mines,  situated  in  Iberia  Parish,  Louisiana,  which,  so  far,  have  a  ca- 


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MARIPOSA  RICE  MILLS — Stewart  &  Rickert,  Proprietors,  Nos.  61  to  67  St.  Joseph  St. 

The  cotton,  sugar,  rice  and  allied  trades  of  New  Orleans,  constitute  a  very  large  and  important 
interest,  and  include  within  them  very  much  of  the  best  social  and  commercial  elements  of  the 
city.  One  of  the  prominent  houses  engaged  in  the  rice  trade  is  here  selected  for  remark,  viz. :  that 
of  Messrs.  Stewart  k  Rickert,  proprietors  of  the  “Mariposa  Rice  Mills.’’  This  enterprise  was  first 
started  in  1881,  by  the  present  firm,  on  an  ample  capital,  giving  employment  to  from  twenty-five  to 
fifty  hands,  according  to  the  season,  to  whom  is  paid  monthly  wages  aggregating  from  $1,000  to 
$2,000.  The  mill  occupied  is  spacious;  and  conveniently  situated,  being  provided  with  all  the  latest 
and  most  improved  machinery  used  in  this  branch  of  business.  A  ninety-horse  power  engine  of  the 
latest  and  most  improved  pattern,  is  used  to  furnish  the  motive  power  necessary  to  drive  the  ma¬ 
chinery  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  trade  ot  this  house  is  pm'ely  local, 
being  confined  to  the  jobbing  trade  in  this  city.  A  telephone  connection  at  the  mill  and  at  No.  114 
Gravier  street,  and  all  orders  transmitted  will  receive  then* -prompt  and  careful  attention.  The  in¬ 
dividual  members  of  the  firm  are  Mr.  C.  H.  Stewart  and  ]\lr.  F.  Rickert,  Jr  ,  both  of  whom  are 
active,  energetic  and  ^vide  awake  business  men,  with  an  extended  and  practical  experience  in  the 
business  in  which  they  are  engaged,  and  are  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements 
of  the  trade.  They  are  both  natives  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  well-known  in  the  community  as 
honorable  and  upright  citizens,  fully  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  community. 

LEWIS  JOHNSON — Manufacturer  and  Repairer  of  Engines,  Steam  Pumps,  &.C.,  Julia 

Street,  from  Delta  to  Water. 

A  prominent  branch  of  ii^istry  which  is  extensively  carried  on  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  is  the 
manufacture,  on  special  order,  of  engines,  steam  pumps,  and  machinery  of  ail  kinds.  As  a  repre¬ 
sentative  house  engaged  in  this  important  branch  of  industry,  as  well  as  the  repairs  to  all  kinds  of 
machinery,  may  appropnately  be  mentioned  that  of  Mr.  Lewis  Johnson,  on  Julia  street.  This  busi¬ 
ness  was  founded  about  fifteen  years  ago,  with  a  nK)derate  capital,  which,  by  industry,  perseverence 
I  and  close  attention  to  his  business,  has  been  verj^  largely  increased,  until  now  the  capital 
I  invested  is  valued  at  $20,00'’*,  and  an  annual  business  of  $-50,000  transacted.  An  average  of  forty 
male  workmen  are  constantly  employed,  the  monthly  pay  roll  aggregating  $1,-50'.  The  premises 
occupied  are  commodious,  the  mam  building  builduig  being  60x112  feet  in  size,  ^vith  adequate  ma- 
chiner}’  for  carrying  on  this  branch  of  manufactui’ing.  Cine  twenty-horse  power  engine  is  used  to 
furnish  the  motive  power  to  drive  the  necessary  machinery.  In  addition  to  his  manufacturing  busi¬ 
ness,  Mr.  Johnson  also  carries  a  stock  of  iron  and  brass  castings  and  fixtures;  all  kinds  of  pattern 
making  and  blacksmithing  attended  to  on  short  notice.  Mr.  Johnson  was  bom  in  New  Orleans  in 
1836,  IS  a  thorough  and  practical  mechanic,  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  the  business 
in  which  he  is  engaged.  Energetic,  reliable  and  enterprising,  he  is  fully  entitled  to  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  public,  and  worthy  of  a  liberal  patronage. 

J.  L.  GAUTIER  &.  CO. — Cotton  Futures,  No.  171  1-2  Common  St. 

This  important  enterprise  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietors  in  1878.  Commencing  on  only 
a  moderate  capital,  it  has,  by  the  industry,  energy’ and  perseverence,  manifested  by  the  members 
of  the  firm,  been  very  largely  increased  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  at  present  they  are  m  pos¬ 
session  of  a  large  and  constantly  growing  trade,  extending  over  the  entire  city.  Two  competent 
men  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  office,  who  are  always  courteous,  attentive  and  polite  to 
all  who  visit  their  establishment  This  house  does  a  general  cotton  future  business,  making  pur¬ 
chases  and  sales  of  cotton  for  future  delivery.  They  attend  to  ail  orders  promptly,  either  by  mail 
or  telegraph.  Orders  from  country  correspondents  are  promptly  attended  to,  and  all  information 
furnished  legarding  the  state  of  the  market  m  New  Orleans.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm 
are  thoroughly  conversant  with  every  detail  of  their  business,  and  have  attained  by  their  honorable 
and  upright  way  of  doing  business,  an  enviable  position  among  the  business  community.  They  are 
justly  deserving  of  confidence  as  well  as  ah  extended  patronage, 

MUIR,  DUCKWORTH  &.  CO. — Cotton  Buyers,  Corner  Perdido  and  Carondelet  Sts. 

There  is  perhaps  no  house  in  New  Orleans  in  the  same  hne  of  business  that  is.  better  or  more 
widely  known  than  the  house  of  Messrs  Muir,  Duckworth  Co.,  who  are  successors  to  one  of  the 
oldest  houses  in  the  cotton  export  trade,  that  of  Messrs  Battersby  &  Co.,  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  and 
Charleston,  S.  C.  This  house  was  established  in  1873,  and  during  the  years  that  have  since  elapsed, 
been  identified  with  the  growth,  mdustiy  and  prosperity'  of  the  city.  They  transact  a  cotton  pur¬ 
chasing  business,  buy'mg  largely  on  orders  for  export.  Twelve  experienced  assistants  are  kept  con¬ 
stantly  employed,  who  are  courteous,  attentive  and  polite,  and  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of 
all  who  visit  their  office.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Francis  Muir,  resident  partner 
in  Liverpool;  J.  B.  Duckw'orth,  resident  partner  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  and  L.  T.  Turner,  who  is  the 
rnanager  of  the  business  in  this  city.  They  are  men  who  have  long  been  engaged  in  this  special 
line  of  trade,  and  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with  all  the  details  of  the  business,  Mr  Muir  is  a 
native  of  Scotland,  while  Mr.  Duckworth  is  Lorn  England,  and  Mr  Turner  from  Georgia.  They 
are  well  knowm  in  business  circles  for. their  upright,  honorable  business  transactions,  and  are  regard¬ 
ed  in  evei-y  respect  as  being  representatives  of  the  cotton  trade  and  general  enterprise  of  the  com¬ 
munity. 


124  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


SCHMIDT  &  ZIEGLER — Importers  and  Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  49,  51,  53  and  55 

South  Peters  Street. 

Were  we  called  upon  to  single  out  a  commercial  firm  distinguished  at  home  and  abroad,  where- 
ever  the  city  of  New  Orleans  is  known,  for  all  of  the  commanding  qualities  of  success  and  promi¬ 
nence  in  the  business  they  have  espoused, 
we  should  haye  to  go  no  farther,  but  would 
point  out  quickly  that  of  Schmidt  &  Zieg¬ 
ler,  as  entitled  to  front  rank  in  the  great 
Grocery  business  of  the  Southern  Country. 
This  trade  has  -always  been  one  of  the 
strongest  points  upon  which  we  have  ad¬ 
vanced  our  claims  to  be  classed  as  the  com-  I 
mercial  center  of  the  surrounding  valleys  I 
so  fertile  and  blossoming,  but  among  the 
Irms  who  have  contributed  to  this  grand 
success,  none  other  can  be  entitled  to  more 
praise  than  Schmidt  &  Ziegler.  This  firm 
established  their  business  in  this  city  in 
1845,  since  which  time  it  has  been  largely 
ncreased.  The  building  occupied  consists 
ifa^^tore  room  100x120  feet  in  size,  four 
■stories  high,  on  South  Peters  street,  with 
ive  large  wa^houses  on  Fulton  street.  A 
'■as  engine  iPused  for  hoisting  purposes, 
ind  there  are  so  many  points  of  conven- 
ence  and  excellence  in  the  way  of  eleva¬ 
tors,  stairways,  shelving  and  office,  sample 
i’oom  and  closet  arrangements,  that  any¬ 
thing  less  than  a  detailed  description  does 
uot  mete  out  justice  Every  article  has  its 
space  set  aside,  and  rigid  discipline  is  en¬ 
forced  to  keep  goods  in  proper  places. 
They  carry  the  largest  stock  of  foreign 
goods  in  the  Southern  States,  and  sell  in 
lond  or  duties  paid,  this  firm  being  large 
L-eceivers  and  jobbers  in  sugar,  molasses, 
ice,  Rio  and  Cordova  coffees,  also  exten- 
■iive  dealers  in  wholesale  groceries  They 
ire  sole  agents  in  the  Crescent  City  for 
)tard,  Dupuy  &  Co’s  brandies,  Seignouret 
Freres’  wines,  G.  H.  Mumm  &  Co’s  cham¬ 
pagne,  Marie  Brizard  &  Rog«'r’s  cordials, 
and  keep  constantly  on  hand  brandies,  wines,  vermouth,  port,  sherry,  ales,  champagnes,  sardines‘ 
brandy  fruits,  etc. ,  it  being  one  of  the  largest  houses  in  the  city  and  Southern  States.  Seventy 
hands  are  employed  and  the  excellent  order  preserved  demonstrates  the  managerial  qualities  of  the 
firm.  The  Columbia  Warehouse,  on  South  Peters  street,  is  also  used  by  them  for  storing  the 
vast  supphes  required  by  their  trade  which  reaches  many  millions  per  annum.  Messrs.  Wm.  B. 
Schmidt,  F.  M.  Ziegler  and  Jas.  .1.  Schmidt  are  the  individual  members  of  the  firm.  They  give 
personal  attention  to  the  trade,  and  at  all  times  can  be  found  at  their  place  of  business,  invariably 
at  work,  with  a  cordial  greeting  and  pleasant  word  for  all,  as  if  their  minds  were  unencumbered 
with  commercial  cares.  This  is  the  kind  of  labor  that  has  made  fortunes  and  it  has  so  far  won 
glorious  achievement  in  this  city  for  the  firm,  and  year  by  year  will  and  to  this  most  substan¬ 
tial  growth,  keeping  them  in  the  future,  as  it  is  now,  the  synonym  of  our  city’s  progress  and 
prosperity. 


JOHN  HOBSON  &  SON — Lumber  Merchants,  No.  308  Delord  St. 

Mr.  John  Hobson,  the  senior  member  of  this  firm,  is  a  pioneer  in  the  lumber  business  in  this 
city,  having  been  actively  engaged  in  it  ever  since  1866,  when  he  started  the  trade  now  being  car¬ 
ried  on  by  the  present  firm.  The  ground  upon  which  the  buildings  stand,  and  the  yard  adjacent, 
covers  three-quarters  of  un  entire  square,  giving  the  firm  ample  room  for  carrying  on  their  exten¬ 
sive  operations.  They  carry  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  lumber  of  all  grades,  which 
they  offer  at  the  lowest  market  rates  Employment  is  given  to  twelve  male  assistants.  Over 
4,(jO0,<>00  feet  of  lumber  is  handled  annually,  the  trade  extending  all  over  the  South,  as  well  as  in 
Mexico  and  Cuba.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  John  Hobson  and  J.  B.  Hobson,  both 
of  whom  are  practical  lumber  merchants,  having  been  engaged  in  the  trade  for  many  years,  are 
fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  their  business.  Mr.  John  Hobson,  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  bom  in  England,  while  J.  B.  Hobson  is  a  native  of  New  Orleans. 
Their  successful  career  is  the  result  of  ripe  experience  and  excellent  judgement.  We  cheerfully  rec¬ 
ommend  them  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  firm  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  have  busi¬ 
ness  relations,  and  one  worthy  of  the  public  patronage. 


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J,  ROLLO  KRAPP— Dentist,  No.  41  Cana!  St. 

■  We  boast  veiy  justly  indeed  of  what  we  have  done  in  the  way  of  discoveries  daring  the  last  half 
centuiy.  The  railway,  engine  and  car,  is  quite  a  notable  instance  of  our  inventions.  Then  comes 
the  steamship,  then"  the  telegraph  wire,  and  more  recently  the  achievement  of  Edison  in  the 
telephone  and  electiic  light.  These  are  all  very  well,  and  of  much  moment  to  the  human  r^e,  but 
men  appear  in  these  great  discoveries  to  forget  many  silenf  advances  that  more  unpretending  arts 
have  made.  Enlightened  dentistry,  for  instance;  what  a  boon  it  is  to  a  person  who  has  a  violent 
toothache.  Thoughts  of  the  railways,  steamships,  telephones  and  the  like,  affords  no  relief  to  the 
person  with  an  aching  tooth.  The  modern  dentist  takes  precedence  here,  and  shows  the  rapid  ad¬ 
vancement  that  his  art  has  attained,  and  with  his  present  skillful  appliances,  compared  with  what 
he  had  in  years  gone  by,  makes  it  rather  a  pleasure  than  otherwise,  to  have  a  tooth  plugged  or  ex¬ 
tracted.  especially  when  done  by  a  master  hand.  Mr.  J  Kollo  Knapp  has  been  connected  with  this 
business  for  years,  having  studied  with*his  father  previous  to  starting  alone  He  occupies  a  suite  of 
rooms  at  Xo"  41  Canal  street,  elegantly  fitted  up  and  pro%'ided  with  all  the  modem  inventions  calcu¬ 
lated  .  to  rob  dentistiy  of  all  its  terrors  The  dental  chair  used  by  Mr.  Knapp  is  a  marvel  of  itself, 
ha\ing  more  various  turnings  than  any  other  chair  in  the  countrj’,  and  it  took  the  premium  at  the 
Dental  Convention  held  in  New  York.  An  engine  used  by  him  was  made  in  Cologne  from  his  own 
special  directions,  and  there  is  none  like  it  in  the  United  States.  Four  assi.stants  are  employed,  and 
Dr.  Knapp  gives  personal  attention  to  all  work  done  in  his  establishment.  There  of  course  could 
only  be  one  result  to  such  complete  and  systematic  supervision  on  the  part  of  Dr.  Knapp,  and  that 
is,  a  prosperous  and  lucrative  trade. 

A.  MARTIN — Pelican  Saw  and  Planing  Mill,  Dorner  of  Galvez  and  New  Basin. 

Among  the  extensive  manufacturing  establishments  in  New  Orleans  epgaged  in  this  branch  o 
trade,  the  house  of  A.  Martin,  occupies  a  veiy  prominent  position.  He  does  an  exceedingly  large 

trade,  and  has  constantly  on  hand  an  exten¬ 
sive  and  well  selected  stock.  The  business 
was  founded  in  1871,  by  Mr.  Martin,  on  a 
capital  of  $100,000.  He  carries  an  average 
stock  of  $50,000.  doing  an  annual  business 
of  $250,000,  and  employs  seventy-five  hands. 
An  engine  of  one  hundred  horse-power,  with 
bur  boilers,  is  used  to  furnish  the  motive 
power  necessary  to  drive  the  machinery'. 
The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  com¬ 
modious,  occupying  an  area  of  two  entire 
-quares  of  ground.  Mr.  Martin,  besides 
leing  the  proprietor  of  the  well  known 
Pelican  Saw  and  Planing  Mill,  is  also,  an 
^xtensiv^  dealer  in  lumber  of  all  grades, 
and  timber  of  all  sizes  or  length  to  seventy- 
five  feet.  All  orders  for  cabins  or  any  de¬ 
scription  of  buildings  promptly  attended  to. 
Mr.  Martin  is  a  native  of  New  York  State, 
but  has  resided  in  this  city  for ’’many  years  past,  and  is  thoroughly  and  practically  a  lumber  and  saw¬ 
mill  rnan  in  ever}’  sense’of  the^term.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable,  in  all  his  business  relations, 
he  is  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  liberal  patronage  of  the  general  public. 


J.  &.  A.  BRANDIN — Slaters  and  Dealers  in  Roofing  Slates,  Hearth  Slabs  and  English 

Ridge  Tiles,  Office  and  Yard.  Xo,  41  Dai(j)}iine  Street. 

In  presenting  for  the  consideration  of  our  readers,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  historical  and  descipt- 
ive  views  of  the  great  industries  and  commercial  enterprises  of  New  Orleans,  it  is  necessary  and  im¬ 
portant  to  select  representative  institutions  and  establishments,  and  consider  more  particularly 
those  whose  success  has  made  them  conspicuous,  and  gained  for  the  proprietors  positions  prominent 
in  the  mercantile  history  of  the  city,  the  character  of  business  men  being  often  measured  by  their 
success,  reflecting  the  credit  and  reputation  of  the  community  of  whichthey  are  members.  This  im¬ 
portant  branch  of  industry,  which  is  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch,  was  started  about  seven  years 
ago,  by  the  present  firm,  with  moderate  capital  Their  trade  is  mcreasing  and  their  annual  business 
will  amply  compensate  for  the  risks  attending  their  ventui-e  into  the  uncertain  waves  of  mercantile 
life.  Their  stock  is  ample,  consisting  of  roofing  slates,  hearth  slabs  and  English  ridge  tiles.  Thej' 
are  also  the  sole  Agents  for  the  South  of  the  Chapman  Slate  Company,  Chapman's  quarries,  Penn. 
They  employ  an  ample  staff  of  assistants,  superintending  personally  all  transactions  of  their  house, 
thereby  ensuring  courteous  treatment  of  their  customers  and  fair  dealing.  Scrupulously  correct  them¬ 
selves  in  all  dealings,  and  prompt  in  meeting  all  engagements,  they  exact  the  same  from  all  attach- 
ees  of  their  establishment.  Progressive,  prompt,  reliable  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  their  busi¬ 
ness  and  its  details,  they  are  entitled  to  a  high  position  in  commercial  circles  and  merrit  signal  pros¬ 
perity  in  their  business  operations.  This  firm  are  the  pioneers  of  the  slate  trade  of  New  Orleans, 
the  first  firm  who  made  a  success  of  the  slate  business  in  the  city. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


126 


R.  B.  MITCHELL — Cistern  Tanks,  &c.,  Nos.  183  and  185  Magazine  St 

This  house,  of  which  Mr.  Mitchell  is  sole  proprietor,  was  founded  in  1876.  with  a  capital  of  $1,000, 
which  has  been  increased  from  year  to  year  until  now  an  average  stock  of  from  $12,000  to  $15,000  is  car¬ 


ried,  and  an  annual  business  of  over  $30,000  transacted.  Among  the  specialties  handled 
by  Mr.  Mitchell  is  the  “Steam  Cisterns,”  of  which  he  is  the  manufacturer  and  sole 
proprietor;  also  the  “Crozing  Machine”  for  tank  and  cistern  work,  of  which  Mr. 
Mitchelkis  the  patentee  Eight  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  the 
monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  $400.  The  premises  occupied  are  64x170  feet  in  size, 
and  furnished  with  all  the  latest  improved  machinei-y  used  in  this  branch  of  the  man¬ 
ufacturing  business.  An  eight-horse  power  engine  furnishes  the  motive  power  nec¬ 
essary  to  drive  the  machinery  in  the  different  departments  of'  the  establishment. 
The  trade  is  extended  all  over  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  the  entire  Southern  country, 
Mexico  and  Cuba.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  born  in  the  State  of  Delaware  in  1886,  and 
jcommenced  the  study  6f  his  trade  in  early  boyhood.  He  has  resided’in  New  Orleans 
for  many  years,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  all  the  industries  and  business  in¬ 
terests  of  this,  the  “Crescent  City”  of  the  South.  Prompt,  reliable  and  energetic, 
^he  is  fully  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  that  is  being  given  him. 


JOHN  HOLMES  &  CO^ — (Established  October  1867,)  Warehouse  Proprietors,  No.  128 

Tchoupitoulas  Street.  ! 

The  extent  and  magnitude  of  the  produce  commission  business  carried  on  in  the  great  city  of  New  ’ 
Orleans  is  not  generally  appreciated  by  the  public  at  large.  There  are  numerous  large  establish-  ' 
ments  engaged  in  the  above  branch  of  business,  whose  transactions  annually  aggregate  an  amount  | 
almost  incredible.  To  properly  handle  and  distribute  the  immense  consignments  of  produce  neces-  ' 
sary  to  supply  the  city,  to  keep  fully  posted  on  the  fluctuations  that  are  always  occurring  iii  the  | 
market,  and  to  be  able  to  obtain  the  highest  prices,  requires  the  highest  business  qualifications,  con-  | 
stant  attention  and  untiring  energy,  together  with  the  employment  of  a  large  capital.  Among  the  | 
very  large  number  of  reliable  and  enterprising  houses  engaged  in  the  warehouse  and  storage  busi-  ! 
ness,  the  firm  of  John  Holmes  &  Co.,  office  at  Union  Warehouse,  No.  128  Tdioupitoulas  street,  as 
regards  the  magnitude  of  their  transactions,  facilities  p.nd  expprience,  is  entitled  to  favorable  con¬ 
sideration  in  these  pages.  They  have  commodious  warehouses  for  storage  purposes;  the  “Union, 
on  the  north-east  corner  Tchoupitoulas  and  Notre  Dame  streets,  the  “Rio,”  on  the  south-west  corner  j 
Tchoupitoulas  and  Notre  Dame  streets.  “Rainbow,”  comer  Tchoupitoulas  and  Notre  Dame  streets, 
the  “India,”  on  Tchoupitoulas,  between  Notre  Dame  and  Julia  streets,  the  “Whitehead,”  on 
Fulton,  between  Notre  Dame  and  Julia  streets,  the  “St  Louis,”  on  Fulton,  between  Lafayette  and 
Julia  streets,  and  the  “Home,”  on  South  Peters,  between  Poydras  and  Lafayette,  affording  ample 
facilities  for  the  storage  for  all  descriptions  of  Western  produce,  coffee,  bagging,  rice,  molasses,  Am., 
at  the  lowest  rates.  The  insurance  on  these  warehouses  is  A  1.  Special  attention  given  to  the  in¬ 
spection  of  beef  and  hog  products  at  the  Union  Warehouse,  This  firm  having  an  experience  of 
fifteen  years  in  the  business,  are  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  the  warehouse  and  produce 
commission  business.  The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  both  natives  of  Louisiana,  prompt, 
reliable  and  energetic,  honorable  in  all  their  dealings,  they  are  especially  commended  to  the  favor¬ 
able  consideration  of  the  trade,  both  in  the  city  and  in  the  rural  districts. 

AMERICAN,  FOREIGN  AND  EUROPEAN  EXPRESS— Davies  &  Co^,  Proprietors,  No.  3  j 

Botvling  Green,  New  York;  John  C.  Sporl,  Agent,  No.  54  Carondelet  Street. 

Modern  invention  has  been  so  taxed  to  discover  means  of  facillitating  and  expediting  travel  and 
freight  transportation,  until  at  the  present  time  there  seems  but  little  left  to  be  desired  in  respect  eith¬ 
er.  One  of  the  greatest  improvements  in  connection  with  freight  carriage,  has  been  the  introduc¬ 
tion  of  the  expressage  system,  and  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  bringing  about  this  grateful 
change  from  the  old-fashioned,  slow-coach  style  of  things  to  the  present  speedy  and  safe  mode  of 
transportation  of  merchandise,  etc.,  has  been  the  well-known  and  popular  “American.  Foreign  and 
European  Express  Co.,”  of  Davies  &  Co  This  Company  has  been  in  existence  for  some  years,  and 
has,  by  its  punctuality,  attention  and  careful  handhng  and  safe  delivery  of  goods,  entrusted  to  its 
care,  won  the  entire  confiidence  of  shippers,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  Their  express  carries  freight 
and  samples  of  every  kind  to  ail  points  in  Europe,  Australia,  Cuba,  Mexico,  etc.  The  convenience  of 
an  express  company  of  this  character  to  businessmen  cannot  be  too  highly  estimated.  Tt  relieves 
one  of  an  immense  amount  of  labor  and  mental  worry  in  connection  with  the  transmission  of  goods, 
and  makes  it  as  easy  to  send  a  package  to  the  “uttermost  corner  of  the  earth,”  as  from  New  York 
City  to  Brooklyn  Besides  this,  speed  and  promptness  of  delivery  is  a  great  point  with  merchants 
and  shippers;  and  the  “Davies  Expresss  Company  ”  have  so  systematized  their  business  that  these 
are  always  ac'sured.  Their  “  fast  freight.”  in  fact,  is  delivered  with  the  same  rapidity  that  letters 


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are  carried  by  mail :  and  these  operations  are  conducted  mth  such  clock-work  regularity  that  only 
some  unforeseen  causuality  can  possibly  delay  them  in  delivering  merchandise,  etc.,  at  the  port  of 
destination."  They  ship  by  all  the  fast  steamer  lines,  and  also  furnish  cheaper  freight  transportation 
than  any  other  express  company  in  the  country.  A  large  proportion  of  the  export  merchandise  passes 
through  their  hands,  and  having  their  own  independent  connections  in  Europe,  they  are  the  more  to 
be  relied  upon  for  safety  of  transportation  and  quicker  forwarding  of  goods,  than  any  of  their  rivals, 
who  trust  to  agencies  on  commission,  they  take  charge  of  all  kinds  of  freight,  not  binding  them¬ 
selves  to  any  particular  cl^ss  of  goods.  This  company  also  attend  to  consignments  and  Cu.stom 
House  business  for  importers.  Alerchants  can  always  know  the  company's  fixed  rates  to  and 
from  any  port  of  the  world,  and  can  regulate  their  sales  so  as  to  include  expense  of  transportation. 

Mr.  Jno.  C  Spoil,  the  resident  agent  of  this  well  known  and  popular  company  in  this  city,  is  a 
live,  energetic  and  reliable  business  man,  and  is  favorably  knovui  for  his  many  genial  and  social 
qualities,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  general  public. 


ALEX.  K.  FINLAY — Druggist,  Corner  Camp  and  Julia  Streets. 

This  house  was  originally  established  in  18"ri  by  Thomas  K.  Finlay,  and  is,  with  one  or  two 
exceptions  the  oldest  drug  house  in  New  Orleans.  Tt  was  conducted  successfully  until  1874.  when 
the  present  proprietor  became  the  sole  owner  of  the  establishment.  This  gentleman  has  developed 
the  business  to  a  very  high  degree,  and  achieved  a  prominent  position  among  the  merchants  of 
New  Orleans.  In  all  things  that  pertain  to  medicine.  New  Orleans  stands  pre-eminent.  Its  medi¬ 
cal  authors;  professors,  and  its  medical  institutions  have  a  world- wide  reputation,  while  its  pharmacies 
are  not  excelled,  if,  indeed,  they  are  equaled  in  any  country,  for  their  fine  preparations  or  their 
general  management  by  the  well-trained  and  educated  men  who  control  them.  Mr.  Finlay  is  a  care¬ 
ful,  energetic  and  attentive  business  man  of  many  years  experience  in  the  business,  and  is  in  ever}’ 
respect,  well  qualified  to  fill  the  responsible  position  he  occupies.  The  stock  embraces  drugs,  medi¬ 
cines  and  toilet  articles,  and  special  attention  is  given  to  the  prescription  department,  which  is 
under  his  supervision.  The  store  is  neatly  an-anged  and  handsomely  furnished  with  all  the  latest 
and  most  improved  fixtures.  This  house  has  had  a  long  and  prosperous  career,  and  merits  the  confi¬ 
dence  which  established  its  success. 


WM.  B.  RINGROSE — Dealer  in  Furniture,  No.  172  Camp  St. 

One  of  the  most  popular  and  promising  houses  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  in  this  city  is  that 
of  W m.  B.  Ringrose.  which  was  established  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1875, on  a  moderate  capital  and 
by  industry  and  perseverence,  backed  up  by  skillful  management,  it  has  assumed  large  proportions, 
and  is  now. recognized  as  being  among  the  leading  houses  in  this  line  in  the  city.  At  present  he 
carries  a  stock  of  about  $9,000.  and  does  an  annual  business  of  over  $40,000,  giving  employment  to 
four  male  assistants,  whose  monthly  pay  roll  amounts  to  $800,  The  warehouse  is  located  on  St. 
Mary's  street,  while  the  store  room  on  Camp  is  filled  with  a  full  and  complete  a.ssorment  of  lurni- 
ture  of  all  kinds  and  qualities.  Jobbing,  repairing  and  moving  prompily  attended  to,  and  fui’niture 
stored  at  low  rates.  The  trade  of  this  establishment  while  largely  in  the  city,  extends  over  the  State 
of  Louisiana  and  adjacent  territory.  The  proprietor  of  this  well  known  house,  Mr.  Ringrose,  was 
bom  in  Ireland  in  1848,  but  come  to  this  country  many  years  ago,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in 
his  present  line  of  business  since  1869.  Is  wide-awake,  prompt  and  reliable,  and  fully  understands 
all  the  details  of  his  business.  He  is  fully  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  tlie  community. 


NEW  ORLEANS  MECHANICAL  CORPS — J.  H.  Reynolds,  President  and  Manager, 

Corner  Poj/dras  and  St.  Charles  Streets. 

New  enterprises,  of  whatever  description,  conducing  to  the  convenience,  well-being  and  comfort 
of  citizens  are  an  important  feature  in  connection  with  the  business  of  any  city,  and  in  a  comprehen¬ 
sive  work  which  presents  in  a  permanent  and  attractive  manner  the  business  facilities  of  this  city, 
we  take  pleasure  in  noticing  the  excellent  establishment  of  the  New  Orleans  Mechanical  Corps,  situ¬ 
ated  at  the  comer  of  Poydras  and  St.  Charles  streets.  This  corps  was  started  December  1,  1881, 
and  is  formed  of  plumbers,  gas  fitters,  beU  hangers,  locksmiths,  tinmen  and  electricians,  each  one 
having  his  own  department,  for  the  sale  of  various  mechanical  devices  and  their  application.  Among 
others  they  are  agents  for  Day  Bros.  A  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  ^Id.,  who  manufacture  Day’s  Fire  Alarm 
Electric  Bell,  hotel  and  house  annunciators  of  all  sizes,  burglar  alarms,  electric  clocks,  tower  clocks, 
fire  alarm  clocks,  electric  apparatus,  etc.:  also,  for  Jacob  G.  Miner's  patent  automatic  globe  street 
lamps,  for  lighting  towns  not  having  ^as,  lamp  posts  and  bracket  lamps  of  New  York  City  manu¬ 
facture;  the  Rhodes  electric,  self-lighting  and  extinguishing  gas  burner,  the  Wilson  A  Keagle  wharf 
fishing  lamp,  the  patent  oil  burner  for  wood  cooking  stoves,  patent  water  cut-otf.  are  specialties  in 
which  they  deal,  and  all  work  is  done  liy  first-class  artisans  in  every  trade.  They  are  also  agents  for 
Blemker,  TiRman  A  Co.,  Evansville  stoves,  and  have  electric  supplies  of  every  description.  Mr.  J.  H. 
Reynolds,  is  President  and  Manager  of  the  corps,is  a  native  of  this  city  and  is  well  known  among  our 
citizens,  deserving  of  unlimited  success  in  his  present  enterprise,  of  which  the  prospects  are  very 
flattering.  Only  the  best  materials  and  skilled,  competent  workmen  are  employed,  thereby  insuring 
perfect  satisfaction  in  every  respect.  The  patronage  of  the  public  is  respectfully  solicited. 


128  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


AMERICAN  DISTRICT  TELEGRAPH  CO.— Office  No.  47  Camp  Tt. 

This  well  known  Telegraph  Company  has  been  in  operation  for  a  number  of  years,  and  has  won  a 
standing  in  the  community  which  is  as  substantial  as  it  is  deserved.  This  company  was  organized  in 
New  Orleans,  in  1875,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000.  The  present  efficient  officers  are,  W  H. 
Bofinger,  President  and  W.  W.  Huck,  Secretary.  They  have  the  exclusive  right  in  the  city  of  New 
Orleans  for  the  transaction  of  this  business,  which  they  acquired  from  the  American  District  Tele¬ 
graph  Company  of  New  York  city.  They  now  have  laid  in  all  of  the  business  portion  of  this  city, 
twentj^-seven  miles  of  wire,  and  are  prepared  to  furnish  messengers  at  a  moments  notice,  either 
night  or  day,  to  dehver  and  distribute  bills,  circulars,  invitations,  &c.  Messengers  are  furnished 
subscribers  of  the  company  at  the  following  rates :  Fifteen  cents  for  thirty  minutes  or  less,  and  five 
cents  for  each  additional  ten  minutes  or  fraction  thereof,  car  fare  or  ferrage  in  addition.  Signal  in¬ 
struments  placed  in  residences,  offices  or  stores,  at  a  rental  of  $250  per  inoniji.  A  liberal  reduction 
made  when  paid  yearly  in  advance.  The  managers  are  practical  and  scientific  men  at  the  business, 
•  being  well  qualified  in  every  respect  to  successfully  conduct  the  business  in  all  its  departments  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  Possessed  of  no  ordinary  ability,  as  well  as  a  hierh  sence  of  personal 
rectitude,  their  success  is  regarded  as  well  deserved,  entitling  them  fairly  to  occupy  the  prominent 
position  they  have  gained  in  the  esteem  of  the  community. 

JOHN  /.  ADAMS  &  CO. — Wholesale  Grocers,  No.  43  and  47  South  Peters  St. 

In  a  history  of  the  advance  and  development  of  New  Orleans  with  reference  to  commercial  affairs, 
the  wholesale  grocery  trade  must  always  occupy  a  very  prominent  position  as  a  branch  of  mercan¬ 
tile  industry,  contributing  in  no  small  degree  to  the  present  commercial  importance  of  the  city. 
Among  those  houses  whose  extended  transactions  and  high  standing  entitles  them  to  special  men¬ 
tion  is  that  of  Jno.  I.  Adams  A  Co  ,  it  being  one  of  the  largest  establishments  in  the  city.  This 
house  was  founded  by  John  T.  Adams-  about  l841.  with  a  small  capital,  and  it  had  a  very  prosperous 
career  under  his  management  until  1878  when  the  presenf  firm  was  organized  and  the  business  has 
been  rapidly  and  steadily  increasing  since  that  time.  The  building  occupied  is  65x150  feet  in  size, 
three  stories  in  height  and  contains  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  well  selected  groceries  in  great 
variety.  A  large  capital  is  invested,  and  a  large  stock,  amounting  to  $90,000  in  value,  and  com¬ 
prising  eveiything  in  their  line,  is  carried  the  year  round  and  an  annual  business  is  transacted  which 
will  reach  the  handsome  sum  of  $1,500,000.  Twenty  hands  are  employed  in  the  concern  and  eveiy 
thing  is  kept  in  the  very  best  order.  Six  traveling  salesmen  distribute  their  goods  throughout  the 
entire  south,  the  States  of  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Florida,  Texas,  Louisiana,  Georgia  and  Arkans-as 
receiving  the  greater  portion  of  their  shipments.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Jno.  I. 
Adams  and  Win.  H.  Renant,  both  active  business  men,  well  known  in  the  business  circles  of  this 
State,  and  gentlemen  of  sterhng  Avorth  As  men  of  large  business  abilities  and  experience,  they 
manage  their  trade  with  consiimate  skill.  We  take  pleasure  in  offering  this  sketch  of  the  house,  and 
visitors  to  their  establismiient  will  verify  our  statements  both  of  the  business  and  the  proprietors. 


WM.  KURTEN — Jewelry,  Fancy  Goods,  Notions,  Etc.,  No.  618  Camp  St. 

Recording  the  success  of  men  who,  by  their  individual  efforts  and  industry,  rise  from  compara¬ 
tively  humble  walks  of  life  to  a  fair  prominence  in  their  business  or  profession,  is  always  a  pleasure 
to  the  compiler  of  oiisiness  notes'  of  a  city.  Mr.  Kurten  started  his  present  establishment  in  1858, 
and  industry,  courage  and  endurance  crowned  his  efforts  with  success,  and  he  now  carries  an  ample 
and  well  selected  assortment  of  jewelry,  silverware,  etc.,  together  with  a  full  line  of  fancy  goods, 
notions,  etc.,  this  being  one  of  the  largest  stores  of  this  kind  in  this  part  of  the  city-  Four  assist¬ 
ants  are  employed,  who  give  polite  and  prompt  attention  to  the  patrons  of  the  enterprise.  From  its 
very  inception  this  house  has  steadily  prospered,  and  now  an  annual  business  of  about  $1' ',000  is 
transacted,  with  flattering  prospects  of  future  advancement.  He  does  a  lucrative  and  satisfactory 
business,  which  will  compare  favorably  with  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city.  Mr  Kurten  was 
born  in  Germany  in  1827,  and  being  a  thoroughly  practical  watchmaker  and  jeweler  has,  since  his 
residence  in  this  country,  attained  the  highest  regard  and  consideration  of  the  public.  We  heartily 
commend  Mr.  Kurten  to  our  readers  as  a  man  with  whom  it  will  be  a  pleasure  to  have  business 
relations.  As  one  of  the  oldest  diainoud  setters  in  the  Crescent  City,  selling  nothing  but  the  very 
best  quality  of  ^oods,  everything  being  warranted  just  as  represented,  this  gentleman  is  entitled  to 
prominent  mention  among  leading  dealers  in  the  city. 

RED  SHOE  STORE — J.  E.  Comes,  Proprietor,  No.  207,  Royal  St,  Cor.  Dumaine. 

Probably  no  industry  of  this  large  city  has  been  carried  to  a  greater  degree  of  perfection  than  that 
of  the  boot  and  shoe  business  One  of  the  leading  houses  in  this  portion  of  New  Orleans  is  the  sub¬ 
ject  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Conies  started  last  year  on  a  moderate  capital,  and  in  the  comparatively 
brief  space  of  time  intervening,  a  complete  success  has  been  assured .  The  store  occupied  is  par¬ 
ticularly  well  adapted  for  this  business,  being  neat  and  attractive.  Three  experienced  and  attentive 
clerks  are  employed  in  the  business,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  to  the  wants  of  the  patrons  and 
friends  of  the  establishment.  Th6  trade  of  this  house,  which  has  exhibited  a  gratifying  increase  since 
its  organization,  is  distributed  over  the  entire  city  of  New  Orleans  and  surrounding  county.  Mr. 
Comes  is  a  native  born  Louisianian,  and  is  fully  deserving  the  honors  which  his  untiring  dilligence 
has  secured  him. 


JAMES  E.  MAHER  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Worker  and  Manufacturer  of  Improved  Steam 

Trains,  No.  171  Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

In  referencft  to  the  copper  and  sheet  iron  work  and  the  manufacture  of  improved  steam  trains  for 
sugar  rnaking,  strike  pans,  evaporators, clarafiers,  worms,  juice  tanks, chimneys  and  breechings,a  busi¬ 
ness,  which,  from  its  magnitude  and  general  influence  upon  the  commercial  interests  of  the  com¬ 
munity ,  is  entitled  to  extended  consideration  in  this  work,  reviewing  in  detail  the  industrial  and 
commercial  interests  of  the  city  of  to-day  due  prominence  should  be  given  to  the  popular  and  reliable 
house  of  James  k.  Maher,  situated  in  the  very  center  of  the  manufacturing  institutions  in  the  city  of 
This  business  was  started  by  Breen  &  Maher  in  1880,  who  conducted  the  business 
)  AAA  proprietor.  He  carries  a  full  and  complete  stock  valued  at 

rom  f^_,,000  to  $  ,000,  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  $20,000  Six  male  assistants,  all 
^  skilled  mechanics,  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the 

establishment,  the  monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  $800.  The  building  occupied  is  50x140  feet  in 
size,  which  is  especially  arranged  and  fltted  up  for  the  business,  being  furnished  with  the  latest  and 
most  improved  machinery  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  work.  Mr.  Maher  was 
born  in  Louisiana  m  1858  The  greater  portion  of  his  life  has  been  devoted  to  the  business  in  which 
he  IS  now  engaged,  and  as  one  of  thepubhe-spirited  citizens  of  the  city  he  has  become  widely  and 
favorably  known 


A.  L.  CHOPPIN — Proprietor  Cotton  Gin  and  Press,  No.  54  Carondelet  St. 

The  cotton  trade  of  New  Orleans  has  grown  immensely  in  the  last  few  years,  and  it  is  to  day  one 
of  the  greatest  cotton  centers  in  the  world.  _^This  enterprise,  which  is  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch, 
was  started  by  the  present  proprietor,  in  1871,  on  only  a  moderate  capital,  but  by  industry,  perseve¬ 
rance  and  close  application  to  business,  he  has  increased  it  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  at  pres- 
ent  he  is  in  possession  of  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  He  receives  cotton  in  the  raw  state  and 
does  the  ginning  and  pressing  His  gin  is  of  the  latest  and  most  improved  pattern,  being  supplied 
with  all  the  apphances  used  in  this  special  business.  The  establishment  gives  cons  tant  employment 
to  from  flfteen  to  twenty  hands,  the  capacity  of  his  gin  being  from  three  to  five  thousand  bales  per  an¬ 
num.  A  twenty  horse-power  engine  is  used  to  furnish  the  motive  power  necessary  to  drive  the  re¬ 
quired  machinery  m  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  premices  occupied  are 
twenty- three  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  in  size,  and  three  stories  high,  which  are  especial- 
ly  arranged  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  being  used.  Mr  Choppin,  has  been  actively  engaged  in 
this  branch  of  trade  for  many  years  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement 
of  his  business.  He  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  promptness,  fair  dealing,  and  for  his  uniform  cour¬ 
teous  and  poHte  attention. 


BRITTON  &  MAYSON — Cotton  Factors,  Office  and  Salesrooms,  No.  59  Carondelet  St 

This  is  one  of  the  leading  cotton  commission  houses  in  New  Orleans.  The  proprietors,  Mr.  John  D. 
Britton  and  John  R.  Mayson,  have  been  connected  with  the  business  since  1877,  Mr.  Britton  having 
formerly  been  with  the  house  of  Messrs.  Britton,  Moore  &  Coleman,  of  this  city,  and  Mr.  Mayson,  of 
the  firm  of  Messrs.  Mayson  &  Landers,  of  Canton,  Miss.  They  are  men  of  upright  business  princi¬ 
ples,  and  perfectly  familiar  with  every  detail  of  the  important  business  in  which  they  are  engaged. 
They  receive  consignments  from  nearly  aU  of  the  cotton  growing  States,  and  do  a  large  and  pros¬ 
perous  business.  Having  a  large  capital,  the  firm  is  amply  prepared  to  extend  to  their  customers 
the  usual  facilities,  in  making  cash  advances  on  consignments,  &c.  Four  comnetent  and  experienced 
clerks  are  employed  in  the  office,  who  are  always  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  customers.  The 
members  of  this  firm  deserve  great  credit  for  the  ability  and  entei-prise  they  have  shown  in  building 
up  their  business  to  its  present  high  standard.  They  are  live  merchants,  and  their  prospects  for  the 
future,  judging  by  what  they  have  accomplished  in  the  past,  are  very  bright 

JUREY  &  GILLIS — Cotton  Factors  and  Genera!  Commission  Merchants,  194  Gravier  St. 

This  popular  house  ranks  as  one  of  the  leading  and  reliable  enterprises  of  the  kind  in  the  entire  city, 
and  merits  liberal  mention  in  this  work.  No  house  in  this  line  offers  such  superior  inducements  and 
facilities  to  the  country  merchant  and  planter,  and  no  house  is  more  widely  recognized  for  the  excel¬ 
lent  management.  Its  popularity  is  due  to  the  liberal  policy  and  prompt  business  habits  of  the 
proprietors,  and  the  courteous  and  cordial  manner  with  which  every  one  doing  business  with  them  is 
treated.  They  do  a  general  cotton  and  commission  business,  receiving  consignments  from  over  the 
entire  cotton-growing  district,  their  annual  sales  amounting  to  over  50,000  bales.  They  also  make 
purchases  of  supplies  for  country  merchants  and  planters,  and  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances 
on  consignments,  and  offer  every  accommodation  to  their  correspondents.  Twelve  capable  and  ex¬ 
perienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  their  business 
The  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  L.  C.  Jurey  and  Mr.  M.  Gilhs,  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly  conver¬ 
sant  with  the  cotton  trade  in  all  its  various  details.  Mr.  Jurey,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  is  a 
native  of  the  “Old  Dominion,  “  while  Mr.  Gillis  is  a  native  of  France.  Their  business,  in  all  its  various 
details  of  management,  is  conducted  upon  principles  of  personal  integrity  and  prudent,  careful  man¬ 
agement,  and  it  is  to  these  meritorious  qualifications  that  they  owe  their  credit,  reputation  and  suc¬ 
cess  and  the  confidence  of  the  public. 

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J.  C.  MORRIS — Dealer  in  Wood  and  Willow-ware,  Cordage,  Paper,  &c..  Nos.  40  to 

4:4:  Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

The  special  branch  of  commercial  industry  pursued  by  J.  C,  Morris,  is  one  of  such  importance  and 
withal  so  conducive  and  necessary  to  the  industrial  advantasres  of  the  community  as  to  be  deserving 

of  special  mention  in  this  work. 
This  enterprise  was  first  found¬ 
ed  in  1834,  by  Beebe  &  Co. 
Mr.  Moriis  has  had  more  ex¬ 
perience  in  this  business  than 
any  man  in  the  trade  in  this 
city.  His  trade  is  increasing 
and  his  annual  business  will 
amply  compensate  for  the 
risks  attending  his  venture 
into  the  uncertain  waves  of 
mercantile  life.  He  carries  a 
•  large  and  varied  stock,  w^hile 
the  annual  sales  wdll  reach 
from  1150,000  to  $200,000. 
The  stock  consists  of  Axle 
Grease,  Ax  Handles,  Bungs 
and  Plugs,  Bottles  and  Flasks, 
Bath  Brick,  Blacking,  Brass 
Hand  Lamps,  Burners,  Bar 
Tumblers,  Baskets,  Brooms, 
Brushes,  (all  kinds,)  Candy 
Jars,  Cui-ry  Combs,  Concen¬ 
trated  Lye,  Cotton  and  Wool 
Cards,  Cheese  Safes,  Corks, 
Croquet,  Coffee  Mills,  Clothes 
Lines,  Dusters,  r)emijohns. 
Dippers,  Fire  Crackers,  Fur¬ 
naces,  Fish  Hooks  and  Lines, 
(a  large  assortment,)  Gun 
Caps,  Shot  and  Powder,  Ham¬ 
mocks,  Patent  Ice  Cream 
Freezers,  Ink.  Lard  Tierces, 
Lamps  and  Chimneys,  Lamp 
Wicks,  Lanterns  and  Globes, 
Measures,  Matches,  Mops, 
Marbles,  Mucilage,  Night 
Lamps,  Oars,  Oakum,  Oil 
Tanks,  Pipes,  Paper  and  Cloth 

Bags.  Rat  and  Mouse  Traps,  Stone  Jugs  and  Jars.  Slates,  Spinning  and  Flax  Wheels,  Sal  Soda, 
Sieves,  Sealing  Wax,  Spice  Nests,  Stationery,  Twines,  Toilet  Soap,  Tin  Ware,  (full  variety,)  Tacks, 
Tapers,  Door  Mats,  Venetian  Red,  Children's  Carriages,  Ac.,  Ac  ,  Ac.,  and  a  general  line  of  store 
furnishing  goods,  with  a  constantly  increasing  line  of  new  goods.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends 
over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Florida,  Arkansas  and  Texas,  and  Mexico,  re¬ 
quiring  the  assistance  of  twelve  competent  and  experienced  men,  two  of  whom  are  traveling  sales¬ 
men,  who  are  ever  ready’  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  customers  who  call  at  the  establishment.  Mr. 
Morris  is  President  of  the  Canal  Bank  and  stands  deservedly  high  among  the  financial  men  of  the 
Crescent  City.  Mr.  Mackie  and  Mr  Dyer  have  the  management  of  the  business  connected  with 
this  house,  who  are  both  young,  active  and  energetic  business  men.  whose  business  sagacity  cannot 
be  excelled.  This  establishment  under  their  control  is  both  an  honor  to  themselves  and  a  credit  to 
New  Orleans.  We  can  cheerfully  commend  this  house  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  one  with 
which  it  is  alway’s  a  pleasure  to  "have  business  relations.  They  make  specialties  of  the  following 
goods:  Paper  Pails,  Oak  Kegs  and  Well  Buckets;  our  owm  brands  of  Wash  Boards,  to -wit: 
“Southern.”  “Crescent  Citv,”  “Eureka”  and  “Louisiana,  ’  and  “Crescent City.’  Stove  Polish  and 
“Delta”  Blue.  "  _ 

PEOPLE'S  INSURANCE  COMPANY— General  Office,  No.  10  Carondelet  St 

The  People’s  Insurance  Company  of  New  Orleans  is  one  of  the  most  popular  institutions  of  the 
kind  in  this  part  of  the  country.  It  was  chartered  by  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  m 
1871,  and  was  organized  with  a  paid  up  capital  of  $i00,00  .  The  company  is  authorized  to  trans¬ 
act  a  general  fire,  river  and  marine  insurance  business  The  transactions  of  the  People’s  have  been 
restricted  almost  entirely  to  local  business,  and  has  been  more  limited  in  amount  than  that  of  other 
companies  of  its  asre  and  standing  whose  operations  were  extended,  in  many  cases,  over  all  parts  of 
the  country.  The  aim  of  the  Officers  and  Directors  has  been,  not  to  do  a  large  business,  but  rather 
a  moderate  and  safe  one,  and  their  course  has  been  strictly  conservative  as  regards  the  investments 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


131 


iu  funds  and  the  acceptance  of  risks  offered  them,  as  well  as  the  region  of  country  in  which 
thej^  have  transacted  business.  In  selecting  their  risks  they  have  exercised  great  caution,  and  when 
a  policy  has  been  issued  it  has,  when  a  loss  occurred,  been  promptly  paid.  As  a  result  of  this  policy, 

date,  has  had  but  few  suits  against  it  for  losses  incurred.  This  not  only  shows 
that  the  People  s  is  much  richer  in  net  condition,  but  also  much  richer  in  gross  condition  than  at  any 
previous  period  of  its  history,  and  reflects  great  honor  and  credit  upon  the  management  of  the  in¬ 
stitution,  I^t  also  indicates  strict  economy,  consideration  for  the  insured,  care  in  the  selection  of 
risks,  and  shows  that  the  People’s  Insurance  Company  is  no  longer  an  experiment,  but  one  of  the 
most  firmly  established  and  prosperous  institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States  The  offi- 
cers  of  the  company  are  as  follows:  Ernest  Pragst,  President;  M.  Popovich,  Vice-President,  and  P. 
M.  bchneidau.  Secretary.  The  Board  of  Directors  are:  Jno.  Wilson,  E.  Pragst,  M.  Popovich,  B. 
Saloy,  M  Abascal,  D.  Hughes,  A,  D.  Finlay,  Theo.  L.  Sugg,  Geo.  Auer,  F.  Sancho,  P.  Thormaeh- 
*  Vt  Mellinger,  A.  Walz,  F.  Aufmkolk;  Wm.  Fagan,  H.  Schroeder,  J.  Sambola, 

A.  Haber,  S.  M  Miller,  Geo.  Ellis,  J.  H.  Menge,  M.  Mann,  A.  Xiques,  N.  Seibel.  The  list  of  offi¬ 
cers,  as  well  as  the  Board  of  Directors,  are  gentlemen  who  are  well  known  in  New  Orleans  for  their 
influence,  business  capacity  and  high  moral  standing.  The  officers  employ,  as  assistants,  a  number 
of  gentlemanly  and  obliging  clerks,  who  are  familiar  with  the  transactions  in  every  feature  of  the 
company’s  business,  and  who  interest  themselves  in  trying  to  increase  and  benefit  the  institution  in 
every  possible  way  in  their  power.  With  clearly  defined  principles  of  action,  a  sound  policy,  and 
years  of  experience,  the  People’s  Insurance  Company  offers  unusual  and  unequalled  advantages  to 
those  who  would  avail  themselves  of  the  great  benefits  which  insurance  can  confer  The  company 
takes  rank  as  one  of  the  most  reputable  in  all  essential  points,  in  the  countn*.  It  is  grandly  con¬ 
servative,  yet  justly  liberal  in  management,  and  so  evidently  straightforward  and  conscientious  in 
its  course  of  action  as  to  be  singularly  free  from  the  taunts  which  so  often  appear  against  insurance 
companies. 


IV.  C.  SHEPARD  &  CO. — Impcriers  and  Dealers  in  China,  Crockery,  Glass,  House 

Furnishing  Goods  and  Plated-ware,  No.  49  Camp  Street. 

Among  the  sketches  of  industries  earned  on  in  this  busy  city,  this  one  of  W.  C .  Shepard  &  Co 
is  by  no  means  to  be  overlooked.  This  business  was  organized  m  1843,  with  a  large  capital,  and  was 


resumed  after  the  late  war,  and  continued  with  a  limited  amount  of  capital,  which,  by  industry  and 
perseverance  has  been  greatly  augmented,  until  at  present  an  averag-e  stock  of  over  $80,000  is 

carried,  giving  employ¬ 
ment  to  eight  male  assist¬ 
ants,  all  of  whom  are  in¬ 
telligent  and  capable  men 
and  fully  acquainted  with 
all  the  details  of  the  estab¬ 
lishment.  The  premises 
occupied  are  commodious 
and  conveniently  situated 
in  the  heart  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  portion  of  the  city,  at 
No.  49  Camp  street,  the 
building  being  an  elegant 
four  story  structure  twenty- 
•  five  by  seventy-five  feet  in 

size,  which  is  liUed  from  top  to  bottom  with  a  full  and  most  complete  assortment  of  china,  crockery, 
glass,  house  furnishing  goods  and  plated-ware.  Besides  being  extensive  dealers  in  steamboat  and 
hotel  furnishing  goods.  Wood  and  willow-ware  constantly  kept  in  stock.  Particular  attention  giv¬ 
en  to  novelties  and  specialties  pertaining  to  the  house  furnishing  department.  The  trade  of  this 
well  known  establishment  is  largely  confined  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  immediate  surrounding 

Shepard  is  a  native  of  New  York,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of  and  closely 
identified  with  the  business  industries  of  the  Crescent  City.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all 
their  transactions,  the  firm  of  Messrs.  W.  C.  Shepard  &  Co.  are  fully  entitled  to  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  community  and  worthy  of  liberal  patronage. 


132  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


A.  B.  LEHDE — Gentlemen's  Boots  and  Shoes  Made  on  Anatomical  Lasts  a  Specialty, 

No.  81  St.  Charles  Street.  \ 

One  of  the  oldest,  best  known  and  extenfive  houses  in  New  Orleans,  for  the  manufacture  of  gen-  j 
tlemen’s  fine  boots  and  shoes,  is  tha,t  of  A.  B.  Lehde,  of  No.  81  St.  Charles  street.  The'businesp  was  j 
founded  in  1840  by  Mr.  G.  H.  Lehde,  and  conducted  by  him  until  1880,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  | 
Mr.  A  B.  Lehde,  the  present  proprietor.  Commencing  in  a  quiet  way,  and  with  a  limited  amount  ! 
of  capital,  but  largely  endowed  with  energy,  resolution  and  determination  to  push  the  business  to  a  i 
complete  success,  and  how  well  this  ha-s  been  accomplished,  the  immense  extent  of  the  business 
bears  full  witness.  Mr.  Lehde  is  the  originator  of  the  beautiful  and  durable  anatomical  lasts,  with  j 
which  he  makes  a  specialty  in  manufacturing  boots  and  shoes,  and  is  justly  proud, 'as  they  have  i 
I  withstood  every  test,  made  to  impair  the  excellence  claimed  for  them.  The  stock  usually 
j  carried  by  this  house  is  about  $3,000,  representing  an  annual  business  of  from  $10,000  to  $12,000, 

!  the  trade  extending  all  over  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  surrounding  country.  The  high  standing 
I  of  Mr.  A  B.  Lehde,  his  reputation  as  a  representative  citizen,  and  the  fact  that  his  goods  invariably 
I  reach  the  standard  claimed  for  them  may  well  be  regarded  as  having  much  to  do  with  his  success. 

I  ^  ^  - -  ! 

j  POITEVENT  &  FA  I/BE — Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Rough  and  Dressed  Lumber,  \ 

!  Shingles,  Laths,  Sc.,  Mills  at  Pearlington,  on  Pearl  River,  Mississippi,  Branch  Ojfice,  No 

I  oi  St.  Charles  Street. 

I 

The  reputation  and  oommercial  claims  of  a  city  center  in  the  character  of  its  representative  busi¬ 
ness  institutions,  and  in  the  historical  review  of  the  industries  and  enterprises  of  a  community,  those 
establishments  of  acknowledged  merit  and  true  mercantile  abihty  are  considered  important  compo¬ 
nent  parts,  inviting  of  critical  description  and  justifiable  pride.  Among  the  establishments  which 
have  materially  contributed  to  the  fame  of  New  Orleans  as  a  commercial  center,  possessing  un¬ 
doubted  advantages  and  facilities,  and  adding  to  the  general  progress  of  the  community,  the  house 
of  Messrs.  Poitevent  A  Favre  claims  a  decided  recognition.  This  house  was  established  in  1868, 
with  a  small  capital,  which  close  attention,  thorough  knowledge  of  their  business,  energetic,  prompt 
mercantile  habits  and  liberal  principl'^s,  have  largely  increased.  They  now  carry  an  average  stock 
of  $75,000,  and  cut  during  the  year  over  25,000, ^'00  feet  of  lumber,  aggregating  $250,000.  In  the 
I  mills  at  Pearlington  they  employ  one  hundred  and  fifteen  men  and  boys,  to  whom  they  pay  month- 
I  ly  wages  amounting  to  from  $4,000  to  $5,000.  The  mill  is  85x200  feet  in  size,  provided  with  five 
j  one  hundred  horse-power  engines,  with  ten  four-flue  boilers,  thirty  feet  in  length,  together  with  all 
the  latest  and  most  improved  saw  mill  machinery.  The  planing  mill  is  40x150  feet  in  size,  which 
is  also  furnished  with  the  most  improved  machinery  in  every  department.  This  firm  keeps  constant¬ 
ly  on  hand  la,rge  quantities  of  dry,  rough,  floonng  and  ceiling;  pine  and  cypress  lumber  sawed  to 
order,  and  special  attention  paid  to  large  and  long  ship  and  bridge  lumber.  The  individual  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  firm  are  John  Poitevent  and  J.  A.  Favre,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Hancock  county, 
Mississippi,  Mr.  Poitevent  being  born  in  1840  and  Mr.  Favre  in  1835.  They  are  old  and  practical 
lumber  men,  having  comnienced  the  study  of  the  business  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  They  are 
well  and  favorably  known  in  this  community,  and  are  justly  entitled  to  a  prominent  position  among 
the  best  class  of  representative  business  men  of  New  Orleans,  to  whose  enterprise,  ability  and  in¬ 
tegrity  the  city  is  indebted  for  the  prominent  position  she  holds  as  an  industrial  and  commercial  I 
center. 

I  THOMAS  H.  CHABLES — Fashionable  Hatter,  No.  13  St.  Charles  St. 

Ranking  among  the  first  and  leading  houses  of  the  city  in  the  above  named  business,  is  the  house  j 
of  Thomas  H.  Charles.  Established  six  years  ago,  he  has,  by  prompt  attention  to  all  the  details  of  his  j 

business,  won  a  steady,  reliable  and  increasing  patronage.  He  now  I 
carries  an  average  stock  ot  $7,000  and  transacts  an  annual  business 
of  over  $50,000.  Five  competent  and  experienced  salesmen  are 
constantly  employed  in  looking  t '  the  wants  of  customers  who  call 
at  this  model  emporium .  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and 
conveniently  situated,  the  salesroom  being  25x80  feet  in  size,  and  | 
is  well  filled  with  a  complete  stock  of  silk,  wool,  and  other  hats,  i 
caps,  &c  .  in  fact,  every  variety  of  articles  to  be  found  in  any  first  ' 
class  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Everything  in  the  j 

house  is  first-class  in  every  respect  and  all  goods  sold  are  guaran-  j 
teed  as  represented.  Mr.  Charles  is  a  practical  hatter  and  thorough¬ 
ly  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  the  trade.  He, 
by  his  own -force  of  character  and  business  capacity,  has  reached 
the  first  place  in  his  line  of  trade,  and  richly  deserves  the  patronage 
of  the  public  and  the  abundant  success  which  has  come  to  him 
We  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a 
man  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  133 


AGENCY  KEEP’S  SHIRTS,  COLLARS,  CUFFS,  NECKWEAR,  UNDERWEAR— No.  152 

Canal  Street,  V.  C.  Merwin,  Manager. 

Thf^  popular  and  well  known  house  was  established^in  1876  by  the  present  proprietor,  and  has 
j  been  a  success  from  the  start.  'Beginning-  in  a  small  way,  the  business  has  increased  until  it  now 
I  requires  for  its  operation  the  handsome  budding,  No.  152  Canal  street.  The  stock  consists  of  the 
:  various  grades  ol  Keep’s  celebrated  shirts,  both  laundried  and  unlaundried,  and  a  fine  assortment 
I  ot  collars,  cufts,  neckwear,  underwear  and  umbrellas.  But  the  strength  of  the  business  lies  in  the  ' 
I  special  order  department,  in  which  shirts  are  made  to  measure  and  a  perfect  fit  guaranteed  or  prices  ; 
I  refunded.  Measures  ot  customers  are  all  recorded,  so  that  parties  residing  at  a  distance  may  have  ' 
i  orders  duplicated  without  the  trouble  of  taking  fresh  measures.  Four  male  and  fifteen  female  i 
;  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  branches  of  the  estabhshment,  to  whom 
I  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  from  !|500  to  $700.  The  trade  of  this  admirable  shirt  empo¬ 
rium  is  largely  drawn  from  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and  among  its  patrons  are  many  of  our  lead-  I 
ing  citizens,  who  are  satisfied  that  this  is  to  buy  shirts.  Being  the  sole  representative  in 

:  .New  Orleans  of  Keep’s  great  manufactury  in  New  York,  V.  C.  Merwin  is  prepared  to  offer  to 
friends  and  patrons,  every.facility  known  to  the  trade,  in  the  way  of  low  prices  and  excellent  quali- 
j  ty  of  goods.  The  proprietor  of  this  concern  having  had  long,  practical  experience  m  this  special 
branch  of  business,  is  perfectly  acquainted  with  ever}  detail  and  requirement  of  the  trade  Posses-  i 
;  sing  unrivaled  facilities  for  carrying  out  its  puipose,  and  being  under  skillful  management,  this  i 
house  is  fully  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  signal  prosperity  that  marks  its  career. 

ELKIN  &  CO.— Dealers  in  Carpets,  Rugs,  OH  Cloths,  Mattings,  &c..  No.  100  Cana!  St.  \ 

Among  the  many  branches  of  industry  in  New  Orleans  there  are  none,  probably,  that  aid  more  ' 

;  effectually  in  satisfjdng  the  general  public  wants  than  the  varied  assortment  of  useful  articles  to  be  ! 
I  found  in  a  well-supplied  carpet  and  house-furnishing  store.  We  are  surprised,  when  we  enter,  to  ! 

I  find  so  much  that  we  need  and  so  much  that  it  seems  impossible  to  do  without.  In  1850 — thirty-one  I 
j  years  ago  -  this  house  was  founded  by  the  present  firm,  on  a  moderate  capital,  and  from  that  time  ! 

I  until  the  present,  success  has  attended  their  efibrts .  They  now  carrv  one  of  the  largest  and  most  | 
carefully  selected  stocks  to  be  found  in  any  establishment  of  this  character  in  the  South.  The 
stock  consists  ot  a  full  line  of  carpets,  rugs,  oil  cloths,  mattings,  curtain  damasks,  lace  curtains, 
window  shades,  (fee.,  together  with  a  full  line  of  upholstery  goods,  which  they  offer  to  the  pubhc  of 
this  city  and  vicinity  at  the  lowest  prices.  I'he  premises  occupied  are  a  beautiful  five-story  edifice, 
conveniently  situated  at  No.  100  Canal  street,  the  building  being  32x120  feet  in  size,  and  furnished 
-with  all  the  necessary  fixtures  to  make  it  convenient  and  applicable  to  the  business.  The  individual 
members  ot  the  firm  are  Mrs.  J.  M.  Elkin  and  F.  Stringer.  Mr.  S.  has  been  many  years  engaged 
in  this  branch  of  trade,  and  is  the  active  partner  and  sole  manager  of  the  business.  Prompt, 
reliable  and  industrious,  the  firm  is  well  worthy  of  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended  them. 

OGDEN  &  RAYNE — Dealers  in  Bagging,  Ties,  Twines,  &c..  No.  18  Union  St. 

A  prominent  firm  of  the  very  first  order,  and  best  known  for  the  quality,  and  the  extensive  variety  I 
of  their  stock  is  Messrs.  Ogden  <fe  Rayne,  dealers  in  bagging,  ties,  twine,  Ifec.,  and  also  agents  for  the  j 
“E.  Carver  Cotton  Gins,”  and  “Shultz’s  Belting  Company,”  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Their  stock  is  one  of  | 
the  largest  and  most  complete  to  be  found  in  any  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  | 
The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  especially  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  the  business  for  which  j 
it  is  being  used.  The  store  room  is  40x300  feet  in  size,  and  fully  equipped  with  all  the  necessary  I 
appliances  for  conducting  their  trade  The  trade  of  this  establishment  is  purely  local,  being  con-  | 
fined  to  the  merchants  and  jobbers  in  this  city.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Fred.  N. 
Ogden  and  B.  0.  L.  Rayme,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Louisiana,  Mr.  Ogden  being  born  in  1837, 
j  and  Mr.  Rayne  in  1848.  They  have  evinced  in  this  enterprise,  business  talent  and  executive  ability  ! 
of  high  order,  and  they  fully  deserve  the  success  which  is  crowning  their  efforts.  Mr.  R.  F.  Jones  i 
is  the  competent  and  gentlemanly  book-keeper,  while  the  sales  department  is  presided  over  by  Mr.  | 
E.  S.  Logan,  a  well  known  and  capable  man,  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  the  business,  i 
!  As  a  firm  Messrs.  Ogden  &  Rayne  deserve  the  success  they  have,  as  a  reward  for  their  enterprise.  i 

A.  WILLOZ,  AGT. — Broker,  158  Common  St.  I 

!  A  most  gratifying  fact,  in  the  development  attending  the  turn  of  our  financial  affairs  towards  gen¬ 
eral  prosperity,  is  the  increased  activity  among  the  bankers  and  stock-brokers.  Investments  are  be¬ 
ing  made  in  new  directions,  money  is  coming  from  dividends  of  corporations  and  the  profits  of  trade; 
stocks  are  improving,  corporations  are  more  prosperous,  railroads  are  doing  an  increased  business, 
and  nearly  all  the  industrial  interests  are  awakening  to  new  life .  Among  the  prominent  houses, 
well  known  m  financial  circles,  that  of  A.  Willoz,  Agent,  is  among  the  most  active,  buying  and 
selling  stocks,  bonds  and  all  kinds  of  public  securities  on  commission.  He  has  every  facility  for 
making  investments  to  order,  and  all  communications,  either  by  mail  or  telegraph,  asking  information 
in  regard  to  investments,  are  accurately  and  promptly  responded  to.  Mr.  Willoz  keeps  four  capa¬ 
ble  and  experienced  assistants  constantly  employed,  and  has  an  ample  capital  to  meet  all  the  de¬ 
mands  and  requirements  of  his  business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  and  no  house  in 
1  the  city  has  a  higher  reputation  for  judgment,  business  tact  and  success.  He  was  born  in  New  Or¬ 
leans  in  1841,  and  is  always  prominently  interested  in  every  industry  and  business  interest  concerning 
the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  Crescent  City. 


134  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


LOUISIANA  MIRROR  MANUFACTURING  CO.— No.  78  Baronne  St 

This  is  an  important  branch  of  indngtiy  in  any  city,  and  especially  conducive  to  the  comfort 
and  convenience  of  the  house-keeping  citizen,  and  particularly  so  when  in  the  hands  of  a  skillful 
manufacturer.  This  special  branch  of  industry  was  started  in  1877,  with  small  capital;  and  by 
strict  attention  to  business,  and  conscientious  workmanship,  they  have  built  up  a  large  trade  and  ob¬ 
tained  control  of  this  line  of  business  in  the  city.  They  carry  an  average  stock  of  from  $2,000  to 
$3,000,  and  do  an  annual  business  of  over  $10,000.  Five  skilled  workmen  are  kept  constantly  em¬ 
ployed.  Mr.  Leon  Destez,  the  manager  of  this  establishment  is  the  inventor  and  sole  proprietor  of  a 
patent  process  by  which  he  can  manufacture  the  largest  mirror  in  two  hours  time.  It  is  purely  a 
cheniical  operation,  and,  no  doubt,  he  is  the  possessor  of  a  secret  which  will  yet  be  the  means  of 
making  him  an  immense  fortune.  He  manufactures  all  sizes,  from  the  smallest  to  the  very  largest, 
and  all  kinds  of  r^airs  made  at  moderate  prices;  also,  mirrors  of  all  sizes  and  qualities  re-silvered 
on  short  notice.  Countiy  orders  promptly  attended  to.  The  trade  of  this  well  known  house  is  prin¬ 
cipally  confined  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  immediate  surrounding  country  Mr.  Destez  is 
a  hberal,  energetic  and  straight-forward  man ;  he  has  been  successful  in  legitimate  business,  always 
occupying  a  high  position  for  mercantile  honor  and  integrity.  • 

D.  M.  LYLE  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  General  Commission  Merchants,  60  CarondeletSt. 

A  most  gratifying  fact  in  the  development  attending  the  turn  of  our  financial  affairs  toward  gen¬ 
eral  prosperity  is  the  increased  activity  among  the  cotton  factors  and  commission  merchants.  This 
firm  was  estabhshed  early  in  1881  and  do  a  general  cotton  factorage  and  commission  business,  being 
agents  for  several  large  plantations,  receiving  large  consignments  from  over  the  States  of  Louisiana, 
Mississippi,  Texas  and  Tennessee,  making  liberal  cash  advances  on  consignments.  All  orders  are 
filled  with  care  and  attention  and  remittances  made  promptly  as  desired.  Seven  competent  male 
attendants  are  kept  employed  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid.  The  office  and  sample  rooms 
are  spacious  and  conveniently  located,  being  40x60  feet  in  size,  and  especially  arranged  and  fitted 
up  for  the  business.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  fully  conversant  with  the  cotton,  rice,  sugar, 
molasses  and  corn  business,  and  we  feel  well  assured  that  atrial  will  convince  our  friends  that  though 
a  new  firm,  they  have  all  the  necessary  experience  to  afford  satisfaction  to  all  disposed  to  patronize 
them. 


CHRISTIAN  BRUNNERT — Practical  Upholsterer  and  Decorator,  No.  278  Camp  St. 

As  pursuing  a  very  irnportant  branch  of  industry  bearing  upon  the  general  commercial  prosperity 
and  mercantile  thrift  of  tliis  city,  the  house  of  Christian  Brunnert  may  not  be  overlooked  in  a  publica¬ 
tion  whose  special  object  will  be  attained  in  the  proper  display  of  the  natural  resources  and  acquired 
advantages  of  New  Orleans  as  a  great  center  of  commerce  and  trade.  Mr.  Brunnert  was  formerly 
upholsterer  of  R.  M.  &  B.  J.  Montgomery,  started  this  enterprise  in  1880,  and  is  fully  prepared  to 
do  all  kinds  of  upholstering  and  decorating  at  the  lowest  rates,  guaranteeing  at  all  times  to  give 
perfect  satisfaction.  He  carries  an  average  [stock  of  $500,  and  does  an  annual  business  of  over 
$5,000,  giving  employment  to  four  experienced  assistants  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid. 
The  premises  occupied  are  40x80  feet  in  size,  fully  equipped  and  furnished  especially  for  the  busi¬ 
ness,  for  which  it  is  being  used.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  spread  out  over  the  entire  city  and  over 
the  Southern  States.  Mr.  Brunnert  was  born  in  Germany  in  1860,  but  has  resided  in  the  city  of 
New  Orleans  for  the  past  twelve  years,  and  is  well  known  in  the  community  as  an  honorable,  upright 
and  worthy  citizen,  who  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  public.  We  com¬ 
mend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  man  who  is  deserving  of  extended  patronage  from 
the  citizens  of  this  community. 

ROBERT  E.  LEE  HAT  EMPORIUM — H.  Laroussini,  Proprietor,  Corner  Cana!  and  Bour¬ 

bon  Streets. 

One  of  the  most  complete  establishments  in  New  Orleans  in  the  hat  business  is  the  “Robert  E. 
Lee  Hat  Emporium,”  at  the  corner  of  Canal  and  Bourbon  streets,  of  which  Mr.  H.  Laroussini  is 

the  proprietor  '  This  emporium  was  commenced  about  ten  years  ago  by  the 
present  proprietor,  and  from  the  beginning  has  maintained  undeviating 
progress  and  success.  He  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  hats,  caps, 
&c.,  maMng  a  specialty  of  silk  and  felt  hats  in  all  the  latest  styles,  and 
their  uniformly  high  quality,  combined  with  extremely  low  prices,  have 
served  to  give  the  proprietor  a  reputation  that  extends  far  beyond  this  sec¬ 
tion.  Four  experienced  clerks  are  kept  constantly  employed,  who  are 
always  polite  and  attentive  to  customers  who  visit  this  popular  emporium. 
The  store  is  capacious,  well  lighted  and  well  fitted,  and  is  altogether  a 
desirable  one  for  this  branch  of  business.  His  stock  is  large  and  always 
complete,  embracing  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  styles,  varying  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  season.  The  proprietor  is  a  gentleman  who  has  had  long  connection  with  the  hat 
trade,  and^is  familiar  with  every  article  that  goes  to  make  up  the  stock  of  a  first-class  hat  emporium, 
such  as  the  “Robert  E.  Lee.”  He  has  met  with  success,  which  is  very  evident  from  the  present 
flourishing^condition  and  fine  trade  of  his  handsome  and  weU  arranged  store.  Mr.  H.  Laroussini 
is  a  nativ'^  of  this  city,  was  the  founder  of  this  business,  and  is  one  of  New  Orleans’  most  worthy 
and  highly  esteemed  citizens. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  135 


TEUTONIA  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  NEW  ORLEANS— Office  No.  35  Camp  St 

The  Teutonia  Insurance  Company,  of  New  Orleans,  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Louisiana,  in  1871,  and  now  has  a  capital  stock  of  $250,000.  A  glance  at  the  names  of  the  officers 
and  directors  would  satisfy  any  one,  who  knew  an^dhing  of  the  prominent  business  men  of  the  city 
of  H^ew  Orleans,  that  the  Teutonia  Insurance  Company  was  ably  managed,  and  its  interests  scru¬ 
pulously  guarded,  A  yeiy-  flattering  exhibit  of  its  operations,  and  one  highly  satisfactory  to  its 
stockholders  and  depositors,  was  made  in  their  last  annual  statement  for  the  year  ending  December 
1881,  which  shows  the  premiums  received  during  the  year  to  be  $278,437.01,  with  net  proflts 
amounting  to  $121,253.71.  The  total  assets  are  $410,376.33.  A  gener^  Are,  marine,  and  river 
insurance  is  transacted  by  the  Teutonia  Insurance  Company.  The  names  of  the  officers:  Wm. 
B.  Schmidt,  President;  F.  Rickert,  Vice-President,  and  Albert  P.  Noll,  Secretary,  are  a  sufficient  guar¬ 
antee  of  the  stability  and  credit  of  the  Teutonia  Insurance  Company.  The  Board  of  Trustees  is  com- 

?osed  of  the  following  well-known  and  reliable  business  men  of  this  city:  H.  Buddig,  J.  H,  Keller, 
.  B.  Camors,  Hy.  Lochte,  Jos.  Dreyfus,  C.  H.  Miller,  M.  Frank,  Philip  Meyer,  E.  Frank,  John 
Nelson,  R,  Frotscher,  Frank  Roder,  F.  Fischer.  J.  E.  Rengstorff’,  H.  R.  Gogreve,  F.  Rickert,  S. 
Gumbel,  Wm.  B,  Schmidt,  A.  J.  Gomila,  H.  Schulze,  S.  Hyman,  Louis  Schwartz,  Juhus  Keifier 
and  X.  Weissenbach.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held  on  January  12,  1882,  after  set¬ 
ting  aside  $20,000  to  the  reseiwe  fund  from  the  net  earnings  of  the  year,  declared  a  second  semi-an- 
nuS  dividend  of  five  per  cent.,  making  ten  per  cent  per  annum  on  the  capital  stock,  and  a  dividend 
of  five  per  cent  to  stockholders  in  addition  to  the  fifteen  per  cent  rebate  already  allowed  on  the  net 
participating  premiums  of  the  year  ending  December  31,  1881.  The  officers  of  the  Company  are 
well-known  in  commercial  and  financial  circles  for  their  ability  and  high  moral  standing,  and  as 
Insurance  men  are  worthy  of  the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  business  community. 


C.  C.  HARTWELL — Importer  and  General  Dealer  in  all  Kinds  of  Plumbing,  Gas  Materials 

and  Fixtures,  No.  48  Baronne  Street. 

An  important  feature  in  connection  ^vith  the  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  business  interests  of 
cities  is  their  plumbing  and  gas  fitting  establishments,  and  in  a  complete  and  comprehensive  work 
professing  to  present  in  a  reliable  and  attractive  manner  the  commercial  facilities  of  a  city,  this 
enterprise  deserves  special  notice.  Mr.  Hartwell  commenced  his  present  enterprise  in  1860  with  lim¬ 
ited  means,  his  stock  filling  two  wheelbarrows  only,  and  by  his  O'svti  individual  exertion  has  attained 
his  present  prosperous  condition.  He  occupies  a  three  stoiy  building  30x125  feet  in  size  which  is  his 
own,  and  carries  a  full  stock  of  all  grades  of  the  goods  in  his  trade  valued  at  $15,000,  together  with 
suitable  tools  for  this  work.  Six  hands  are  employed  and  work  done  throughout  the  city,  surround¬ 
ing  country  and  entire  State,  the  annual  business  transacted  reaching  an  immense  sum.  Plumbing 
and  gas  materials,  aU  styles  of  chandeliers  and  brackets,  brass  and  plated  cocks,  wash  stands  and 
bath  tubs  can  be  obtained  at  this  estabhshment,  and  plumbing,  steam  and  gas  ^tting  is  promptly 
attended  to,  satisfaction  being  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  Mr.  Hartwell  has  been  in  this  business 
for  twenty-five  years,  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  thoroughly  experienced  workman,  fully  conversant 
with  the  demands  of  his  trade  and  entitled,^  to  the  esteem  and  consideration  of  our  citizens. 

THE  FIR  EMENDS  INSURANCE  COMPANY— Office  No.  33  Camp  St 

This  well  known  and  reliable  insurance  company  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Louisiana  in  1875,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $150,000,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  rehable,  econom¬ 
ically  managed  fire,  marine  and  river  insurance  companies  in  the  United  States,  and  its  reputation 
for  stability  and  fair  dealing  is  second  to  none  in  the  country.  According  to  its  last  annual  report, 
it  makes  the  following  exceptionally  creditable  showing:  Gross  assets — cash,  bonds,  mortgages, 
real  estate,  &c,  $355,939.28;  total  premiums  received  during  the  year,  $161,464.93;  net  profit  during 
the  same  period,  $46,087.93.  These  facts  certainly  commend  the  Firemen’s  Insurance  Company  to 
the  confidence  of  the  public.  The  company  is  not  an  experiment  but  an  estabhshed  institution. 
That  the  chief  end  aimed  at  by  its  officers  and  directors  has  been  the  safety  and  secimty  of  the  com¬ 
pany,  hence,  foresight,  conservatism  and  economy  have  characterized  the  management  of  its  affairs — 
a  solid  condition,  which  guarantees  to  its  patrons  absolute  security.  The  present  officers  of  the  com¬ 
pany  are  1.  N.  Marks,  President;  T  Prudhomme,  Vice  President;  and  R.  H.  Benners,  Secretary. 
The  following  gentlemen  compose  the  Board  of  Directors:  Jacob  Alexander,  Leon  BertoH,  H.  H. 
Bierhorst,  Peter  Blaise,  P.  Egan,  John  Fitzpatrick,  C.  Taylor  Gauche,  Chas.  Hemard,  AH.  H. 
Isaacson,  E.  S.  Levy%  I.  N.  Marks,  Wash.  Marks,  A.  A.  Maginnis,  T.  Prudhomme,  C.  Sporl,  A.  H. 
Siewerd,  Otto  Thoman,  Geo.  Waters.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  January'  18, 
1882,  the  following  dividends  were  declared:  Ten  per  cent.  (10  per  cent.)  annual  interest,  and  five 
per  cent.  (5  per  cent.)  interest  dividend  on  capital  paid  in,  making  a  total  of  fifteen  per  cent.  (15  per 
cent.)  per  annum.  Five  per  cent,  to  the  reserve  fund,  in  accordance  with  Section  3,  Article  VIII  of 
the  charter.  Twenty-five  per  cent.  (25  per  cent.)  dividend  to  participating  insurers.  This  insurance 
company  is  located  in  the  midst  of  the  finest  portion  of  New  Orleans  in  an  elegant  and  commodious 
building.  This  institution  has  been  managed  with  rare  financial  ability  and  judgment,  and  has 
added,  by  its  course,  materially  to  the  financial  representation  of  New  Orleans  and  her  importance 
as  a  commercial  center.  We  do  not  propose  to  deal  in  laudation  when  we  state  that  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  the  Firemen’s  Insurance  Company  have  exhibited  a  degree  of  high-toned  principles  and 
honor  that  have  reflected  not  only  credit  upon  themselves  but  upon  the  entire  community. 


136 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


MME.  C.  SAMSON — Fashionable  Millinery,  No.  150  Cana!  St 

Thereis  no  more  important  branch  of  commercial  industry  than  that  of  millinery  While  the 
grocer  and  dry  goods  merchant  are  important  factors  in  administering  to  the  necessities  and  demands 
ot  the  community  there  is  no  pursuit  that  conduces  so  much  to  the  comfort  and  to  which  the  ele¬ 
gant  and  pr  ‘sentable  appearance  of  the  female  portion  of  society  is  so  much  indebted.  This  eleaant 
Md  complete  establishment  which  ranks  as  the  leading  one  of  its  kind  in  New  Orleans,  was  founded 
m  with  an  ample  capital.  She  occupies  a  beautiful  business  structure  which  is  spacioui  ^nd 
very  convementiy  located,  the  rooms  being  30x120  feet  in  size,  and  very  elegantly  furnished  and 
arranged  tor  this  special  business.  She  candes,  withoat  doubt,  one  of  the  largest  and  best  selected 
stocks  in  the  city,  of  seasonable  millinery  goods,  consisting  of  ribbons,  laces,  flowers,  feathers,  hats 
bonnets,  trimmings,  silks  and  velvets,  and  transacts  a  large  and  satisfactory  annual  business— prin¬ 
cipally  local  and  extending  into  the  neighboring  towns.  Mme.  Samson  has  proven  herself  one  of 
the  most  reliable  and  enterprismg  ladies  in  New  Orleans,  and  has  been  correspondingly  successful 
She  commenced  business,  possessing  ability,  talents  and  taste,  which  peculiarly  fitted  her  for  the 
business  she  has  chosen  The  work  coming  from  her  establishment  is  noted  for  its  elegance  perfect 
taste  and  superior  workmanship  and  finish.  She  gives  employment  to  from  fifteen  to  twenty  hands. 
Mme.  Samson  is  a  lady  of  refinement  and  rare  natural  abilities,  and  enjoys  in  a  pre-eminent  decree 
the  respect,  esteem  and  confidence  ot  all  who  do  business  with  her.  Deserving  the  position  she  has 
attained  by  honorable  busmess  habits  and  merit,  she  is  justly  entitled  to  the  public  patronage. 

N.  H.  MOODY— Dealer  in  Gent's  Furnishing  Goods  and  Manufacturer  of  Shirts,  No.  12 

Carondelet  Street. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  establishments  which  it  is  our  pleasure  to  mention  in  connection 
with  the  industries  and  business  of  New  Orleans  is  that  of  Mr.  N.  H.  Moody,  dealer  is  shirts,  gent's 
furn^hmg  goods,  &c.,  located  at  No.  12  Carondelet  street.  This  concern  was  founded  in  1853,  by 
Ar  ■  Tj'  of  the  present  proprietor  who  conducted  the  establishment  until  1879,  when 

lu-u’  ■  ^^oocly,  succeeded  to  the  business,  which  by  industry,  perseverance  and  close  application  to 
the  business  has  been  gi’adiially  increased  until  now  he  carries  an  average  stock  of  $15,000,  while  he 
does  a  business  of  over  $o0,000  per  annum.  Three  male  and  nine  female  hands  are  kept  constantly 
employed  m  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment  to  whom  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggre- 
gatmg  $300.  ihe  stock  carried  is  large  and  complete,  consisting  of  every  article  of  gent’s  furnish¬ 
ing  goods  underware,  hosiery  handkerchiefs,  neck-wear,  umbrellas,  &c.  One  of  the  leading  speci¬ 
alties  of  this  house  is  the  celebrated  “Mood}’’  Shirt,”  which  is  onlv  manufactured  by  this  house, 

St  ou- «outh.  Beyond  all  question,  the 
Moody  Shirt  is  unequalled  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Moody,  the  proprietor,  is  well  knowm  in 
JNew  Orleans  foi  his  many  excellent  social  qualities,  as  well  as  for  his  high  standing  among  the  busi- 
^ssmen  as  an  honorable,  upright  and  worthy  citizen,  fully  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
tJi0  commuiiity.  •Ii6  is  dGsorying*  ot  thG  libcrcil  patronn^gG  bGing  GxtGndGd. 


E.  CLAUDEL — Optician  and  Manufacturer  of  Sugar  Thermometers, 

No.  96  Canal,  Between  Camp  and  St.  Charles  Streets. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  appears  at  the  .head  of  this  article,  Mr.  E.  Claudel,  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  every  branch  of  the  optical  business,  having  an  experience  of  fifteen  years  in  the 
employ  of  C.  Duhamel,  for  years  the  best  house  of  its  kind  in  the  South.  Every  effort  will  be  made 
by  the  propi^'toi  to  make  this^  establishment  the  Southern  depot  for  optical  goods.  This  house  only 
recently  established,  now  carries  a  la.rge  stock,  giving  employment  to  two  male  assistants,  both  of 
whom  are  skdled  workmen  m  this  branch  of  business .  The  premises  occupied  are  conveniently  situ- 
ated  and  handsomely  furnished  and  fitted  up  for  this  especial  business.  His  store  room  is  stocked 
^th  a  full  and  most  complete  stock  of  optical,  mathematical,  philosophical  and  nautical  instruments 
bpectacles  made  a  specialty.  Spectacles  and  eye-glasses  scientifically  adapted  to  the  sight.  The  best 
pebble  and  other  glasses  on  hand,  or  ground  to  order.  Sugar  thermometers  made  to  order  or 
repaiied.  Foi  the  convenience  of  persons  residing  out  of  the  city,  or  who  from  other  causes  find  it 
inconvenient  to  call  m  person  at  his  store,  Mr.  Claudel  will  keep  a  register  in  which  shall  be  recorded 
the  names  and  addresses  of  his  customers,  the  number  of  the  lens  and  stvle  of  eye  glasses  or  spec¬ 
tacles  used  by  tlaem.  This  will  enable  him  to  duphcate  any  order  at  the  shortest  notice,  or  furnish 
glasses  for  reading  or  walking,  on  very  slight  information.  His  facihties  for  filling  orders  on  pre¬ 
scriptions  are  unequalled.  He  will  repair  spectacles  and  eye-glasses,  sent  by  mail  or  otherwise* 
remove  old  glasses  from  frames  and  grind  in  glasses  of  any  strength  desired.  He  will  match  by  lens 
even  it  only  a  small  piece  be  sent  as  a  specimen.  All  instruments  necessary  in  the  manufacture  of 
sugar,  by  open  pans  or  other  processes,  always  on  hand.  The  goods  kept  by  Mr.  Claudel  need  no 
extra  puffing;  they  are  the  best  which  science  has  produced  for  the  purposes  intended.  He  has  a 
reputation  for  rehability  to  maintain,  which  he  values  above  a  temporary  success  obtained  by  exag¬ 
gerated  claims.  He  guarantees  every  article  sold  by  him  perfect  for  the  purpose  intended.  Mr. 
Claudehis  a  man  thirty-one  years  of  age,  and  a  thorough,  practical  optician  in  the  fullest  sense  of 
the  word.  He  commenced  the  study  of  his  profession  in  1865,  and  has  been  continuously  engaged  in 
the  busmess  ever  since.  Any  business  placed  in  his  hands  will  result  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner 
and  a  continued  appreciation  of  his  unquestioned  abilities. 


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137 


F.  P.  GRAVELEY — Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  Machinery,  Saw  Mills  and  Mill 

Machmery,  No.  16  Union  Street . 

In  our  reviews  of  the  various  industries  of  New  Orleans,  prominent  among  the  manufacturing  es¬ 
tablishments,  will  be  noticed  that  of  Mr.  E.  P.  Graveley,  whirh,  from  the  special  character  of  its 
productions  and  the  extent  of  its  trade,  assists  in  no  small  degres  to  the  prominence  and  fame  our 
city  has  attained  as  one  of  the  leading  manufacturing'  centers  of  the  entire  southern  country.  Among 
the  productions  of  this  establishment  are.  Saw  Mills,  Corn  Mills,  Cotton  Presses,  Portable  Rice 
Mills,  Engines,  Boilers  and  Machineiy  of  all  kinds.  His  Saw  Mill  trade  having  grown  so  rapidly  and 
reached  such  large  proportions,  he  has  been  induced  to  manufacture  three  sizes  of  these  mills  His 
factory  is  located  at  74  Caron delet  street,  New  Orleans,  where  he  has  excellent  facihties,  the  best  of 
lumber  close  at  hand,  a  competent  man  in  charge  of  the  factory,  the  latest  and  most  improved  ma¬ 
chinery  necessary  for  turning  out  first-class  work  at  low  prices;  and  having  special  freight  rates  to  all 
points,  he  is  enabled  to  offer  his  customers  ver>^  great  inducements.  All  goods  manufactured  by 
him  are  fuUy  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.  For  these  mills  the  trade  of  the  house  is  extensive, 
reaching  all  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Alabama,  Texas,  Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  where  local 
agents  are  appointed  to  attend  to  the  business  in  their  respective  territorys.  Mr.  Graveley  is  a  na¬ 
tive  of  South  Carolina,  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  commercial  circles  as  a  gentleman  of  high 
character  and  excellent' business  qualifications,  and  his  productions  are  equal,  if  not  superior,  in 
every  respect,  to  those  of  any  other  establishment  in  the  country.  He  is  handling  a  full  line  of  ma¬ 
chinery  and  is  prepared  to  olfer  it  on  such  terms  as  will  permit  the  f  armer  to  realize  something  on  it 
before  his  payments  become  due.  Those  washing  to  invest  in  machinery  should  address  F  P.  Grave¬ 
ley,  manufacturer  and  dealer.  No.  16  Union  street.  New  Orleans. 


PHILLIPP  LEBER — Merchant  Tailor,  No.  7  Carondelet  St 

Among  the  leading  and  reliable  merchant  tailoring  establishments  in  New  Orleans,  the  house  of 
Phillipp  Leber,  located  at  No.  7  Carondelet  street,  is  deserving  of  special  mention.  This  enterprise 
was  first  started  in  1854,  by  the  present  proprietor  on  a  very  small  capital;  but,  by  having  a  practical 
knowledge  of  the  business,  w^hich  was  backed  up  by  pluck  and  energy,  he  succeeded  from  the  very 
start  in  making  his  business  a  success.  He  now  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock,  consisting  of  the 
finest  qualities  of  suitings,  cloths  Ac.  He  employs  skilled  and  experienced  tailors,  to  w'hom  he  pays 
hberal  wages.  Mr.  Leber  attends  to  the  cutting  department  personally  and  no  suit  ever  leaves  the 
establishment  that  is  not  a  perfect  fit.  The  premises  occu  jiied  are  eligibly  located,  in  the  very  center 
of  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  the  salesroom  being  twenty-five  by  one  hundred  feet  in  size,  and 
supplied  with  all  the  modern  appliances,  to  make  it  a  first-class  house  in  eveiy  sense  of  the  term. 
His  trade  is  largely  local,  and  among  the  many  patrons  are  numbered  some  of  our  leading  and  most 
aristocratic  citizens,  who  have  long  since  learned  that  the  place  to  get  an  elegant  fit  was  at  the  es¬ 
tablishment  of  Phillipp  Leber,  No.  7  Carondelet  street.  Mr.  L.  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  been 
a  resident  of  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  all  the  indus¬ 
tries  and  commercial  interests  of  the  Crescent  City.  We  can  cheerfully  commend  his  estabhshment 
to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  the  place  to  get  a  fashionable  and  elegant  suit  of  clothes  made 
to  order,  and  for  less  money  than  at  any  similar  house  in  New  Orleans. 


F.  E.  GUEDRY — Agent  Allan  Line”  Royal  Mai!  Steamship  Company,  No.  Ill  Common  St. 

Asa  shipping  point  New  Orleans  is  the  most  prominent  on  the  Mississippi  river,  or  in  the  South, 
not  only  in  regard  to  the  amount  of  general  merchandise,  manufactures  and  produce  passing  over 

her  levee,  but  in  the  facilities  and 
accommodations  rendered  to  all 
water  craft.  The  city  has  fur¬ 
nished  and  keeps  in  good  repair 
the  levee,  and  individual  efforts 
have  supphed  first-class  and  com¬ 
modious  wharves  for  the  protec¬ 
tion  of  all  freights  and  the  ac¬ 
commodations  of  steamers.  Mr. 
F.  E.  Guedry,  heading  this  article, 
represents  the  “Allan  Line”  of 
Royal  Mail  Steamships,  which  is 
beyond  all  question  the  best  and 
most  popular  fine  for  tourists  from  Boston  to  Liverpool  calling  at  all  the  principal  intermediate 
points.  They  offer  unrivalled  advantages  to  cabin,  intermediate  and  steerage  travel  to  and  from  aU 
points  in  the  Middle  and  Southern  States  and  the  Old  Countrja  Parties  sending  for  their  friends 
will  find  this  “The  Best  Route,”  avoiding  the  transfer  and  expense  of  rail  fare  between  New  York 
and  Baltimore.  Tickets,  and  all  other  information,  can  be  had  of  Leve  A  Alden,  General  Passenger 
Agents,  2o7  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  5  State  street,  Boston,  and  101  South  Fifth  street,  Philadelphia,  or  of 
F.  E  Guedr3%  Agent,  No.  Ill  Common  street.  Mr.  Guedry  is,  also,  the  representative  of  the 
“American  Ticket  Brokers  Association,”  and  is  prepared  to  purchase  and  sell  railroad  tickets  to  all 
points  in  the  United  States.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  city  as  an  honorable,  upright 
and  worthy  citizen,  who  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  traveling  pubhc. 


138 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


WOODS  COTTON  PRESS — J.  C.  Van  Wickle,  Proprietor,  Corner  Claiborne  and  Canal  Sts. 

We  have  many  old  and  influential  firms  in  New  Orleans  that  have  a  national  fame,  and  many 
others,  younger  in  years,  that  are  worthy  of  note  for  their  energy,  enterprise  and  high  integrity^ 
Among  the  noted  and  popular  cotton  presses  whose  names  have  place  in  the  commercial  history  of 
New  Orleans,  none  hold  a  higner  rank  at  home  and  abroad,  than  the  “Woods  Cotton  Press,”  whose 
name  appears  at  the  head  of  t^s  article  This  enterprise  was  first  founded  in  1845,  and  was  suc- 
cesstuUy  run  until  1878,  when  it  was  overhauled  and  new  building  and  new  machinery,  all  of  which 
was  ot  the  latest  and  m^t  unproved  pattern,  was  erected  in  the  place  of  the  old  one.  The  pronertv 

•+  Wickle.  This  press  has  a  capac- 

ity  ot  80,000  bales  per  annum,  giving  employment  to  one  hundred  experienced  hands,  to  whom 
montmy  wages  are  paid  aggregating  $4,0'j0.  One  of  Steers’  latest  improved  compresses  is  used  by 
^"'’obn^QAA  ^  f’-  ^  an  elegant  engine  and  pump,  with  a  capacity  of  30,000  tons.  The  premises 
are  oOOxoOO  feet  in  size,  half  of  which  is  under  cover,  and  everything  supplied  to  make  it  one  of  the 
most  convenient  and  commodious  cotton  presses  in  New  Orleans.  The  trade  for  this  press  comes 
largely  fr^  our  city  dealers  m  cotton,  who  have  patronized  this  establishment  for  many  years. 
Mr  Van  Wickle  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business  for  the  past  twenty  yeari  and 
^^1-  t!i  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  cotton  press  business.  Prompt 

rehable  and  honorable  in  all  his  business  relations,  he  has  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
business  portion  of  our  people.  The  Wood’s  Cotton  Press,  under  the  proprietorship  and  able  man¬ 
agement  of  Mr.  Van  Wickle,  will,  no  doubt,  prove  a  financial  success. 

THE  MEHCH ANTS’  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  NEW  ORLEANS— 

Office,  No.  104  Canal  Street*. 

The  Merchants’  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  of  New  Orleans,  was  organized  and  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  in  183*2,  and  now  has  a  capital  stock  of  $600,000  They  do 
a  general  fire,  marine  and  river  insurance,  and  invite  pubhc  attention  and  confidence  to  these  depart¬ 
ments,  guaranteeing  every  accommodation  to  their  patrons  consistent  with  safety  and  integrity.  In 
'  conformity  with  ^e  requhements  of  their  charter,  the  company  publish  the  following  stat<^ment  for 

received-on  fire  risks,  $265,530.92;  on  marine  risks, 
$^,4od.<0;  on  liver  risks,  $26,518.  80;  making  a  total  of  premiums  received  during  the  year  of  $318  - 

r  amounted  to  $168,574.03,  showing  a  net  profit 

ot  $120,9*28.40  I  he  total  assets  of  the  company  aggregating  at  the  present  time  $687,546.23.  At 
^  Board  of  DiiGctors,  hold  on  Juno  11,  1881,  it  was  rosolvcd  to  dGclaro  a  cash,  dividend 

of  2o  per  cent,  on  the  net  earned  participating  premiums,  and  ten  per  cent,  interest  on  the  capital 
stock  tor  the  year  ending  May  31,  1881,  payable  on  demand  The  officers  of  the  company  are*  Paul 
Fourchy,  President,  and  Geo.  W.  Nott,  Secretary.  The  Board  of  Directors  is  composed  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  well-known  business  men  of  New  Orleans.  P.  Maspero,  Paul  Foarchy,  John  B.  Lallande, 
Edward  Toby,  M.  W.  Smith,  J.T  Fernandez,  John  Geddes,  D.  Fatjo,  D.  A.  Chaffraix,  Chas. 
Latitte,  and  B.  W.  iaylor.  ihe  officers  and  directors  of  the  company  are  men  of  high  financial 
^  standing  m  the  community,  and  within  the  range  of  their  influence  have  always,  to  an  equal  extent 
with  any  other  citizens,  fostered  and  conserved  m  every  way  the  interests  of  the  city.  The  financial 
and  general  business  management  of  the  company  falls  to  the  care  of  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Nott,  Secretary 
who  gives  his  personal  supervision  to  the  operations  and  workings  of  the  company,  for  which  he  is 
admirably  fitted  by  enlarged  experience  and  his  practical  ideas  of  the  insurance  business.  Durino- 
the  existence  of  the  company  they  have  gained  a  success  so  signal  and  complete  as  to  rank  them  with 
the  best  and  most  thorough  insurance  enterprises  of  this  or  any  other  city.  Closely  identified  with 
the  city  of  New  Orleans,  its  development,  industrial  growth  and  general  prosperity,  and  promotino^ 
these  in  the  highest  degree  possible,  no  company  has  done  more  to  increase  her  reputation  as  an 
msurance  center.  As  a  sound  and  reliable  company  they  are  too  well  and  widely  known  to  require 
commendation  here.  Their  business,  entei-prise  and  general  usefulness  speak  for  them  in  terms 
sufficiently  expressive,  entitling  them  to  the  esteem  of  this  community,  to  whose  prosperity  their 
efforts  have  been  so  highly  conducive. 

ECHARD  PHOTOGRAPH  GALLERY — Echard  &  Anderson,  Proprietors,  145  Cana!  St. 

In  a  complete  review  of  the  varied  manufacturing  and  business  interests  of  the  city,  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  Echard  &  Anderson,  photographers,  located  as  above,  are  entitled  to  special  notice  and 
a  prominent  position.  This  business  was  established  by  the  present  proprietors  in  1882,  with  only 
a  moderate  capital;  but,  by  industry,  perseverance  and  a  close  appheation  to  business,  they  have  in 
the  very  brief  period,  succeeded  in  building  up  a  flourishing  and  prosperous  trade  The  premises 
occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  on  the  principal  business  thoroughfare  of  the  city, 
and  IS  especially  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  their  business.  Ten  competent  and  experienced  hands 
are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  various  styles 
of  photographic  work  turned  out  from  this  Gallery  is  noted  for  its  excellence  and  skillful  workman¬ 
ship,  and  their  entire  establishment  is  fitted  up  in  a  most  thorough  and  complete  manner,  and  will 
compare  favorably  with  any  similar  establishment  in  the  South.  The  individual  members  of  the 
firm  are,  Mr.  W.  C.  Echard  and  Mr  S.  An^ierson,  both  of  whom  are  energetic,  active  business  men 
thoroughly  conversant  with  their  business  and  stand  high  in  the  community.  If  you  want  a  per¬ 
fect  likeness,  give  this  well-known  art  emporium  a  call  before  going  elsewhere. 


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139 


LAFAYETTE  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.— General  Office,  No.  631  Magazine  St 

Among  the  financial  institutions  of  the  Crescent  City,  the  Lafayette  Insurance  Company  occupies  | 
a  prominent  position,  and  ranks  among  the  most  successful  and  reliable  insurance  companies  in  the  | 
United  States.  It  was  organized  in  1869,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $lo0,000.  Since  the  first  organi-  | 
zation  of  the  Lafayette,  it.  has  entered  upon  a  very  successful  and  prosperous  career,  and  has  had  ; 
from  the  first  the  confidence  of  the  business  community.  Its  affairs  have  always  been  managed  in  | 
the  most  conser\^ative  manner,  and  it  has  always  inspired  the  most  favorable  consideration  fpm  its  j 
patrons  and  the  general  public.  Its  officers  and  directors  are  men  of  high  character,  possessing  the  j  - 
confidence  of  the  community  in  an  eminent  degree,  a  fact  that  has  largely  contributed  to  the  prom-  I 
inence  it  occupies  at  present.  Its  business  at  first  was  mainly  local,  but  has  been  graduaUy  extended  | 
throughout  the  country,  and  is  still  growing  and  widening.  Its  patrons  are  met  with  the  most  j 
liberal  treatment,  and  its  losses  have  always  been  met  in  the  most  prompt  manner.  The  business  j 
during  the  past  year  has  increased  over  the  preceeding  year,  w^hile  the  losses  are  not  near  so  heavy,  i 
thus  enabling  the  company  to  add  verj'  materially  to  its  growing  surplus  fund.  The  annual  state-  [ 
ment  of  the  company  for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1881,  show's  fire  premiums  amounting  to  j 
$56,039.23,  and  net  profits  for  the  year  of  $32,407.15.  The  total  assets  of  the  company  at  present  i 
are  $193,837.15  The  present  officers  are:  Louis  Mathis,  President;  Robert  Jackson,  Yice-Presi-  ^ 
dent;  Godfred  Gaisser,  Secretary;  John  G.  Haas,  Inspector.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stock-  | 
holders,  held  on'the  9th  day  of  January,  1882,  the  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Directors  for  j 
the  ensuing  yeai:  John  F.  Kranz,  Geo.  F.  Baumann,  E.  H.  Burton,  Florence  Pfister,  Dr.  Wm.  B.  I 
Wood,  H  T.  Vennard,  Adam  Graner,  Daniel  Holderith,  Louis  Mathis,  J.  H.  KeUer,  Henr\’  Rice,  | 
Henry  Ellerman,  D.  A.  Hams,  Henry  Bensel,  Jr.,  P  W.  Dielmann,  Frank  Varenholt,  James  Wil-  j 
son,  Herman  Wilke,  Robt.  Jackson,  E.  L.  Bower,  Joseph  Mathis,  H.  P.  Walter,  Henry  Donnen- 
felser.  Dr.  J.  H.  Mooney,  0.  F.  Thiesman. 

A.  M.  FELT — Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars,  Tobacco  and  Smokers  Articles,  No.  550 

Magazine  Street.  I 

As  a  representative  house  in  the  line  of  the  largest  commercial  industries  of  the  city,  the  house  of  i 
A  M.  Felt  is  entitled  to  more  than  brief  mention  in  a  publication  of  this  description.  Founded  in  ‘ 
1881,  this  house  has  already  gained  a  reputation  in  the  community  for  straight-forward,  honorable  i 
dealings,  second  to  none  in  the  city  engaged  in  this  line  of  business.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  hand-  ! 
ling  all  grades  of  imported  cigars,  tobacco  and  smokers  articles.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of  | 
about  $3,800,  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  $15,000.  A  corps  of  competent  and  expert-  i 
enced  salesmen  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  his  business.  The  trade  of 
this  well  known  house  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the  Southern  country.  Mr.  Felt,  | 
the  genial  and  gentlemanly  proprietor,  was  born  in  Germany,  in  1838,  but  has  resided  in  this  coun-  i 
try  for  the  past  tw*enty-six  years,  and  is  well  known  in  the  community  in  wffiich  he  resides  as  an  i 
honorable,  upright  and  worthy  citizen.  His  ample  experience  and  the  Hberahty,  energy  and  enter-  i 
prise  which  characterize  his  business  transactions  entitle  him  to  a  high  rank  among  the  progessive 
business  men  of  the  State. _ 

ATLAS  STEAM  CORDAGE  COMPANY— Factory,  Corner  Peters  and  Girod  St 

It  is  only  by  a  careful  review  in  detail  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans  that  an  adequate  idea  can 
be  gained  in  regard  to  the  extent  of  those  interests  which  are  of  such  vital  importance  as  factories  tend¬ 
ing  to  extend  and  increase  the  reputation  of  the  city  as  a  manuf^turing  point.  It  being  the  main  object 
of  this  wo~k  to  present  facts  in  this  connection,  brief  descriptions  of  the  representative  enterprises  in 
their  lines  is  essential.  In  the  manufacture  of  manilla  and  sissul  rope,  brooms,  &c.,  there  is,  perhaps, 
no  establishment  in  the  South  more  entitled  to  extended  notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  display  of 
the  resources  of  the  Crescent  City.  The  “Atlas  Steam  Cordage  Company,”  was  organized  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $50,000,  and  is  at  present  doing  an  annual  business,  nominally,  amounting  to  $300,- 
000.  Eighty  mffie  and  twenty  female  operatives  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  depart¬ 
ments  of  the  establishment.  The  factory  is  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  and  is  furnished  with 
all  the  modem  and  most  improved  machinery,  necessary  for  the  sucicessful  prosecution  of  this  special 
branch  of  the  manufacturing  business.  A  large  sized,  ne^y  improved,  Corliss  engine  is  used  to  fur¬ 
nish  the  motive  power  required  to  drtve  the  massive  machinery,  in  the  various  departments  of  the 
factory.  This  business,  although  comparatively  new  has  been  largely  increased  under  the  present 
management,  and  the  company  is  now  doing  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  the  trade  extending 
over  the  entire  Southern  country.  The  officers  of  the  Atlas  Steam  Cordage  Company  are  W.  F. 
Tutt,  President;  E.  L  Ranlett,  Secretary'  and  Treasurer;  and  a  Board  of  Directors  consisting  of  Geo. 

D.  Whitney,  D.  L.  Ranlett  and  Hy.  Denerger.  The  Superintendent  of  this  enterprise  is  Mr.  C.  J. 
Ranlett,  who  is  an  experienced  and  capable  man  in  the  business,  and  is  recognized  by  all  as  one  of 
the  most  efficient  and  reliable  business  men  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans.  The  individuals  comprising 
this  company  are  gentlemen  of  high  standing  and  character,  well  known  in  commercial  circles  as 
honorable,  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizens,  who  deserve  the  praise  and  congratulations  of  all 
for  building  up  this  splendid  system  of  economy  and  thrift  in  their  midst,  and  we  would  here  take 
occasion  to  remark  that  sdch  men  build  up  the  reputation  and  trade  of  cities  and  enable  them  to 
retain  it.  It  is  sufficient  to  state  in  this  connection  that  no  establishment  occupies  a  higher  place  or 
is  more  entitled  to  the  position  it  occupies  in  the  commimity  for  honorable  and  liberal  business  princi¬ 
ples  and  enterprise  than  the  “Atlas  Steam  Cordage  Company.” 


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NEW  ORLEANS  LIGHTNING  ROD  CONIPANY—ONice  and  Depot,  No.  246  Canal  St 

This  company  was  organized  in  1870  with  small  capital,  by  Robinson  &  Co.,  and,  through  their 
mdustiy  and  perseverance, .  together  with  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  it 

has  with  each  succeeding- 


year  been  largely  increased 
untn  at  present  they  do  a 
business  aggregating  $10,- 
000  per  annum .  They  are 
manufacturers,  inventors, 
importers,  and  dealers  in  all 
kinds  of  lightning  rods  and 
lightning  rod  materials,  or¬ 
namental  iron  railings  for 
cemetery  lot  enclosures, 
drove  well  and  pumps,  mag¬ 
netic  electric  machines, 
every  design  of  weather 
vanes  and  ornaments,  im¬ 
proved  water  coolers,  placed 
in  the  earth  with  pipes  and 
faucets.  The  Robinson’s 
“Electro  Magnetic  Silver 
Cables.  “  are  made  a  special¬ 
ty  by  this  compariy.  It  is 
the  safest  protection  against 
lightning  ever  invented. 
Tiiey  are  of  English  manu¬ 
facture  and  of  their  own 

orders  are  filled  mth  ^spatch,  and  satisfaction  guaranteed  in  aU  cases,  dhe  enthe  buSnti  of  thil 
concern  IS  under  the  able  and  efficient  management  of  Mr.  James  M.  Robinson,  an  old  experienced 
man  m  the  business,  who  is  thorcughly  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  the  trade. 
Twelve  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different 
branches  of  this  ^tabhshment,  and  from  six  to  ten  wagons  are  kept  running  Wivering  goods  from 
the  house  to  different  paits  of  the  city  and  surrounding  countiy.  The  trade  of  this  company 
extends  over  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  entire  Southern  country.  This  is  the  oldest  estab- 
hslied  and  on  y  house  of  the  kind  in  the  boutli.  and  by  the  able  and  energ,  tic  management  of  Mr 
Robinson,  it  has  been  eminently  successful  from  its  very  beginning.  It  is  composed  of  gentlemen 
who  are  weU  and  favorab  y  known  to  ttie  people  of  this  community  as  prompt;  reliable  and  tmst- 
worthy  men,  who  are  entitled  to  the  confidence  as  well  as  the  liberal  patronage  of  the  public. 

A.  PLASSAN  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  198  Gravier  St. 

We  wi^sh,  in  recording  the  various  enterprises  of  the  city,  to  caU  attention  to  the  cotton  and  com¬ 
mission  house  of  MessK.  Plassan  &  Co  this  enterprise  was  started  in  1879,  with  an  ample  capital 
and  uy  close  attenfaon  to  the  wants  of  their  patrons,  they  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a  fine  and 
prosperous  trade.  Their  annual  sales  will  now  average  from  8,000  to  10,000  bales,  giving  employment 
to  four  competent  and  experienced  clerks  and  assistants  They  do  a  large  business  direct  with  the 
planted  m  the  cotton-powing  States,  receiving  their  consignments  and  seffing  the  staple  on  the 
niarket  at  hipest  quotations.  Having  an  ample  capital,  the  firm  is  prepared  to  make  liberal  cash 
advances  to  their  patrons,  and  extend  every  facility  known  to  the  business.  The  individual  mem- 
bers  of  the  firm  aie  both  native-born  Louisianiuins.  and  are  well  and  favorably  known  to  their  cus- 
tomere  and  in  commercial  circles  as  being  among  the  most  reliable  and  trustVorthy  cotton  men  in 
New  Orleans^  Always  prompt  and  reliable  in  their  business  transactions,  they  are  deserving  of  the 
confident  of  the  community,  and  lustly  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended  them 
Progressive  rehable  and  thoroughjy  conversant  with  their  business  and  its  details,  they  are  entitled 
to  and  merit  the  signal  prosperity  in  their  business  operations. 


ROBERT  G.  T.  SHEPHERD— General  Insurance  Agent,  No.  191  Gravier  St,  Adjoining 

Cotton  Exchange. 

•It  account  of  the  commercial  and  industrial  history  of  this  city 

without  making  frequent  reference  to  the  insurance  business.  Robert  G.  T.  Shepherd,  as  agent  of 
the  most  prominent  pd  reliable  insurance  companies  of  the  country,  stands  in  the  front  rank  of  his 
profession,  and  is  doing  the  largest  business  of  any  agency  in  the  city.  His  reputation  and  business  is 
not  only  local,  but  extends  thioughout  th^  and  adjoimng  States,  requiring  the  assistance  of  two  com¬ 
petent  and  experien^ced  clerks  111  the  office,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  custo¬ 
mers  who  call  at  the  office.  He  represents  the  Western  Assurance  Company,  of  Canada  havins- 
assets  amountmg  to  $1,422,00.8.18,  with  an  income  of  .$1,301,734.59  for  the  yekr  endffiriiecembe? 
dl,  1880,  Hamburg-Bremen  Insurance  Company,  of  Hamburg,  Germany,  with  cash  assets  of 


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I 

I  $1,246,468.43.  This  company  has  paid  losses  in  the  United  States  amounting'  to  over  $1,900.^00. 

I  He  is  also  the  agent  of  the  Watertown  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  whose  assets  are  $665,- 
j  715.04,  having  an  increase  for  the  past  year  of  $130,133.56.  This  last  named  company  having  paid 
j  losses  since  its  organization  amojinting  to  $1,867,980.70.  These  companies  have  been  represented 
I  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  persons  desiring  insurance  will  do  well  to  examine  these  organiza- 
I  tions,  and,  as  the  “best  is  the  cheapest,”  select  the  best.  Losses  are  promptly  adjusted  and  paid  in 
I  New  Orleans.  Farm  property,  dwellings,  household  furniture  and  merchandise  made  a  specialty, 
j  Pohcies  issued  to  cover  against  fire  and  lightning.  Mr,  Shepherd  being  widely  known  as  a  prompt 
I  and  honorable  business  man,  no  firm  can  offer  better  inducements  or  guarantee  in  the  accomplish- 
j  ment  of  any  matter  entrusted  to  his  care.  He  occupies  a  high  social  position,  and  takes  an  active 
j  part  by  word  and  deed  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  interests  of  the  city 

L.  J.  DUFFY — Manufacturer  of  Trunks,  Bags,  Valises,  etc..  No.  24  Baronne  St. 

A  just  conception  of  the  extent  of  the  manufacturing  .interests  of  New  Orleans  cannot  be  ob- 
'  tained  from  cursory  examination.  A  descriptive  history  of  them,  each  compiled  carefully  from  sta- 
1  tistical  data  is  requisite,  even  to  the  hfe-long  citizen.  Such  is  the  purpose  of  our  work,  to  furnish  a 
!  review  of  the  development,  progress,  resources  and  capacities  of  the  commercial  and  manufactunng 
j  enterprises  of  this  community,  in  a  graphic  and  intelligent  manner.  The  house  of  L.  .T.  Duffy  was 
I  originally  started  in  1850  by  E.  Cope,  who  was  succeeded  by  J.  A.  Turn  ell  Mr.  Duffy  was  after- 
j  wardJadmitted  as  a  partner,  and  Mr.  Turnell  dying  in  1877,  Mr.  Duffy  has  since  proi>ecuted  the  busi- 
I  ness  alone.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  two  story  building  twenty-eight  by  one  hundred 
!  and  seventy  feet  in  size,  -where  he  is  prepared  to  manufacture  trunks,  bags,  vahses,  etc.,  in  all  styles 
j  and  grades.  A  stock  of  goods  incluchng  sample  cases  and  bags,  sole  leather  trunks,  fine  traveling 
!  and  sample  trunks  and  trunk  covers  is  carried,  the  average  value  being  placed  at  $10,000.  Twenty 
I  hands  are  employed  and  a  large  business  transacted  throughout  the  city  and  vicinity.  Trunks  are 
j  made  to  order,  covered  and  repaired  at  the  shortest  notice  and  perfect  satisfaction  guaranteed  in  every 
j  respect.  Mr.  Duffy  is  well  known  amonsr  our  citizens  and  commands  a  first  class  trade  among  our 
!  best  citizens.  He  is  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  of  the  public  and  further  comment  from  us  is 
I  unnecessary. 

JOHN  B.  LAFITTE — Agent  Orient  Mutual  (Marine)  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York, 

!  No.  25  Carondelet  Street. 

I  The  insurance  agency  of  .John  B.  Lafitte,  doing  business  under  the  above  title,  was  established 
I  in  1870.  Among  the  financial  institutions  represented  in  New  Orleans  the  Orient  Mutual  (Marine) 

I  Insurance  Company  occupies  a  prominent  position,  and  ranks  among  the  most  successful  and  relia- 
I  ble  insurance  companies  of  the  State  of  New  York.  Its  affairs  have  always  oeen  managed  in  the 
most  conservative  manner,  and  it  has  always  inspired,  as  it  justly  merited,  the  most  favorable  con¬ 
sideration  from  its  patrons  and  the  generous  public.  Its  officers  and  directors  are  men  of  high 
character,  possessing  the  confidence  of  the  community  in  an  eminent  degree,  a  fact  that  has  largely 
i  contributed  to  the  prominence  it  occupies  at  present.  Its  business  has  extended  rapidly  year  by 
j  year,  and  is  still  growing  and  widening,  as  it  justly  is  entitled  to  do.  Its  patrons  are  met  with  the 
i  most  liberal  treatment  at  the  hands  of  Mr.  John  B.  Lafitte,  and  its  losses  have  always  been  met  in 
I  the  most  prompt  manner  The  agent  of  the  company  in  New  Orleans  is  a  gentleman  of  high  char- 
1  acter  and  financial  abilities.  He  is  a  native  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of  this 
!  city,  since  which  time  he  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  industries  and  commercial  interests  of 
i  the  Crescent  City.  Mr.  Lafitte  is  a  gentleman  of  abilities,  well-known  throughout  the  State  and 
‘  city,  and  is  universally  esteemed  for  his  many  genial  qualities.  He  was  at  one  time  elected  to  the 
enviable  position  of  President  of  the  National  Cotton  Exchange,  was  tendered  a  re-election  in  1881, 
but  declined  on  account  of  business  affairs  claiming  his  inrlividual  attention.  His  abilities  and 
energies  have  contributed  largely  to  the  success  of  the  company  he  represents  so  faithfully. 

W.  L  HODGSON — Auctioneer  and  General  Rea!  Estate  Agent,  No.  13  Carondelet  St. 

The  extent  and  magnitude  of  the  real  estate  business  earned  on  in  a  great  city  like  New  Orleans 
:  IS  not  generally  appreciated  by  the  public  at  large.  There  are  numerous  large  establishments 
;  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business  whose  transactions  annually  aggegrate  an  amount  almost  in- 
:  crediWe.  Among  the  very  large  number  of  reliable  and  enterprising  firms  engaged  in  this  branch 
of  industry  in  this  city,  the  firm  of  W.  1.  Hodgson,  No.  13  Carondelet  street,  as  regards  the  magni- 
;  tude  of  his  transactions,  facilities  and  experience,  is  entitled  to  favorable  consid^ation  in  these 
'  pages.  Mr.  Hodgson  commenced  business  in  1857,  as  an  auctioneer  and  real  estate  agent,  and  by 
his  industry  and  perseverance,  backed  up  by  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  has  succeeded 
i  in  building  up  a  very  large  and  lucrative  business,  the  annual  sales  reaching  from  $1,000,' 00  to 
■  $3,000, fX)0.  Mr.  Hodgson  carries  on  a  general  real  estate  agency  business  for  the  purchase,  sale 
1  and  leasing  of  city  property,  plantations  and  lands,  for  the  sale  of  cargoes,  merchan(hse,\otton,  fiirni- 
I  ture,  stocks,  bonds,  <fec.  Out-door  sales  of  every  description  carefully  attended  to.  Four  competent 
I  assistants  are  employed,  who  attend  to  the  office  work  connected  with  the  business  of  the  firm.  Mr. 

Hodgson  is  a  native  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  thirty-four  years, 

I  and  is  well  known  to  the  community  as  an  upright,  honorable  and  highly  esteemed  citizen,  and  well 
j  worthy  of  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  general  public. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


MECHANICS'  AND  TRADERS'  INSURANCE  CO.— Office,  No.  14  Canondelet  St 

Among  the  financial  institutions  of  the  Crescent  City,  the  Mechanics’  and  Traders’  Insurance  Com¬ 
pany  occupies  a  prominent  most  successful  aXreliWe Tns^^^^^^ 

the  United  States.  It  was  orgimized  m  1869,  with  a.capital  stock  of  $375,000.  Since 
the  first  organization  of  the  Mechanics  and  Traders’  it  has  entered  upon  a  very  successful  and  pros¬ 
perous  career,  and  has  had  from  the  first  the  confidence  of  the  business  community.  Its  a^airs 
have  always  been  managed  m  the  most  conservative  manner,  and  it  Has  always  inspired  th^  most 
favorable  consideration  from  its  patrons  and  the  general  pubhe.  Its  officers  and  trustees  are  men  of 
high  character,  possessing  the  confidence  of  the  community  in  an  eminent  degree  a  fact  that  has 

iflnS  prominence  it  occupies  at  present.  Its  business,  wffich  was  at  first  main¬ 

ly  local,  has  been  gradually  extending  throughout  the  State,  and  is  still  growing  and  widening  Its 
patrons  are  met  with  the  most  liberal  treatment,  and  its  losses  have  always  been  met  in  thi  most 

^  business  during  the  past  year  has  largely  increased  over  the  proceeding  years 
while  the  losses  were  not  near  so  heavy,  thus  enabling  the  company  to  add  very  materially  to  their 
Rowing  surplus  fund.  According  to  their-annual  statement  for  the  year  ending  December  31  1881 
net  premiums  amounting  to  $255,9^  0,29;  deducting  exjienses,  leaves  a 

net  profit  ot  $100,729,73.  The  company  s  assets  now  amounts  to  $691 ,913,85.  The  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees,  at  their  annual  meeting  held  on  January  16,  1882,  resolved  to  pay,  on  demand,  five  per  cent, 
second  semi-annual  interest  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  company.  Twenty  per  cent  dividend  on  nar- 
ticpatmg  orennums  The  officers  of  the  Mechanics’  and  Traders’  are:  hbyd  R  CoCan  Prudent 
and  Geo.  H  Frost,  Secretary^  The  present  Board  of  Directors  or  Trustees  is  composed  of  the  fol- 

rTb  Vt  PhhT'  T.  J.  Carver,  J.  D. 

Mill  M  n'  Coleman,  ,T  M.  Frankenbush,  Alex.  Shlenker,  P.  G.  Gilbert,  J.  Dsl- 

yidson  Hill,  Chas  Holloway,  I.  L.  Lyons,  R.  L.  Moore,  Lloyd  R.  Coleman,  H.  J  Mullan  Robert 
Maxwell,  Ed  Nalle,  F.  J.  Odendahl,  D.  L.  Ranlett,  S.  K.  Russ,  G  W  Sentell,  Ben  Gerson  W  B 

Wing,  Wallace  Wood  and  B.  j] 

fi.^?;iai  ""  gentleman  of  high  character  and 

financial  abilities;  Geo  R.  I  rost,  Secretaiy,  with  whom  the  patrons  of  the  company  generally  come 
m  contact,  is  a  gentleman  of  abilities  well  known  throughout  the  city,  and  is  universally  esteemed 

qualities  The  Mechanics’  and  Traders’ Insurance  Company  is  an  institution 
with  which  It  IS  always  safe  to  insure. 


DAN.  TALMAGE'S  SONS  &  CO. — Rice  Dealers,  No.  41  and  43  North  Peters  St. 

A  notice  of  all  important  branches  of  business  of  this  city  of  the  present  day,  is  of  interest  to  all, 
and  essential  to  a  complete  history  of  the  progress  and  growth  of  the  community  for  the  informa- 
tion  and  instruction  of  the  present  as  well  as  the  coming  generations.  The  rice  trade  being  one 
ot  the  most  important  industries  of  Hew  Orleans,  as  well  as  one  of  the  largest,  a  brief  sketch  of 
e  leading  firms  engaged  will  be  of  interest  to  our  readers.  Prominent  among  these  is  the  house 
or  Man  ialmage  s  bons  A  Co.,  which  is  deserving  of  copious  mention  at  our  hands.  This  firm 
originally  founded  this  branch  of  industry  in  Hew  York,  in  1841.  In  1870,  they  established  a  branch 
house  in  Charleston  South  Carolina,  and  in  1874,  the  house  was  started  in  this  city.  They  have 
since  in  1880  started  another  house  in  Savannah,  Georgia.  The  firm  is  possessed  of  ample  capital 
and  are  prepared  to  fill  all  orders,  either  large  or  small,  and  extend  every  favor  to  their  patrons. 

1  ^be  largest  rice  business  of  any  firm  in  the  United  States,  and  can  furnish  the  iobbmgtrade 
at  the  lowest  possible  rates.  Fhe  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  in  this  city,  are  spacious  and  conve- 
niently  situated,  the  building  being  fifty  by  eighty  feet  in  size,  and  three  stories  high,  which  is  sup- 
phed  with  every  necessary  convenience  for  successfully  conducting  their  large  and  constantly  grow¬ 
ing  trade.  As  a  firm,  it  is  not  going  too  far  to  say,  that  the  house  of  Dan.  Talmage’s  Sons  &  Co., 
has  achieved  a  position  and  success  acquired  by  few  of  its  cotemporaries,  and  enjoys  the  high  esteem 
o  the  trade  and  the  consideration  of  the  general  public,  which  derives  such  marked  advantages 
irom  its  enterprise  and  capacity.  . 

JACKSON  &  KILPATRICK— Importers  and  Dealers  in  Salt,  Nos,  8  Tchoupitoulas,  8  New 

Levee,  46,  48  and  50  Common  Streets. 

In  referring  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of  this  great  city,  the  salt  trade,  owing  to 
its  magnitude,  is  entitled  to  extended  consideration  in  this  work.  This  could  not  be  done  without 
giving  due  prominence  to  the  old,  well-known  and  reliable  house  of  Jackson  &  Kilpatrick.  The 
lumber  of  this  firm,  Mr.  James  lackson,  established  himself  in  the  salt  business  as  early  as 
1852.  He  IS  well  known  in  this  city,  where  he  has  lived  for  many  years,  and  having  filled  numerous 
positions  ot  trust  and  honor  with  strict  integrity  and  ability,  is  respected  by  all.  He  is  also  well 
known  abroad,  having  made  frequent  visits  in  the  interests  of  his  firm  to  the  great  salt  manufactur- 

Europe,  to  whom  he  is  personally  known.  In  1854  a  branch  house  was  estab- 
^hed,  with  Mr.  John  Jackson  as  the  managing  partner,  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  has  resided  since. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  establishing  barge  lines,  grain  elevators,  and  in  originating  and 
railroads,  m  all  of  which  he  is  heavily  financially  interested,  being  at  present,  and  for  years 
past,  the  Fresident  of  the  great  St.  Louis  Grain  Elevator  Company.  He  has  been  for  years  an  active 
and  earnest  advocate  of  the  improvement  of  our  great  rivers.  The  people  of  the  Mississippi  Valley 
are  greatly  indebted  to  this  gentleman  for  his  earnest  and  successful  endeavor  to  save  from  failure 
the  Eads  Jetty  project.  Owing  to  troubles  which  it  is  unnecessary  to  note  here,  of  the  Eads  Jetty 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  143 


Company,  the  continuance  to  completion  of  the  buildmgr  of  their  Jetties  was,  soon  after  work  was 
started,  about  to  be  abandoned,  when  Mr.  John  Jackson  was  solicited  by  Mr  Eads  and  others  inter¬ 
ested,  to  take  the  Presidency  of  the  company  with  full  power;  this  he  accepted  at  the  darkest  hours 
in  the  history  of  the  corporation,  and  conducted  its  affairs  with  such  unselfish  devotion,  tact  and 
ability  as  to  win  the  praise  of  alT,  when  he  surrendered  his  trust  to  the  company  after  the  gloirious 
completion  of  their  magnificent  Jetties.  Like  the  senior  member  of  this  firm,  Capt.  Douglas  M, 
Kilpatrick  began  at  the  bottom  and  worked  his  way  to  the  front  until  1871,  when  he  was  taken  into 
the  business  and  became  managing  partner,  since  which  he  has  devoted  his  whole  time  and  atten¬ 
tion  to  the  details  of  the  business  of  the  firm.  This  gentleman  is  a  native  of  New  Orleans,  and  has 
been  for  years  fully  identified  with  her  every  interest,  and  but  few  have  held  pace  with  him  in  a 
sincere  endeavor  to  advance  all  social  and  commercial  projects  which  would  tend  toberiefit  the  people 
of  this  city.  Nor  is  any  young  man  held  in  greater  esteem,  not  only  by  the  citizens  of  New  Orleans, 
with  whom  he  is  deservedly  popular,  but  also  by  thousands  of  the  people  throughout  the  South  and 
West,  in  every  section  of  which  he  is  well  and  favorably  known.  The  firm  are  agents  in  the  South 
and  West  for  Mr.  Thos.  Higgins'  celebrated  Eureka  Dairy  Salt,  which  they  sell  filled  in  pure  linen 
sacks  weighing  224  pounds,  and  for  families  in  quarter  sacks  weighing  56  pounds  each.  They  also 
keep  a  full  line  of  all  kinds  of  foreign  salt,  which  they  always  sell  at  the  lowest  market  prices,  and  | 
which  they  guarantee  to  be  the  equal  of  any  offered,  in  quality,  weight  and  condition.  Their  j 
famous  Tiger  Head  Brand''  of  table  salt  in  pockets,  is  a  universal  favorite,  and  being  carefully 
selected  and  prepared,  is  superior  to  any  offered  in  the  United  States.  They  are  proprietors  of  the 
‘^Fisk  Warehouse,"  which  is  the  largest  salt  warehouse  in  the  country,  occupying  an  entire  square 
of  ^ound  fronting  the  river,  with  large  ship  and  steamboat  whar^^es,  (which  are  new  and  strong, 
having  just  been  rebuilt)  also  being  connected  with  the  railroads  by  switch,  the  public  can  readily 
see  they  are  amply  provided  with  every  facility  to  do  their  business  promptly  and  with  the  greatest 
economy.  It  is  therefore  not  astonishing  that  by  constant  and  unremitting  personal  attention  to 
this  special  branch  of  trade,  that  Messrs.  Jackson  Kilpatrick  have  secured  a  high  commercial 
position  and  stand  to-day  pre-eminently  at  the  head  of  their  line. 

J.  A.  BRASELMAN — Dry  Goods,  Carpets,  Notions,  etc.;  586  and  588  Magazine  St. 

No  account  of  the  varied  industries  of  New  Orleans  would  be  a  complete  and  reliable  reflex  j 
of  the  trades  and  manufactures  of  this  city  without  containing  at  least  some  account  of  the  j 
enterprise  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Braselman,  which  must  rank  in  importance  and  upon  a  par  with  the  largest  I 
of  its  cotemporaries  in  the  entire  city.  Nor  do  its  claims  to  distinction  stop  here,  as  the  period  that  j 
has  elapsed  since  its  foundation,  in  1853,  is  such  as  to  identify  it  most  fully  with  the  industries  of  i 
the  city  which  it  has  done  so  much  to  foster  and  increase.  When  the  business  was  originally  estab-  | 
lished  by  Mr.  Braselman  its  limits  were  circumscribed  and  the  capital  invested  was  far  from  being  j 
adequate  to  the  operation  of  a  large  establishment.  At  present  an  ample  and  select  assortment  of 
goods  in  this  line  is  kept  constantly  on  hand,  two  large  storerooms  being  filled  with  the  extensive 
stock  required  for  the  trade.  Dry  goods,  carpets,  mattings,  oil  cloths  and  window  shades  in  great  i 
variety  are  kept  in  stock  and  the  services  of  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  clerks  are  necessary’  to  eon-  i 
duct  the  business,  which  is  equal  in  extent  to  that  of  any  other  retail  concern  in  the  city.  The  man-  | 
ufacture  of  underwear  is  successfully  conducted  by  Mr.  Braselma.n,  perfect  satisfaction  being  guar-  i 
anteed  m  every  respect.  The  business  is  steadily  increasing  and  is  general  throughout  the  city  and 
Southern  country.  Mr.  Braselman  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  in  1826  and  since  his  residence  here, 
forty  years,  the  manner  in  which  his  business  is  conducted  is  a  fine  exemplification  of  those  princi¬ 
ples  without  which  no  permanent  success  could  be  achieved.  In  addition  to  the  large  regular  stock 
kept  Mr.  Braselman  buys  largely  of  New  York  auction  sales,  and  by  that  way  he  can  sell  goods  at 
twenty  to  thirty  per  cent  cheaper  than  any  other  house  in  the  city. 

H.  DAMIENS — General  Importer  of  French,  English,  German  and  American  Goods,  Nos.  i 

^121  and  129  Royal  Street. 

This  old  and  reliable  house  was  first  founded  in  1837 --44  years  ago— by  Mr.  T.  Moreau.  The 
business  has  been  conducted  for  thirty  years  by  Mr.  Damiens,  brother-in-law  to  T.  Moreau,  who 
became  sole  proprietor  of  the  establishment  in  1878.  It  will  be  noticed  that  this  house  has  been 
established  for  many  j^ears,  and  during  all  that  time  has  occupied  a  high  position  among  the  repre¬ 
sentative  business  houses  of  the  Crescent  City.  This  house  is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the 
South.  The  special  business  is  the  importation  of  French,  English,  German  and  American  goods, 
comprising  perfumery  of  all  kinds,  gloves,  hosiery,  shirts,  drawers,  suspenders,  brushes,  combs, 
canes,  umbrellas,  toys,  trimmings,  corsets,  ribbons,  belts,  needles,  threads,  worsted,  ladies  and 
gents’  fancy  articles,  &c.  He  has  a  large  trade,  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the 
Southern  States.  Six  competent  and  experienced  clerks  are  kept  constantly  employed,  who  are 
courteous,  polite  and  attentive  to  customers  who  visit  the  house.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious, 
being  a  double  store-room,  located  at  Nos.  127  and  129  Royal  street,  which  is  especially  fitted  up 
and  arranged  for  this  business.  From  the  nature  of  his  business  it  is  necessary  to  carry  a  large  and 
varied  stock,  as  he  is  constantly  receiving  and  shipping  goods  pertaining  to  his  line  of  business. 
Mr.  Damiens  is  a  native  of  France,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  nearly  thirty-five  years,  and  j 
since  then  h^s  been  closely  identified  with  the  material  advancement  and  business  interests  of  the 
Crescent  City  He  is  a  gentleman  of  rare  abihty,  and  has  established  a  high  reputation  for  integri¬ 
ty. 


I 


HIBERNIA  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  NEW  ORLEANS-Genera!  Office,  No.  37  CampSt 

Among  the  financial  institutions  of  New  Orleans  the  Hibernia  Insurance  Companv  occupies  a 

ioSh”^”Tt  wTs^o™.  .'‘'“OUST  successfiil  and  reliable  insurance  companies  of  the 

charieVed  cSafo^f  mcorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  In  1871  on  a 

*400  >  afterward,  by  an  amendment  of  the  charter,  reduced  to 

rareer  ^nTvis  bad  fr‘,fi  theV’Trl  ">'“8;  has  entered  upon  a  very  successful  and  prosperous 

career,  and  has  had  from  the  first  the  confidence  of  the  business  community.  Its  affairs  have  always 

f  conseiwative  manner,  and  it  has  always  inspired,  as  it  justly  merited  the 

most  favorable  consideration  from  its  patrons  and  the  generous  pubhc.^  Its  officers  and  directors  are 

possessing  the  confidence  of  the  community  in  an  eminent  degree,  a  fact  that 
offici  t  the  prominence  it  occupies  at  present.  The  company  occupies  a  handsonle 

omce  at  No.  37  Camp  street,  fitted  up  m  a  neat  and  convenient  manner.  Its  business  has  extended 
year  and  is  stiU  growing  and  widening,  as  it  justly  is  entitled  to  do.  Its  patrons  are 
treatment,  and  ip  losses  have  always  been  met  in  the  most  prompt  manner 
Its  premium  receipts  the  year  ending  April  30,  1881,  were  $166,086.78  The  total  Sirninffs  for  the 

$47,620.66.  The  Board  of  Dii-ectors  on  May  9, 
1881,  declared  a  dividend  of  five  per  cent.,  making  ten  per  cent,  interest  on  stock  for  the  year,  knd 

''''  premiums  paid  by  stock  holders,  (making,  with  the  rebate,  twenty  per 
cent,  leturned  thmn  on  premmms).  At  an  election  held  on  Mav  9.  1881,  John  Henderson  was 
elected  President,  Thomas  Smith  ^  ice-President;  and  Thomas  F.  Bragg,  SecretarJ^  The  following 
Tpn  M  the  cln-ectors:  John  Henderson,  W.  J  Castell,  Win.  Hart,  .Ino.  H.  Hannah 

Geo.  McCloskey,  .Tohn  Irwm,  Thomas  Smith.  Ino  T.  Gibbons.  E.  Gauche,  F  J.  Gasquet,  M  e! 
Garv^  Amedee  Coiitnrie,  Richard  Herrick.  The  .stockholders  are  representative  businessmen  of 
h.ew  Orleans,  each  and  every  one  m  his  individual  capacity  and  influence  adding  strength  and  stabili- 
organization  all  being  well  and  favorably  kno^vm  to  the  public.  To  this  fact,  and  the  great 
efficiency  and  capaffihty  of  the  officers  is  due  the  admirable  reputation  which  the  Hibernia  Ins  iifance 
company  of  JSew  Orleans,  sustains  as  a  reliable  and  healthy  institution.  Mr.  Henderson,  President  • 
IS  a  gentleman  of  high  character  and  financial  ability.  Mr.  Thos  F.  Bragg.  Secretary,  with  whom 
the  patrons  of  the  company  more  generally  come  m  contact,  is  a  gentleman  of  abilities  well  known 
throughout  the  State  and  city,  and  is  universally  esteemed  for  his  many  genial  qualities. 

BEN.  GERSON  &  SON— Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  61  Carondelet  St. 

Among  the  old  established  houses  engaged  in  the  cotton  business  in  this  city,  is  the  firm  of  Messrs, 
en.  Oepon  A  Son,  who  have  .since  1867  been  closely  identified  with  this  special  branch  of  business, 
and,  by  industry  and  perseverance  backed  up  by  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  have  vear 
1  mnT  until  now  they  handle  from  5,000  to  8,000  bales  of  cotton  and  from 

,UULI  to  (  0  hogsheads  of  sugar  per  annum.  Three  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are 
kept  constantly  epiployed.  I  he  great  specialty  of  this  firm  is  seUing  on  the  market  on  orders  from 
customers  Mr.  Ben.  Gerson,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  has  spent  the  most  of  his  life  in  this 
ranch  of  Hade,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  capable  and  thoroughly  practical  cotton  men  in 
the  city,  through  long  experience  m  every  detail  of  their  business,  and  a  high  reputation  for  integ- 
nt>  and  fair  dealing  this  firm  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  in  which  it  is  held  by  the  trade 
Progressive  enterpnsmg  and  liberal,  it  is  not  too  much  to  assert  that  no  firm  in  New  Orleans  has 
one  more^to  pimnote  ^e  welfare  and  industrial  thrift  of  the  comniunitv.  Ben.  Gerson  ha^>  been  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Freedlander  A  Gerson  from  1853  to  1866,  from  1866  to  1877  carried  the  firm 
individually,  and  associated  his  son  with  him  since  1877. 


FRANK  A.  LEE  &  CO. — Bankers  and  Brokers,  No.  165  Common  St. 

The  amount  of  foreign  capital  invested  in  the  United  States  aggregates  several  hundred  millions 
01  dollars,  and  it  is  one  of  the  brightest  signs  of  promise  at  the  present  time  that  European  capit^- 
ists  aie  sending  large  sums  of  money  here  for  investment.  The  banking  houses  of  this  city  conduct 
an  immense  amount  of  intemational  transactions  of  a  public  and  private  nature,  and  are  weU 
f  1^  A  T  ^  t  financial  centers  of  the  world.  Such,  for  instance,  is  the  house 

^  1  Common  street,  whose  transactions  have  always  been  character¬ 

ized  b’v  a  spirit  of  enterprise  and  integrity,  and  whose  succe  sfui  business  operations  have  gained  for 
them  a  leputation  second  to  none,  either  at  home  or  abroad.  Through  them  a  large  amount  of 
capital  seeks  investment  and  transfer,  and  their  services  have  been  of  incalculable  benefit  to  the  in- 
terests  of  American  and  foreign  patrons.  They  act  as  advisers  and  agents  for  a  large  class  of  resi- 
dent  loreipiers,  while  their  correspondence  is  veiy  large  throughout  t&  United  States  and  Europe, 
and  aTOids  tlmm  the  best  facilities  for  all  banking  operations,  and  their  system  of  business  is  the 
most  thoroLigh,  exact  and  reliable.  Transacting  a  large  local  business,  they  are  also  advantageously 
connected  ^tli  an  extensive  circle  of  banks,  bankers,  associations,  merchants,  and  individuals 
^  country,  and  are  also  largely  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  government  bonds  of 
all  denonunations  and  issues,  as  well  as  State,  county,  city,  railroad  and  other  first-class  securities, 
AT  ^?ive  their  personal  attention  to  all  orders  and  inquiries  by  mail  or  telegraph, 

r  rank  A.  Lee,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  member  of  the  New  Orleans  Stock  Exchange, 
niembers  of  this  well-known  firm  are  favorably  known  in  financial  and  business  circles,  and 
then"  house  is  one  of  the  most  solid  and  reliable  among  the  staunch  banking  houses  of  the  city. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  145 


£.  BAKER — Seedsman  and  Florist,  No.  14  Camp  St. 

*  One  of  the  neatest  and  most  attractive  Seed  and.  Floral  stores  in  New  Orleans  is  that  of  the  courteous 
g-entleman,  Mr.  E.  Baker,  at  No.  14  Camp  street.  This  enterprise  was  first  started  in  1877  by  the  present 
proprietor,  on  a  small  capital;  and,  through  the  energy,  enterprise  and  ability  displayed  the  busi¬ 
ness  has  been  very  greatly  enlarged  until  now  he  carries  an  average  stock  of  *$4,000,  while  his  an¬ 
nual  transactions  amount  to  $8  O'^O.  Three  male  and  one  female  assistant  is  kept  constantly  em¬ 
ployed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  establishment.  He  has  a  beautiful  nursery  located  at  the 
corner  of  Camp  and  St  Andrew,  one  hundred  and  fifty  by  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  size,  on 
which  he  has  lately  completed  the  largest  greenhouse  in  the  city.  The  premises  occupied  as  a  sades- 
roora  is  twenty-five  by  seventy  feet  in  size  and  especially  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  this  special  busi¬ 
ness.  Mr.  Baker  was  bornm  England  in  1846,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  is  an 
experienced  man  at  his  business.  Cordially  commending  this  house  to  the  trade  and  the  public,  and 
directing  attention  to  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted,  and  remarking  that,  as  ranking  first 
among  its  line  of  cotemporaries,  the  establishment  is  of  that  class  which  commands  the  respect,  con¬ 
fidence  and  consideration  of  the  community  at  large.  The  large  and  increasing  trade  of  the  house 
is  very  flattering,  and  indicates  sure  success  in  the  futures 


H.  HESKAMP — Tailor,  No.  146  Gravier  St. 

Perhaps  no  industry  of  this  large  city  has  been  carried  to  a  greater  degree  of  perfection  than  that 
of  merchant  tailoring.  One  of  the  leading  houses  in  the  Crescent  City  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Mr.  Heskamp  started  in  1880  with  a  moderate  but  sufficient  capital,  and  in  the  comparatively  brief 
space  of  time  intervening,  a  complete  success  has  been  assured.  The  store  occupied  is  particularly 
well  adapted  for  this  business,  being  neat  and  attractive,  and  nine  workmen  are  constantly  employed 
who  are  skilled  and  experienced.  A  small  but  fine  stock  of  suitings  is  kept  on  hand,  and  all  orders 
are  promptly  attended  to,  good  fits  being  guaranteed.  The  trade  of  this  house,  which  has  exhibited  a 
gratifying  increase  since  its  inception,  is  general  throughout  the  entire  city,  and  Mr.  Heskamp  has 
gained  the  confidence  of  his  customers,  and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation,  based  on  his  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  b'^siness,  for  integrity  and  reliability.  He  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  citizen  for  his 
excellent  personal  qualities. 


THEO.  DANZiGER'S  SONS — Dealers  m  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Underwear,  Suits,  8cc., 

No  131  Canal  Street. 

This  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  prominent  dry  goods  and  notion  houses  in  the  city.  The  busi¬ 
ness  of  this  house  was  started  in  1849,  by  Mr.  Theo  Danziger,  who  conducted  the  business  for  a 
number  of  years,  when  it  came  into  the  hands  of  the  present  proprietors,  and,  through  their  industrj^ 
and  energy,  together  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade,  has  enabled  them  to  dispose  of  goods 
in  a  most  advantageous  manner,  increasing  their  business  from  year  to  year,  until  at  present  they 
carry  an  average  stock  of  $100,000,  and  ti*ansact  an  annual  business  of  over  $300,000.  In  addition 
to  the  dry  goods  trade,  the  firm  are  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  ladies  suits,  under¬ 
wear,  &c.,  giving  employment  to  fift^'-five  hands.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conve¬ 
niently  situated,  the  building  being  a  four  stor>-  structure,  located  at  No  131  Canal  street,  the  entire 
premises  being  occupied  by  the  firm,  the  lower  floors  being  used  as  a  salesroom,  while  the  upper 
floors  are  devoted  to  manufacturing.  They  have  a  large  trade  throughout  the  city  and  extending 
over  the  entire  Southern  country.  The  patrons  of  this  house  include  a  large  number  of  our  leading 
citizens,  who  testify  to  the  high  standing  and  character  of  the  firm,  as  goods  purchased  from  this 
establishment  always  prove  to  be  as  represented .  The  salesmen  employed  by  this  firm  are  always 
courteous,  polite  and  attentive,  and  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  aU  those  who  call  at  their 
establishment.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Isadore  and  Da^dd  Danziger,  both 
of  whom  are  practical  men  m  this  line  of  trade,  haring  had  years  of  business  experience,  and  are 
fuUy  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  their  extensive  and  varied  business.  Mr, 
Isadore  Danziger  was  born  in  Paris,  while  Mr.  David  Danziger  is  a  native  born  Lomsianian.  In 
the  many  years  of  their  business  history,  in  connection  with  their  present  enterprise,  they  have 
become  widely  known,  and  are  worthy  of  honorable  mention,  not  only  for  the  amount  of  their  tran¬ 
sactions,  but  for  their  character  as  business  men  and  citizens. 


EDWARD  G.  LEHDE — Watchmaker  and  Jeweler,  No.  659  Magazine  St. 

In  a  complete  review  of  the  varied  business  interests  of  the  city,  the  establishment  of  Edward  G. 
Lehde,  watchmaker  and  jeweler,  located  at  No.  659  Magazine  street,  is  entitled  to  special  notice 
and  a  prominent  position.  The  business  was  established  in  1877,  by  the  present  proprietor  on  small 
capital,  and  on  a  comparatively  limited  scale,  but  o^ring  to  his  practical  knowledge  of  the  business, 
his  industry,  frugality  and  unremitting  attention,  his  business  has  shown  a  steady  and  gratifying 
increase,  compelling  him  from  time  to  time  to  enlarge  his  facilities.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of 
$5,000,  and  does  a  business  of  from  $10,000  to  $15,000  per  annum.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  repair¬ 
ing  all  kinds  of  jewelrj'  and  fancy  articles.  Old  gold  and  silver  bought.  Spectacle  glasses  ground, 
&c.  Mr.  Lehde  is  a  native  born  Louisianian  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  community, 
and  has  built  up  a  reputation  as  a  business  man  second  to  none  in  the  Crescent  City. 

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i  146  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEA^^S. 


GEORGE  LEONARD — Livery,  Roarding  and  Sale  Stables,  Nos.  70  Baronne  Street  and 

!  ^  63,  65cmd  61  Union  Street. 

hen  and  how  the  system  of  hiring  horses  for  longer  or  shorter  periods  originated,  it  is  probably 
hard  now  to  determine,  but  to  whatever  date  and  cause  it  is  to  be  attributed,  certain  it  is,  that  the 
system,  as  it  is  now  canned  out.  is  not  only  one  of  our  greatest  modern  conveniences,  but  is  an  ab¬ 
solute  necessihn  With  the  growth  of  our  population  has  increased  the  demand  for  livery  t^^ams,  car¬ 
nages,  etc.,  and  the  business. has  assumed  great  proportions.  Mr.  George  Leonard  started  his  pres¬ 
ent  enterprise  in  1865  and  is  now  the  proprietor  of  the  most  successful  stable  in  the  city  The  build- 
ing  formerly  occupied  is  one  hundred  and  seven  by  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  feet  in  size  and  one 
story  in  height,  situated  at  tye  comer  of  Baronne  and  Union  streets,  while  a  new  building  thirty- 
eight  bv  one  hundred  and  ninety-five  feet  and  three  stories  high  is  occupied  as  the  stable  proper,  and 
thus  the  facihties  of  this  house  are  greater  than  those  of  any  similar  concern  in  the  city.  The  num¬ 
ber  of  horses  usually  kept  on  hand  for  purposes  of  hiring  and  sale  and  boarding  averajres  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  forty  and  as  many  as  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  horses  can  be  accommodated  at  one 
time  in  the  stables.  There  are  ninety-five  stalls  altogether  in  the  new  staMes  and  seventy-five  fine 
stalls,  with  accommodations  for  two  hundred  mules.  The  latter  are  sold  in  large  numbers  to  plant¬ 
ers  throughout  the  South,  purchases  being  made  altogether  in  the  Xorth.  Public  sales  are  held 
every  Saturday  and  all  sMes  are  made  in  the  city,  planters  and  dealers  generally  coming  to  this  mar¬ 
ket  for  supphes  of  this  kind.  Twenty -five  hands  are  required  to  successfully  prosecute  the  trade 
which  is  assuming  vast  proportions.  Mr,  Leonard  has  had  several  contracts  with  the  Spanish  Gov¬ 
ernment  which  were  attended  to  promptty  and  satisfactorily  and  his  reputation  is  wide-spread  for 
reliability,  enterprise  and  activity,  his  success  is  fully  assured  and  he  is  now  considered  one  of  the 
largest  dealers  and  most  successful  business  men  in  the  Crescent  City. 

LOUISIANA  SILVER  AND  PLATED  WARE  MANUFACTORY— IHaikell  &Birtel,  Proprietors, 

No.  151  Chartres  Street. 

^  Within  tye  last  few  years  since  the  discovery  of  the  process  of  electro-plating,  the  wares  produced 
in  an  inferior  metal,  but  covered  over  with  a  film  of  silver  have  become  ouite  popular.  This  is  com- 
pai'atively  a  new  process,  not  ha\'ing  been  brought  to  perfection  until  1840,  when  the  discoveiy  of  the 
cyanide  solution  enabled  manufacturers  to  deposit  any  required  amount  of  silver  on  base  metals;  but 
its  progress  has  been  very  rapid,  and  there  are  numerous  fimis  throughout  the  country  who  now 

I  devote  themselves  exclusively  to  the  production  of  plated  wares.  It  is  one  of  the  advantages  of 
electro-plating  that  all  ornaments  however  elaborate,  or  designs  however  complicated,  that  can  be 
produced  in  silver  are  equally  obtainable  by  this  process.  The  house  of  Maikell  &  Birtel  was  first 
started  in  1878,  ^Ir.  Phillip  Loiselle  having  been  fonnerly  connected  with  Mr.  Maikell  in  this  work. 
The  room  occupied  is  30x75  feet  in  size,  and  the  requisite  machinery  run  by  an  engine  of  four-horse 
power  capacity,  is  found  there,  while  ten  hands  are  required  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  trade. 
Silver  plating  of  house  and  steamboat  ware  is  made  a  specialty  and  headlights  for  railroads  and 
steamboats,  of  all  .sizes,  firemen’s  trumpets  and  findings,  saddlers’  and  silver  findings  and  military 
equipments  are  made  to  order,  special  attention  being  paid  to  all  jobbing.  All  musical  instruments 
and  boxes  are  repaired  satisfactorily  and  gilding,  galvanizing  and  bronzing  done  to  order  in  the  best 
manner  possible.  .  Carrying  ample  capital,  this  firm  do  an  annual  business  amounting  to  $15,000, 
the  trade  being  general  throughout  the  city  and  vicinity  and  larger  cities  of  the  State  of  Texas. 
Messrs.  John  ^laikell  and  F.  Birtel  compose  the  firm,  and  for  style,  finish  and  durability  the  plated 
wares  manufactured  by  them  have  no  superior,  and  their  reputation  for  fair  dealing  is  attested  by  a 
long  list  of  customers  They  make  a  specialty  of  a  new  process  called  Sheffield  or  English  electro¬ 
plating.  Superior  to  aU  the  other  metWls. 

{  V.  BIRI — Importer,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Willow  Ware,  etc.. 

Nos.  120,  288  and  253  Chatires  Street. 

There  are  many  commercial  and  manufacturing  houses  in  this  city  that  are  deserving  of  extended 
consideration  and  favorable  mention  in  these  pages,  and  are  worthy,  perhaps,  of  fuller  notice  than 
the  scope  and  design  of  this  work  will  admit.  Among  those  which  have  been  in  active  operation  in 
New  Orleans  for  almost  half  a  centurj',  the  house  of  Y.  Biri,  founded  in  184^',  by  Spindler  A"  Co.,  is 
entitled  to  prominent  notice.  Mr.  Biri  succeeded  to  the  business  in  1864  and  he  now  controls  the 
largest  establishment  of  this  kind  in  the  Crescent  City.  The  factory  is  situated  at  288  Chartres 
rtreet,  is  25x60  feet  in  size,  and  baskets  of  everj’  description,  wagons,  cradles  and  toys  are  made  there 
in  great  variety.  The  storeroom  is  located  at  253  Chartres  street,  and  is  two  stories  in  height,  20x120 
feet  in  size,  while  a  branch  store  20x60  feet  in  size,  is  conducted  at  120  Chartres  street.  The  stock 
which  averages  $5,000  in  value,  consists  of  willow  ware  of  endless  variety,  wagons,  cradles  and  toys, 
market  and  work  baskets,  chairs,  clothes  baskets  and  a  large  quantity  of  German  and  French  fancy 
baskets  are  imported  regularty  for  which  they  have  an  extended  trade.  Nine  hands  are  employed 
and  the  work  produced  here  is  widely  known  for  excellence  and  durability.  The  trade  hes  in 
Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Texas,  and  New  Orleans,  and  its  vicinity,  the  annual  sales  reaching  $15,000. 
Mr.  Biri  came  to  ttos  city  when  four  years  old,  and  has  devoted  the  greater  portion  of  a  busy  life¬ 
time  to  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details 
and  requirements  of  the  business  and  his  establishment  is  reliable  and  progressive,  in  every  way  a 
desirable  one  with  which  to  establish  commercial  relations. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  147 


G.  H.  MAGEE — Hides,  Wool,  Furs,  Leather  and  Findings,  No.  45  North  Peters  St  and 

No.  48  Decatur  street. 

For  several  years  the  enterprise  originated  and  conducted  by  Mr.  G.  H.  Magee,  has  occupied  more 
than  an  ordinary’  place  in  the  industrial  system  of  this  city,  and  is  not  to  be  overlooked  in  a  work 
devoted  exclusively  to  a  careful  delineation  of  the  advantages  and  resources  of  New  Orleans  as  a 
trade  center.  This  house  was  established  in  1878,  and,  though  starting  with  moderate  capital,  the 
business  has  been  largely  increased  year  by  year,  and  it  now  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  com¬ 
mercial  circles  Two  large  buildings  are  occupied,  one  on  north  Peters  '"street,  the  other  situated 
on  Decatur  street.  large  and  complete  stock  of  hides,  wool,  furs  and  leather  is  carried.  Eight 
assistants  are  employed  at  liberal  wages,  the  whole  establishment  showing  great  energy  and  activity 
m  the  prosecution  of  the  trade  Two  traveling  men  are  kept  constantly  on  the  road.  The  sales  are 
made  through  the  North,  East  and  West.  A  native  of  New  Orleans,  Mr.  Magee  is  a  young  man, 
deserving  of  high  commendation  for  the  enterprise  and  rare  business  qualities  evinced  by  him  in  his 
mercantile  career.  He  commenced  his  trade  in  1868  with  the  well  known  and  old  established  house 
of  B.  L.  Mann  &  Co.,  and  ten  years  after  started  alone,  since  which  time  he  has  enjoyed  a  fine  trade, 
and  is  one  of  the  representative  business  men  of  the  city.  Prompt,  liberal  and  enterprising  to  a 
marked  degree.  Mr.  M.  has  secured  and  maintained  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


M.  ESCOBAL — Manufacturer  of  Smoking  Tobacco,  Snuff,  Cigars,  &c.,  205  Chartres  St. 

One  of  the  prominent  and  leading  industries  of  New  Orleans,  deserving  of  liberal  mention  is  the 
manufactory  of  M.  Escobal,  at  No.  205  Chartres  street.  This  factory  was  established  in  1880,  by 
the  present  proprietor,  with  ample  capital.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  sit¬ 
uated  on  one  of  the  leading  business  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  the  building  being  a  three  story  stuct- 
ure  thirty-two  by  two  hundred  feet  in  size,  and  supplied  with  all  the  latest  improved  and  modern 
machinery  used  in  this  special  branch  of  business.  On  the  lower  floor,  he  carries  a  large  and  care¬ 
fully  assorted  stock  of  smoking  tobacco,  cigars,  snuft',  &c.,  the  upper  floois  being  devoted  to  manu¬ 
facturing.  He  gives  constant  employment  to  thirty  skilled  workmen  in  the  difterent departments  of 
the  establishment,  the  monthly  pay-roll  amounting  to  from  $1,(  00  to  $1,500.  The  average  stock 
amounts  to  from  $25,Of’0  to  $30,000,  while  his  annual  business  will  aggregate  $140,000.  In  addition 
to  this  immense  establishment,  he,  also,  has  a  branch  store  located  at  No.  203  Decatur  street.  The 
trade  of  this  house  is  large,  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana, 
Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Texas.  Mr.  Escobal  was  born  in  Spain,  in  1886,  but  has  resided  in  this 
city  for  the  past  twenty-six  years,  is  well  known  and  popular  with  all  classes  of  the  community  as  an 
honorable  and  upright  citizen,  and  one  whose  care  and  attention  to  business  is  highly  commended 
by  all  who  know  him  This  is  an  enterprise  of  which  the  Crescent  City  may  well  feel  proud,  and  is 
‘  in  every  way  deserving  of  patronage  and  generous  support. 

GOUDCHAUX  &  SILBERNAGEL — Wholesale  Grocers,  Liquors,  Tobaccos,  etc.,  No.  10 

Tchoiipitoiilas  street  and  10  South  Peters  street. 

Possibly  no  business  firm  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  to-day  is  ranked  higher  for  probity,  enter¬ 
prise  and  conscientious  dealing  than  the  well  known  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  Goudchaux  &  Silber- 
nagei,  situated  at  No.  10  South  Peters  street.  They  established  their  present  business  in  1879  and 
have  had  a  continuously  successful  career  since  that  time.  The  building  occupied  is  40x110  feet  in 
size,  four  stories  in  height  and  contains  an  excellent  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  together  with 
a  fine  assortment  of  liquors,  cigars  and  tobacco.  This  firm  carries  one  of  the  most  extensive  and 
variedly  assorted  stocks  to  be  observed  in  any  of  the  great  grocery  houses  in  the  land,  the  average 
value  being  estimated  at  $20,^  Oi),  while  the  annual  sales  reach  from  $200,0('0  to  $250,000.  Eight 
hands  are  employed  and  two  salesmen  attend  to  the  wants  of  the  numerous  _patrons  of  this  well 
known  house  Messrs,  hazard  Goudchaux  and  Albert  M.  Silbernagel  are  the  ’  individual  members 
of  the  firm,  both  popular  gentlemen,  deserving  wide  spread  patronage  throughout  the  South.  The 
trade  hes  principally  in  the  States  of  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Texas  and  Florida,  and  the  firm  lack 
none  of  the  push,  energy  and  knowledge  of  the  business  that  belongs  to  success.  They  hold  a  credit¬ 
able  hand  with  houses  much  older  and  by  successful  competition  with  large  establishments  in  other 
cities,  have  thus  paved  the  way  to  commercial  distinction.  Liquors  and  cigars  are  made  a  specialty 
and  those  desiring  the  very  best  articles  in  this  line  should  visit  this  estabhshment. 

E.  CONERY  &.  SON — Wholesale  Grocers  and  Commission  Merchants,  2  and  4  Cana!  St. 

A  striking  example  of  progress,  and  ot  what  energy,  knowledge  of  business,  and  fair  dealing  may 
accomplish,  is  aflbrded  b^  the  history  of  this  well  known  house  which  has  become  one  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  land-marks  of  the  city.  One  of  the  most  extensive  and  prominent  wholesale  grocery  establish¬ 
ments  in  the  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Conery  &  Son.  This  house  was  started  in  1846  by  Mr.  E.  Conery 
and  in  1868  his  son  was  admitted  as  a  partner,  under  the  present  firm  name  The  building  occu¬ 
pied  is  sixty  by  one  Jiundred  and* twenty  feet  in  size,  three  stories  in  height  and  contains  as  large  a 
stock  of  groceries,  boat  stores,  etc.,  as  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city.  Ten  hands  are  em¬ 
ployed  and  an  exten.sive  trade  is  transacted  throughout  the  city  and  with  all  steamboats  and  ships 
that  land  at  this  city.  Messrs.  E.  Conery,  sr.  and  E.  Conery,  jr.,  compose  the  firm  both  popular 
merchants  among  their  numerous  patrons.  Mr.  C.  sr.  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  while  his  son  was  born 
in  this  city.  They  are  pains-taking,  energetic  and  enterprising  business  men  and  deserving  of  the 
success  that  has  attended  them  in  the  past,  and  further  success  m  the  future. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

149 

S.  B.  STEERS — Proprietor  Morse  Cotton  Compress,  No.‘30  Carondelet  St. 


The  manufacturing  interests  of  New  Orleans  while  being  exceedingly  diversified  in  charac¬ 
ter,  are  of  far  greater  magnitude  than  is  generally  supposed  by  those  unfamiliar  with  the  city. 
The  enterprise  of  Mr.  S  B.  Steers  is  an  iflustration  in  point  and  as  sole  proprietor  of  the  cele- 
brate^d  Morse  Cotton  Compress,  is  a  particularly  apt  subject  for  comment  in  this  connection. 
Mr.  Steers  established  his  experimental  press  in  this  city  in  1876,  since  which  time  thirty  five 
presses  have  been  built  and  sold.  They  are  built  at  the  Reading  Iron  Works,  Philadelphia,  and 
Fulton  Iron  Works,  St.  Louis,  400,000  pounds  of  material  being  required  for  a  single  compress, 
and  iron  of  the  best  known  grade  is  used  altogether  in  their  manufacture.  It  is  perfectly 
simple  in  construction  and  less  liable  to  disorder  or  breakage  on  that  account,  while  their 
immense  weight,  strength  and  durability  make  them  in  the  end  the  cheapest  compress  in  use, 
perfectly  meeting  the  conimercial  demands  of  the  present  and  future.  Their  superior  power 
have  reduced  freight  to  a  minimum  and  wherever  located,  has  made  the  business  of  compress  most 
successful  and  at  many  interior  points  has  doubled  the  receipts  of  cotton .  Three  of  these  mammoth 
presses  are  in  use  in  Memphis,  three  in  Houston,  three  at*  Norfolk,  others  at  Mobile,  Galveston, 
Dallas,  Fort  Worth,  Shreveport,  Little  Rock,  Vicksburg,  Atlanta,  St.  Louis  and  various  other 
ports  where  cotton  is  received  in  large  supplies  from  plantations,  while  nine  are  in  constant  use  in 
New  Orleans  alone.  Cotton  received  at  the  press  measuring  four  feet  in  breadth,  is  reduced  to  from 
six  to  eight  inches  or  one-third  of  its  original  size.  The  price  of  the  largest  size  press  in  $A3.000, 
but  some  smaller  sizes  are  made,  and  the  lifting  power  is  equal  to  3,000  tons.  The  Southern  Press 
in  operation  in  this  city  is  owned  by  Mr.  Steers,  which  has  a  capacity  for  sixty  bales  per  hour  and  if 
the  men  could  handle  the  cotton  fast  enough  could  press  as  high  as  160  bales  ner  hour,  as  many  as 
153  having  been  already  accomplished.  About  125-horse  boiler  power  is  used  to  give  motion  to  the 
Southern  Press  and  it  works  faster  than  any  of  the  hydraulic  presses,  having  no  packings  to  give  out 
when  delays  would  be  ininous.  This  is  reco^ized  as  the  largest  and  most  powerful  compress  in  the 
world,  and  parties  contemplating  the  establishment  of  Compresses  in  any  portion  of  the  cotton 
growing  country,  or  where  large  quantities  are  being  received,  should  give  this  press  a  thorough 
examination  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 


JOHN  TOSSO  &  BRO. — Retail  Hardware,  No.  229  Decatur  St. 

This  important  industry  was  founded  in  1867’,  by  John  Tosso,  the  senior  member  of  the  present 
firm,  who  conducted  the  enterprise  with  great  ability  until  1875,  when  the  firm  of  Messrs.  John 
Tosso  &  Bro.  was  organized.  The  business  was  started  originally  with  but  a  limited  capital,  but  it 
has  been  gradually  increased  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  at  present  they  are  in  possession  of  a 
large  and  prosperous  trade,  extending  over  the  entire  city  as  well  as  in  the  surrounding  country.  An 
average  stock  of  $10,000  is  carried,  and  a  business  aggregating  $20,000  is  transacted  annually.  Three 
experienced  clerks  are  kept  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  the  business,  to  whom  liberal  wages 
are  paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  being  conveniently  situated,  20x45 
feet  in  size,  and  two  stories  high,  the  entire  premises  being  occupied  by  the  firm,  with  a  large  and 
carefully  selected  stock  of  hardware,  consisting  of  shelf  goods,  heavy  hardware,  cutlery,  mechanics’ 
tools,  &c.  Their  trade,  most  of  which  is  local,  they  have  held  since  they  opened  their  first  stock, 
years  ago,  and  many  of  their  patrons  who  traded  with  them  then,  can  still  be  numbered  among 
their  regular  customers.  The  brothers  are  both  natives  of  New  Orleans,  the  senior  having  many 
years  experience  and  regularly  educated  in  the  business.  They  possess  not  only  the  confidence 
of  our  business  community,  but  also  that  of  their  customers,  to  which  may,  in  fact,  be  ascribed  their 
success. 


MRS.  A.  BET AT — Manufacturer  of  SHk,  Muslin  and  Bunting  Flags,  Regalias,  Badges, 

d'C.,  No.  192  Canal  Street. 

This  well-known  fashionable  establishment  was  started  by  Mrs.  Betat,  at  the  location  now  occu- 

Eied  by  the  above  named  proprietor,  in  1873,  on  a  small  capital,  where,  by  taste  and  talent,  she 
as  built  up  one  of  the  best  and  most  important  flag  emporiums  in  New  Orleans.  This  immense 
establishment  does  an  annual  business  of  at  least  $10,000,  giving  constant  employment  to  compe¬ 
tent  and  experienced  assistants,  who  are  courteous,  attentive  and  polite  to  the  patrons  and  friends  who 
visit  her  house.  She  keeps  a  full  stock  of  everj*  variety  of  articles,  consistmg  of  silk,  muslin  and 
bunting  flags,  regalias,  badges,  rosettes,  sashes,  and  aprons  for  all  orders;  metalic  jewels,  ballot 
boxes,  carved  emblems,  as  well  as  a  full  supply  of  gold,  silver,  silk  embroidered  and  painted  banners. 
All  kinds  of  gilt  and  painted  trimmings  always  on  hand.  Decorating  of  public  halls  a  specialty. 
The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  25x114  feet  in  size,  and  two  stories  high,  which 
are  supplied  with  aU  the  modern  appliances  for  successfully  conducting  this  special  branch  of  busi¬ 
ness.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  large,  extending  over  the  entire  Southern  country,  Mexico,  Cuba, 
and  South  America.  Mrs.  Betat  was  born  and  raised  in  this  city,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known 
to  our  people  as  an  upright,  honorable  and  worthy  citizen.  No  one  understands  the  business,  or  is 
more  familiar  with  the  wishes  of  the  people  of  New  Orleans  than  she.  This  house  is,  no  doubt, 
the  best  in  the  city  in  this  line,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  thus  recommending  her  to  the  readers  of 
this  work  as  being  worthy  of  a  liberal  patronage  from  a  generous  public.  "We  respectfully  refer  to 
any  organization  in  the  State  of  Louisiana  and  the  city  of  New  Orleans  as  to  the  quality,  richness 
and  durability  of  our  paraphernalia. 


150  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


J.  P.  MACH  EC  A  &.  CO. — Commission  Merchants,  No  7  Delta  St,  and  10  Fulton  St 

As  a  very  important  branch  of  the  commercial  industries  of  New  Orleans  the  commission  trade  is 
entitled  to  a  larg’e  share  of  consideration,  in  which  connection  it  would  be  impossible  to  overlook  the 
house  of  J.  P.  Macheca  &  Co.,  occupying,  as  it  does,  perhaps,  the  most  conspicuous  position  of  anv 
concern  m  that  line  of  mercantile  enterprise.  This  house  was  founded  by  the  present  firm  in  1859 
and  from  a  small  beginning  have  largely  increased  their  buisness,  at  present  occupying  three  large 
waiBiiousGs  on  TouIousg  strGGt.  46x140  fGGt  in  sizG,  throG  storiGs  high.  TIig  firm  Crirry  a  largo  stock 
of  articles  usually  found  in  the  commission  trade,  and  are  importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  foreign 
and  domestic  fruits  and  produce,  then.’  warehouses  being  one  day  filled,  the  next  emptied  of  the 
immense  supphes  which  pass  through  their  hands.  The  average  amount  of  stock  canned  by  the  firm 
IS  estimated  at  $10,01)0,  while  the  annual  sales  reach  $400,000,  showing  the  immense  amount  of 
business  transacted  by  this  firm  per  annum.  Seventeen  hands  are  emploved,  and  this  is  one  of  the 
most  active  and  bustling  enterprises  in  the  Crescent  City.  They  are  agents  for  the  British  Hondu¬ 
ras,  Bay  Islands  and  Jamaica  Schooners,  and  deal  extensively  iii  products  brought  from  these  islands 
The  trade  from  this  house  lies  throughout  the  entire- West  and  South  and  the  firm  are  well  known, 
popular  and  successtul  business  men.  Messrs.  J.  P.  Macheca  and  J.  L.  Mueller  compose  the  firm 
both  gentlemen  giving  personal  attention  to  the  business,  and  their  marked  success  is  due  to  their 
excellent  business  quahfications  and  their  honorable,  fair  dealings  in  all  commercial  transactions. 
They  are  in  direct  communication  with  the  leading  exporters  abroad,  giving  them  the  advantage  of 
having  the  best  articles  at  prices  lower  than  others.  They  are  the  first  to  extend  the  trade  through 
the  North  and  West,  having  an  extensive  trade  as  far  as  Omaha,  Cedar  Rapids,  etc.,  car  lots  being 
constantly  shipped  to  all  the  larger  cities,  this  being  a  specialty  of  Messrs.  Macheca  &  Co.  This  firm 
is  a  representative  one  of  this  city  and  has  acquired  the  esteem  and  consideration  of  all  who  have 
had  dealings  with  the  house. 

ALF.  H.  ISAACSON — Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer,  No.  52  Gravier  St 

^  Amoim  the  many  industries  that  have  tended  to  extend  and  enlarge  the  commercial  importance  of 
New  Orleans,  and  a  description  of  which  this  work  is  designed,  there  is  scarcely  any  class  of  busi¬ 
ness  enterprises  which  deserve  more  liberal  notice  than  the  general  grocery  trade.  This  house  was 
originally  started  by  Isaacson,  Seixas  &  Co.,  in  1865,  and  in  a  small  way,  the  career  of  the  house 
being  very  prosperous  from  its  very  inception.  The  business  premises  are  located  at  No.  52  Gravier 
street,  and  consist  of  a  three  story  building  40x80  feet  in  size,  where  a  large  business  is  done  in 
canning  molasses  and  syrups.  A  caveat  has  been  apphed  for.  for  a  process  of  canning  Louisiana 
molasses  and  syrups  in  air-tight  cans,  to  prevent  fermentation  or  granulation.  A  large  stock  of 
groceries  is  also  earned,  in  large  or  small  quantities,  to  suit  purchasers,  the  very  best  quahties 
of  articles  in  this  Ihie  being  selected  and  kept  on  hand  at  all  times.  The  average  value  of  the  stock 
is  placed  at  $10,000,  while  the  annual  sales  reach  $125,000.  Four  male  and  four  female  hands  are 
employed  in  this  establishment,  two  traveling  salesmen  being  constantly  engaged  in  selling  the 
goods  of  this  house  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Alabama,  Georgia 
and  Texas.  Mr.  Isaacson  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1833,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city 
a  number  of  years.  In  1878  he  was  made  Administrator  of  Finances  of  this  city,  and  held  the 
position  until  1881.  _  During  his  term  of  office  he  retired  from  the  grocery  business,  resuming  it 
when  his  terni  expired.  Having  that  most  useful  quahfication,  untiring  energy,  and  possessing 
expenence  in  an  unusual  degree,  he  has  shown  marked  proficiency  in  his  business,  strict  integrity 
and  hberal  policy,  acquiring  a  well  deserved  trade  and  reputation. 

SUN  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY — James  !.  Day,  President,  H.  Carpenter,  Secre¬ 

tary  j  No  52  Carney  Street. 

•  When  the  “Sun,”  of  New  York,  then  doing  business  through  that  able  miderwriter,  Mr.  Leonard 
Matthews,  (who  died  in  1854)  decided  to  withdraw  its  agency  from  New  Orleans,  the  result  was  the 
birth  of  the  Sun  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  of  New  Orleans,  incorporated  November  24,  1856, 
with  Mr.  Thos.  Sloo  as  its  first  President,  and  Mr.  Jas.  Edwards  as  Secretary.  Of  the  original 
Board  of  twelve  Directors,  four  are  still  living,  Messrs.  E.  J.  Hart,  Henry  Renshaw,  John  G.  Gaines 
and  J .  H.  Staufier,  the  three  first  named  being  still  in  harness,  having  served  without  intermission, 
and  are  still  members  of  the  Board.  In  July,  1872,  Mr.  Sloo  resigned  the  presidency;  he  was  suc¬ 
ceeded  by  Mr.  Jas.  1.  Day,  the  present  President  of  the  company,  formerly  a  member  of  that  well- 
kriown  finn  of  Slark,  Day  &  Stauffer,,  and  the  present  prosperous  condition  of  the  “Sun”  is  the 
fairest  criticism  on  his  management.  Mr.  Sloo  died  in  1879,  ripe  in  years,  a  courteous  Christian 
gentleman.  Mr.  Jas.  Edwards,  the  charter  Secretary,  died  May  5,  1866,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Thos.  Anderson,  who  resigned,  and  the  present  incumbent,  Horace  Carpenter,  was  elected  February, 
1873.  The  original  location  of  the  company  was  the  south-west  corner  of  Camp  and  Common,  from 
thence  to  the  building  61  Camp  street,  until  April  17,  1876,  when  they  moved  to  the  Company’s 
building,  50  and  52  Camp  street.  Originally  a  scrip,  it  became  a  stock  company  January,  1873, 
paying  interest  to  the  stockholders  at  ten  per  cent  per  annum,  and  cash  dividends  to  its  partici¬ 
pating  insurers,  and  here  we  may  remark  that,  save  during  the  four  years  of  war,  the  “Sun’’  has 
never  missed  an  annual  dividend  to  its  patrons.  The  original  charter  having  expired  by  limitation, 
(twenty-five  years)  the  new  “Sun”  rose  on  the  23rd  October,  1880,  and  is  destined  to  make  its  future 
business  a  repetition  of  past  success,  and  stands  to-day  on  its  merits  a  type  of  commercial  energy 
and  success.  * 


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CHAS.  HOLLOWAY — Wholesale  Hardware,  No.  25  Magazine  St 

The  term  Hardware  is  one  of  those  indefinite,  comprehensive  nouns  of  multitude,  of  which  it 
may  be  said  that  it  almost  includes,  as  its  name  imports,  every  ware  that  is  hard.  Popularly  it  is 
understood  to  embrace  all  the  unclassified  manufactures  of  iron  and  steel,  including  all  the  append¬ 
ages  of  the  mechanic  arts,  from  a  file  to  a  mill-saw;  many  details  of  common  hfe  from  a  rat-trap 
to  a  coach-spring,  articles  as  various  in  appearance,  size  and  uses  as  can  well  be  conceived,  in  fact, 
whatever  is  sold  by  hardware  dealers.  Mr.  Holloway  started  his  present  enterprise  in  1880,  with 
ample  capital  for  meeting  the  demands  of  his  trade  and  he  has  been  successful  in  building  up  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business.  His  store-room  is  twenty-five  by  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  in  size,  four  stories  high 
and  contains  a  full  and  complete  assortment  of  goods  of  the  very  best  qualities  averaging  $80,000 
in  value.  Nine  hands  are  employed,  three  traveling  salesmen  being  constantly  on  the  road  selhng 
goods  throughout  the  State,  the  annual  sales  reaching  $100,000.  Mr.  Holloway  was  bom  in  Massa¬ 
chusetts,  in  1848,  and  since  his  residence  in  this  city  has  gained  many  warm  personal  friends  and 
hosts  of  patrons  by  his  obliging  and  genial  manner  and  admirable  business  qualities.  His  ambition 
is  to  please  all  his  patrons  and  furnish  them  with  first-class  goods  at  moderate  piices. _ 

JACKSON  &  MANSON — Importers  and  Dealers  in  Salt  Nos.  41  to  59  Common  St. 

The  three  great  markets  for  salt  m  this  country  are  New  Orleans,  New  York  and  Baltimore.  W  5 
name  them  in  point  of  prominence.  The  article  itself  is  such  an  absolute  necessity  that  the  wonder 
has  often  been  expressed  from  where  does  it  all  come.  I'he  fact  that  gentlemen  of  undoubted  probi¬ 
ty  and  substantial  resources  have  control  of  the  salt  market  in  New  Orleans,  should  be  an  induce¬ 
ment  to  all  buyers  in  the  South  and  West  to  come  to  this  city  for  their  supplies.  The  facilities  for 
importation  are  unequaled  and  the  prices  correspondingly  low.  The  rates  of  freight  and  railroad 
transportation  are  not  surpassed  in  this  country  for  cheapness,  dispatch  and  security  to  the  buyer. 
I'he  house  of  Jackson  &  Manson  was  established  in  1858  and  has  been  very  largely  increased.  Two 
large  warehouses  are  required  for  storing  then-  supphes,  and  the  ofiice  and  salesroom  are  thirty  by 
one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height,  an  average  stock  of  one  hundred  thous¬ 
and  sacks  being  carried  at  all  times.  Thirty  hands  are  employed  at  hberal  wages  and  an  annual  bus¬ 
iness  of  about  $200,000  is  transacted.  This  firm  have  unexcelled  facilities  tor  receiving  and  ship¬ 
ping  supplies,  having  private  steamboat  landing  and  railroad  switches.  They  sell  this  article  all 
through  the  South  and  West  and  are  the  largest  dealers  in  this  branch  of  trade  in  the  entire  city. 
Messrs  D.  Jackson  and  R.  Manson  are  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  both  popular  and  enter¬ 
prising  citizens,  fully  conversant  with  their  trade,  devoting  personal  attention  to  its  management  and  » 
well  deserving  of  the  esteem  in  which  they  are  held,  by  an,  honorable  and  reliable  business  career  of 
almost  a  quarter  of  a  centuiy. _ | _ _ 

A.  ENSMINGEH — Crescent  Steam  Trunk  Manufactory,  No.  80  Cana!  St. 

The  special  branch  of  manufacturing  industry  carried  on  by  Mr.  Ensminger  is  one  of  much  impor¬ 
tance  and  withal  so  conducive  to  the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  general  public  as  to  be '  deserving 
of  special  mention  in  this  work.  This  enterprise  was  established  in  1871  by  Mr.  Ensminger  in  a 
small  way  and  has  steadily  prospered  until  now  he  does  an  immense  amount  of  business  per  annum. 
His  store-room  is  twenty  by  eighty  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height  situated  at  No.  80  Canal  street 
between  Magazine  and  Camp,  the  factory  on  Tchoupitoulas  street  between  Lyon  and  Upper  Line.  A 
large  assortment  of  all  kinds  of  Ladies’  and  Gentlemens’  traveling  and  packing  trunks,  valises, 
bags,  etc. ;  also  water-proof  clothing  is  kept  constantly  on  hand  in  the  storeroom,  while  at  the  fact¬ 
ory  trunks  are  made  to  order,  repaired  and  covered.  The  factory  is  fifty  by  sixty  feet  in  size,  two 
stories  high  and  contains  all  the  necessary  appliances  for  carrying  on  the  manufacture  of  articles  in 
this  line,  while  an  engine  of  twelve  horse-power  is  required  to  run  the  machinery.  Thirteen  hands 
are  employed  and  the  stock  carried  averages  $15,(J00  m  value  while  the  annual  sales  reach  $30,0U0. 
The  trade  Lies  in  Louisiana.  Mississippi,  Texas  and  Arkansas.  Mr.  Ensminger  was  bom  in  France, 
in  1829  and  is  a  thoroughly  competent  and  practical  manufacturer,  giving  personal  supervision  to  sdl 
work  done  in  his  house.  Any  article  purchased  here  can  be  implicitly  relied  upon  as  being  the  best 
of  its  kind. 


RICHARD  RHODES — Sportsmen's  Depot,  No.  55  St.  Charles  St 

The  gentleman  whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article,  is  the  proprietor  of  an  establish¬ 
ment  which  is  the  recognized  headquarters  among  that  class  of  citizens  termed  “sporting  men,  ” 
interested  in  hunting,  shooting,  fishing,  and  other  out-door  sports.  Mr.  Rhodes  carries  a  full  and 
most  complete  assortment  of  all  kinds  of  sporting  goods,  consisting  of  guns,  rifles,  revolvers,  fish¬ 
ing  tackle.  Guns  are  imported  to  order.  Game  and  cartridge  bags,  and  every  article  needed  by 
hunters  will  be  sold  by  Mr.  Rhodes  for  the  lowest  prices  for  cash.  American  and  English  shells  of 
every  quality  kept  m  stock  and  for  sale  at  wholesale  and  retail.  All  articles  us«il  by  fishermen  can 
be  found  at  this  establishment.  This  well-known  headquarters  was  first  established  in  1852,  by 
Folsom  (fe  Kittridge,  who,  a  few  years  later,  were  succeeded  by  Dart  &  Watkinson,  who  conducted 
the  estabhshment  until  1874,  when  it  was  transferred  to  the  present  proprietor.  Mr.  Rhodes  is  the 
resident  agent  of  Messrs.  Scofield,  Goodman  &  Sons,  of  Birmingham,  England,  and  handles  a  large 
amount  of  imported  goods  in  their  line  of  trade  Five  male  assistants  are  kept  employed  in  this 
establishment.  Mr.  Rhodes  is  a  capable  and  honorable  man  in  all  his  business  transactions,  ener¬ 
getic,  wide  awake,  and  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man  in  his  business.  We  cheerfully 
commend  him  to^the  readers  of  this  volume  as  a  man  worthy  of  patronage  from  the  general  pubhc. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


SEN  AC  &  LA  ROSE  Retail  Dealers  tn  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Carpets,  Mattings,  &c..  Cor¬ 

ner  St.  Ann  and  Chartres  Streets.  ^ 

notion  establishment  of  the  enterprising  and  driving  firm  of 
St.  Ann  and  Chartres  Streets,  ranks  among  the  leading 
houses  of  Its  kind  m  the  great  and  enterpnsing  Crescent  City  of  the  South,  and  is  worth  liberal 

South  offers  greater  inducements  to  the  purchaser  than  this, 
^tabhshment,  at  least  m  this  section  of  the  Union,  is  more  widely  known  or  enjoys  a  finer 

IS  due  to  the  liberal  policy  and  prompt  business  habits  of  the  pro¬ 
prietors,  and  the  cordial  manner  m  which  eveiy  one  visiting  their  rooms  are  treated  by  themselves 
^d  their  employes,  as  well  as  the  general  excellence  of  theh  stock  and  the  complete  and  choice  as- 
soitment  that  is  ^  all  times  displayed  to  retail  buyers,  and  the  low  and  popular  prices  at  which  their 
goods  are  sold  This  house  was  founded  m  1873  by  the  present  firm,  on  moderate-  capital,  which, 

increased,  until  now  they  carry  a  stock  of  between 
$^o,UOa  and  $30,000,  and  do  an  annual  business  of  $100,000.  The  firm  occupies  a  large  and  well 
appointed  store-room,  and  arranged  m  departments  to  facilitate  the  most  orderly  transaction  of 
business.  Five  clerks  and  assistants  are  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  store,  and 
e  busmess  yearly  reaclms  mcreased  figures.  The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  Mr.  J.  Senac 
and  Mr.  J.  A.  Larose.  This  firm  IS  recognised  as  a  leading  one  among  the  number  in  this  city  of 
high  commercial  standing.  Through  long  experience  in  evei^  detail  of  their  business,  andalugh 

reputation  for  mtegnty  and  fair  dealmg,  it  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  in  which  it  is  held  by 
the  people  of  this  city.  . 

THEURER  &  BECKER — Wholesale  Grocers,  15  Tchoupitoulas  St. 

A  careful  re^ew  of  the  various  commercial  enterprises  of  this  city  renders  apparent  the  justice  of 
her  reputation  for  busmess  energy  and  entei-prise.  This  city,  with  her  numerous  prominent  houses 
fho  gi^hcepr  trade,  may  Jiistly  claim  to  be  the  chstributing  center  for  the  entire  South.  Among 
the  houses  that  are  justly  qualified  to  rank  and  credit  as  being  not  only  extensive,  but  foremost,  in 

^  deserving  of  such  classification  than 

^  house  was  started  m  1879,  by  the  present  firm,  and  has  been  suc- 

^  ^^^1  ‘^^nior  member  of  the  firm,  first  started  in  the  grocerv 

trade  as  earty  as  1850,  and  still  conducts  the  establishment  on  North  Peters  street.  In  the  two 

ono\??f'rfn^  varied  stock  of  both  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  the  value  of  which 

IS  from  $.50,000  to  $60,000,  and  their  annual  sales  amounting  to  over  $600,000.  Thirteen  comnetent 
and  expenenced  male  assistants  are  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  the  business,  the  monthly 

storerooms  are  large  and  commodious,  one  being 
w  1  +  ^  three  stones  high,  while  the  other  is  30x100  feet  in  size,  and  three  stories  in 

r'l  P^^^^ses  are  filled  from  top  to  bottom  with  every  article  to  be  found  in  any  first-class 

tabhshment  of  the  kind,  and  the  fimi  having  an  ample  capital,  have  every  facility  for  making  their 
purchases  direct  from  first  hands  for  cash,  thereby  enabling  them  to  offer  to  their  customers  every 
advantage  known  m  the  way  of  cheap  pnces,  Ac  Their  trade  is  large  and  extends  throughout  the 
city  and  the  entire  South.  Ihe  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  both  natives  of  Germany  are 
enterprismg  busmess  men,  and  enjoy  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  they  are  brought 
the^city^ofN^  Organs  entitled  to  a  prominent  position  among  the  representative  houses  in 

JAS.  A.  LAFITTE — Cotton  Broker,  No.  25  Carondelet  St. 

This  gentleman  may  ^  fomih  at  his  office,  No.  25  Carondelet  street,  where  he  does  a  cotton  brok- 
eiage  busmess.  Mr.  Lafitte  established  himself  in  the  present  business  in  1873,  and  has  attained  a 
high  position  m  the  esteem  of  the  busmess  men  of  our  city.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  buying  cotton 
on  orders  from  customers  and  also  buys  and  sells  futures.  Mr.  Lafitte  is  a  son  of  John  B.  Lafitte, 
Lsq.,  formerly  Piesident  of  the  National  Cotton  Exchange,  and  at  present  agent  of  the  Orient  Ma- 
rme  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  He  is  a  native  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  but  has  been 
a  resident  of  New  Orleans  for  raar^^  years  and  has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  all  the  indus- 
tnes  and  busmess  interests  of  the  Crescent  City.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  rare  ability,  and  has  estab- 
hshed  a  high  reputation  for  integrity. 

C.  H.  SCHAEFER— Buyer  and  Importer  of  Cotton,  Tobacco,  &c..  No.  186  Common  ^ 

Among  the  number  of  films  or  individuals  in  this  city  engaged  in  this  line  of  business,  Mr.  C.  H. 
fechaefer,  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  article,  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice  He 
commenced  this  enterpnse  in  1877,  with  only  a  moderate  capital;  but  by  energy,  industry  and  per¬ 
severance,  together  with  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  it  has  been  increased 
from  year  to  year  until  he  is  now  doing  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  He  does  a  general  com¬ 
mission  and  brokerage  business,  making  a  specialty  of  burtng  and  exporting  cotton,  tobacco  and 
other  staple  products  His  correspondents  are  numerous,  being  located  in  all  the  prominent  markets 
of  the  world.  During  the  time  that  Mr.  Schaefer  has  been  engaged  in  business  in  the  city  jof  New 
Orteans,  he  has,  by  his  umform  courtesy  and  honorable  upright  dealings,  succeeded  in  building  un 
a  busmess  and  a  stanmng  m  the  business  circles,  of  which  he  has  just  reasons  for  being  proud  Mr 
Schaefer  IS  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  has  become 
thorou^ly  identified  with  all  and  every  mterest  that  concerns  the  general  welfare  of  the  Crescent 
City.  We  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  gentleman”^ in"  every 
sense  of  the  temi  and  one  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


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F.  J.  QUINLAN — Wholesale  Hats  and  Caps,  Nos.  34  and  36  Magazine  St 

A  detailed  examination  of  the  various  commercial  enterprises  of  New  Orleans,  renders  apparent 
the  justice  of  the  reputation  which  she  enjoys  abroad  for  business  energy  and  enterprise.  Prom¬ 
inent  among  the  business  houses  of  the  city,  both  on  account  of  the 
magnitude  of  their  business  transactions  and  the  ability  and  system¬ 
atic  manner  of  conducting  their  business  affairs,  stands  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  F.  J.  Quinlan,  which  was  started  in  1864,  by  the  present  pro¬ 
prietor,  and  has  been  increased  and  extended  to  a  large  degree.  The 
building  occupied  is  30x75  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height,  and 
^also  two  floors  in  the  adjoining  building;  both  are  well  adapted  to 
the  display  of  goods  in  this  line.  A  stock  of  about  $50,000  average 
value  is  carried,  consisting  of  the  latest  and  best  qualities  of  hats, 
caps,  etc.  Eight  assistants  are  employed,  and  courteous  attention  is  paid  to  all  customers  of  the 
house.  Two  traveling  men  are  constantly  on  the  road  in  the  interests  of  the  house,  and  a  large  busi¬ 
ness  transacted  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas  and  Texas,  amounting  to  about  $100,- 
000  per  annum.  Such  men  as  Mr.  Quinlan  are  a  credit  and  a  benefit  to  any  city  in  these  days  of 
show  and  greed,  and  give  strong  evidence  of  what  may  be  accomplished  by  vim  and  push,  coupled 
with  honesty  of  purpose. 


STRANGERS’  HOTEL — Mrs.  V.  CaiHier,  Proprietress,  131  Chartres  St. 

There  is  perhaps  no  line  of  houses  more  appropriate  for  special  attention  or  aflording  more  uni¬ 
versal  interest  to  those  engaged  in  all  branches  of  business  who  are  callled  to  visit  our  city  than  our 
accommodations  for  the  traveling  public.  Among  the  first  class  hotels  of  this  city,  that  kept  by 
Mrs.  Caillier  at  131  Chartres  street,  well  known  as  the  Strangers’  Hotel,  is  entitled  to  favorable 
mention.  Although  having  but  recently  established  this  house  Mrs  Caillier  has  been  engag-ed  in 
the  hotel  business  in  this  city  for  the  past  twenty-seven  years  and  is  well  known  among  visitors  to 
the  Crescent  City.  The  premises  occupied  are  75x100  feet  in  size,  three  stones  in  height,  and  con¬ 
tain  thirty-four  rooms,  with  two  large  and  handsomely  furnished  parlors  and  a  large  dining  room 
with  a  seating  capacity  for  forty  people.  Fifty  people  can  be  accommodated  at  one  time  at  this 
hotel,  and  the  table,  it  is  unnecessary  to  state,  is  at  every  season  of  the  year  supplied  with  the  best 
our  home  and  foreign  markets  afibrd,  the  bill  of  fare  being  complete  in  every  respect,  presenting  a 
list  of  dishes  and  delicacies  that  must  meet  the  approval  of  the  most  fastidious.  Six  assistants  are 
employed  and  Mrs.  Caillier,  with  her  charming  daughters  make  this  house  a  home  for  travelers  and 
those  visiting  our  city  on  business  or  pleasure.  The  Strangers’  Hotel  is  favorably  ahd  extensively 
known  throughout  the  entire  South,  and  its  present  efficient  management  has  brought  it  to  the 
highest  point  of  popularity.  Mrs.  Caillier  was  born  in  this  State,  and  possesses  eminent  qualities 
which  have  gained  numerous  friends  for  her  among  the  traveling  public. 

RICHARD  FROTSCHER — Dealer  in  Seeds,  Nos.  15  and  17  Dumaine  St. 

It  is  only  by  a  carefully  compiled  review  of  the  various  business  enterprises  of  a  city,  that  an  idea 
can  be  correctly  formed  of  the  vocations  that  are  carried  on  about  us.  In  the  seed  business,  the 
establishment  of  Mr.  Richard  Frotscher  stands  prominent  and  is  entitled  to  worthy  mention  among 
the  industries  of  the  Crescent  City  The  premises  occupied  are  situated  at  Nos.  15  and  17  Dumaine 
street,  and  consist  of  a  large  building  40x60  feet  in  size,  three  stories  in  height,  affording  ample 
accommodations  for  the  basis  of  a  trade  which  not  only  embraces  this  locality  but  ranges  largely 
over  the  Southern  States.  Six  hands  are  employed,  an  average  stock  of  $10,0  X)  value  is  carried 
and  Mr.  Frotscher  has  established  an  excellent  reputation  for  thorough  proficiency  and  the  most  care¬ 
ful  solicitude  with  regard  to  the  superior  character  of  the  seeds  and  articles  in  which  he  deals,  recog¬ 
nizing  fully  the  paramount  importance  to  his  customers  of  furnishing  only  such  as  are  properly 
matured  and  genuine.  The  trade  of  this  concern  is  general  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Flori¬ 
da,  Alabama,  and  Texas,  and  the  sales  amount  to  ^34,000  per  annum.  Estabhshed  in  ifed,  this 
house  has  maintained  throughout  its  existence  a  reputation  which  has  ranked  it  among  the  best  in 
this  city,  and  warrants  us  in  saying  to  our  readers  at  a  distance  who  are  likely  to  need  such  suplpies 
as  are  kept  by  Mr.  Frotscher,  that  they  will  confer  a  favor  upon  themselves  by  consulting  this  house 
with  reference  to  their  wants  in  this  direction. 


MORIN  &  FAURIE — Rrokers,  No.  155  Common  Street. 

m 

The  brokers  have  not  been  so  busy  for  years  as  they  are  at  the  present  time  and  among  them  ex¬ 
ists  the  best  of  feeling  in  consequence  of  the  favorable  outlook  among  eveiy  branch  of  industry  and 
trade  In  this  connection  may  be  mentioned  the  firm  of  Morin  &  Fauiie,  Brokers,  at  No.  155  Com¬ 
mon  street,  who  have  ample  means  and  transact  an  extensive  business  in  buying  and  selling  gov¬ 
ernment  and  municipal  bonds,  railroad  and  all  other  stocks  and  securities  of  a  first-class,  marketa¬ 
ble  order.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs  Andrew  Morin  and  Chas.  Faurie,  jr.,  the  former  a 
native  of  France,  the  latter  of  New  Orleans.  These  gentlemen  are  money,  note,  bond,  stock  and  ex¬ 
change  brokers  and  pay  city  and  State  taxes  and  licenses,  their  personal  attention  being  given  to  all 
transactions  and  their  business  conducted  with  conservatism  and  prudence.  Two  assistants  are  em¬ 
ployed  and  the  dealings  are  mostly  in  the  city.  The  latest  market  quotations  and  all  information 
applied  for,  with  reference  to  investments,  is  always  promptly  and  cheerfully  given  and  their  reputa¬ 
tion  for  reliability  and  sagacity  is  of  the  highest. 


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ST.  LOUIS  &  NEW  ORLEANS  ANCHOR  LINE  STEAMERS— J.  B.  Woods,  General  Ay ent, 

No.  104  Common  Street. 

There  is,  perhaps,  nothing  associated  with  the  growth  and  development  of  enterprises  and  conse¬ 
quent  prosperity  of  this  city,  of  paramount  impoitance  to  our  river  and  commercial  interests,  than 

this  reliable  transportation  company,  and  their  line  of 
staunchly  built  and  splendidly  equipped  steamers.  The 
agency  of  this  line  was  established  in  New  Orleans  in 
1878  and  under  the  present  efficient  management  and 
with  experienced  and  able  officers,  manager  and  agents 
the  business  has  increased  and  the  importance  of  the 
line  to  the  city  and  river  towns  is  incalculable.  The 
company  own  six  large  steamboats,  all  speedy,  well 
built  and  handsomely  equipped  and  furnished.  I'he  ma¬ 
chinery  is  of  the  best  description  and  all  appliances  and 
appurtenances  for  the  security  and  comfort  of  passengers 
first  class.  It  is  really  wonderful-  to  see  the  vast  amount 
of  freight  brought  here  and  carried  to  other  points  from 
here  by  these  boats.  Mr.  Jno.  A.  Scudder  is  President  of 
the  company,  Mr.  R.  C.  Weirick,  Secretary;  Mr.  James 
O’Neal,  Superintendent;  Mr.  Jno.  W.  Carroll  is  General 
Agent;  Thos.  W.  Shields,  Agent,  Cairo,  Illinois;  Mr.  J. 
B.  Woods,  at  this  point.  This  trade  is  an  important 
factor  in  thejcommercial  prosperity  of  New  Orleans ’and 
has  contributed  no  little  to  her  reputation  as  a  business 
I  center.  We  give  the  names  of  the  boats  in  this  line  for  the  convenience  of  the  traveling  pubhc  and 
;  shippers  generally.  City  of  Alton,  W.  P.  Halliday,  Jno.  A  Scudder,  City  of  Greenville,  City  of  Baton 
Rouge  and  City  of  New  Orleans,  the  two  latter  being  newly  ouilt,  elegantly  furnished  and  deco- 
!  rated  and  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  passengers  amply  provided  for.  The  Annie  P.  Silver  and 
Belle  of  Shreveport  also  run  int^^e  interest  of  this  line,  making  complete  and  ample  accommoda-  _ 
i  tions  for  travelers  and  shipping  of  freight.  This  line  is  deseiwedly  popular,  the  officers  all  obliging  ' 
and  attentive,  and  passengers  and  shippers  can  find  no  better  crafts  afloat  tor  speedy  and  secure 
;  transmission  of  freight,  or  more  comfortable  accommodations.  The  company  intend  budding  new 
;  boats  as  fast  as  the  trade  requires. 

JOHN  P.  GASPaRU — Manufacturer  of  Cigars,  Nos.  135  and  137  Decatur  St. 

The  reputation  of  New  Orleans  as  a  cigar  manufacturing  center,  in  connection  with  her  commercial 
:  industries  can  not  be  overlooked  in  a  work  of  this  kind,  in  giving  a  detailed  account  of  their  import- 
I  ance,  and  the  tobacco  trade,  in  its  various  branches,  is  q  factor  of  no  insignificant  dimensions,  in  the 
!  many  and  varied  enterprises  which  influence  the  prosperity  and  material  advancement  of  our  city. 

:  In  the  cigar  manufacturing  business,  the  annual  production  is  an  item  of  considerable  magnitude, 

:  and  we  deem  a  sketch  of  the  most  prominent  houses  engaged  in  the  trade  as  an  important  part  of 
i  our  mission.  Mr.  John  P.  Gaspard,  at  Nos.  185  and  137  Decatur  street,  may,  with  justice,  be  clas- 
1  sed  under  this  head,  as  he  is  not  only  one  of  the  most  prominent  in  the  business,  but  also  one  of  the 
most  prominent,  energetic  and  enterprising  citizens  in  the  city.  He  started  this  business  m  1874, 
j  with  a  moderate  capital,  and  by  his  energy,  perseverance  and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business, 

!  has  largely  increased  his  trade,  until  at  present  he  carnes  an  average  stock  of  about  $6,1.00  and  does 
an  annual  business  of  over  $25,000.  He  keeps  twelve  experienced  and  skilled  workmen  constantly 
employed  in  the  chtferent  departments  of  his  estabhshment,  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are 
paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  the  building  being  a  four  story  struc- 
I  ture,  50x60  feet  in  size,  the  lower  rooms  being  used  as  an  office  and  salesroom,  while  the  upper  stories 
j  are  devoted  to  manufacturing  purposes.  His  trade  is  principally  local,  the  most  of  his  product  being 
I  sold  direct  to  city  dealers.  Mr.  Gaspard  is  a  native  of  Gerjnany,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for  the 
'  past  forty  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  business  community  as  a  reliable,  honorable 
j  and  trustworthy  citizen,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  a  liberal  and  extended  patronage.  . 


QUEYROUZE  &  BO  IS — Wholesale  Grocers,  Importers  of  French  Wines,  Dealers  in 

Liquors,  Brandies  and  Western  Produce,  Corner  Decatur  and  Bienville  Streets. 

\  In  displaying  the  advantages  of  any  city  with  reference  to  its  commercial  and  manufacturing 
resources,  no  method  affords  so  complete  a  representation  as  that  which  depicts  fully  the  various 
individual  and  corporate  enterprises.  It  is  therefore  with  pleasure  that  we  present  for  the  consid¬ 
eration  of  our  readers,  and  especially  such  as  are  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  trade,  some  facts  with 
regard  to  the  house  of  Queyrouze  &  Bois,  which  may  perhaps  prove  valuable  now  or  in  the  future. 
The  foundation  of  this  house  was  laid  in  1842  by  J.  Avet,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in 
1866.  The  business  premises  occupied  by  this  firm  consist  of  the  office  and  store  at  the  comer  of 
Decatur  and  BienviUe  streets,  a  three  story  building  65x65  feet  in  size,  together  with  a  three  story 
;  warehouse  25x120  feet  in  size,  where  the  immense  quantities  of  groceries,  wines,  hquors  and  produce 
I  required  for  the  trade  and  for  which  their  storeroom  has  no  room,  is  stored,  the  average  stock  being 
valued  at  $20,000.  As  importers  of  wines,  brandies  and  hquors  they  are  well  known  throughout  the 
South,  and  have  a  widespread  reputation  for  excellence  of  stock  kept  on  hand.  They  handle  large 


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quantities  of  W estem  produce  of  every  description,  and  in  this  line  are  among:  the  largest  dealers  in 
the  city  while  the  entire  concern  is  not  excelled  but  compares  favorably  with  any  similar  house  in 
the  entire  city.  In  the  wholesale  grocery  department  they  keep  a  large,  fresh  and  desirable  stock, 
and  an  immense  trade  is  earned  on  principally  through  the  State  of  Louisiana,  reaching  $300,000 
per  annum,  with  future  prospects  of  most  flattering  success.  Five  hands  are  employed  and  the  indi¬ 
vidual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Leon  Queyrouze  and  Oscar  Bois,  both  natives  of  France,  and 
well-known,  popular  merchants  in  New  Orleans.  Mr.  ‘Queyrouze  is  the  oldest  grocer  in  the  city, 
having  been  engaged  in  that  business  as  partner  in  the  house  of  Queyrouze  &  Langsdorff  from  1850 
to  1861  and  no  further  comment  from  us  can  add  to  his  already  well-established  reputation.  Mr. 
Bois  is  a  genial,  enterprising  gentleman  deserving  of  unlimited  success  and  with  such  admirable 
qualities  as  this'  firm  possess  they  are  sure  of  extended  and  continued  prosperity. 

/.  S.  WEST,  JR. — Wholesale  Dry  Goods  and  Notions,  Nos.  2  and  4  Magazine,  Corner  of 

Canal  Street 

The  jobbers  of  dry  goods,  we  presume,  would  ask  no  other  or  better  representative  to  be  placed 
at  their  head  than  this  house.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  the  trade,  and  dates  its  organization 
as  far  back  as  1838,  in  those  flush  times  of  the  republic  and  at  the  beginning  of  a  generation  whose  rep¬ 
resentatives  are  now  silver-haired  and  venerable,  and  fast  rounding  their  lives  towards  the  inevitable 
grave  that  overtakes  us  all.  •  Mr.  W  H.  Tompkins  estabhshed  and  successfully  conducted  this  en- 
tei’prise  until  1875,  when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  present  proprietor.  The  store-room  is 
60x130  feet  in  size,  and  each  of  the  four  floors  are  fully  stocked  with  dry  goods  and  notions,  selected 
especially  for  the  wants  of  the  Southern  market,  and  comprise  eveiything  desirable  in  their  line, 
both  of  foreign  and  domestic  manufacture.  Fifteen  employes  assist  in  the  business,  while  three  trav¬ 
eling  salesmen  are  constantly  on  the  road  looking  after  the  interests  of  the  house.  The  trade  lies 
principally  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Mississippi  and  Texas,  and  the  house  has 
been  long  and  favorably  knovni  throughout  this  entire  section,  and  is  noted  for  its  rehability  and 
fair  dealing.  Tne  long  experience,  dating  back  to  nearly  half  a  century,  in  constantly  studying  the 
wants  of  the  people  of  these  States,  with  unexcelled  facilities  for  supplying  these  wants,  and  a  large 
capital  enabling  them  to  make  then*  purchases,  direct  from  the  manufacturers  at  the  lowest  cash 
prices,  entitles  it  to  the  respect  of  the  trade  and  the  consideration  9f  the  public . 

LAURENT  LACASSAGNE — Commission  Merchant,  Wholesale  Grocer  and  Importer  of 

Wines,  Liquors,  etc.,  No.  97  Decatur  Street. 

In  a  work  devoted  to  a  detailed  review  of  the  diversified  business  interests  of  New  Orleans,  noth¬ 
ing  demands  more  faithful  notice  than  the  wholesale  grocery  and  commission  operations  of  our  bus¬ 
iness  men,  which  have  contributed  so  largely  toward  giving  New  Orleans  a  standing  and  name 
abroad  and  in  the  markets  of  the  world.  Among  those  men  and  firms  who  have  aided  largely  in 
bringing  to  ohr  city  a  reputation  in  this  particular,  second  to  none  in  the  United  States,  the  house 
forming  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  has  contributed  most  liberally.  This  enterprise  was  first  started 
in  1874  by  Manade  &  Lacassa^e,  the  latter  succeeding  t  >  the  entire  control  in  1876.  A  large  two 
story  building  is  occupied,  which  is  38x226  feet  in  size,  and  admirably  adapted  to  the  chsplay  and 
storage  of  goods  in  this  line  of  trade.  As  commission  merchant,  wholesale  grocer,  importer  of  wines 
and  liquors,  and  dealer  in  Western  and  country  produce,  this  gentleman  carries  a  large  and  diversi¬ 
fied  stock,  the  average  value  of  which  is  estimated  at  about  $25,000.  Eight  assistants  are  em¬ 
ployed,  and  orders  of  any  size  are  promptly  filled  immediately  upon  their  receipts.  Mr.  Lacassagne 
IS  agent  in  this  city  for  Treyeran  Freres,  Durey  Freres  and  P.  Montauge  Bordeaux  wines,  J. 
Sorm  A  Go’s  cognac  and  the  Balzamique  des  Pyrenees.  The  trade  of  this  well  known  estabhshment 
is  general  throughout  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  the  sales  reach  $300,000  per  annum.  Mr.  Lacas¬ 
sagne  was  born  in  1835  and  is  an  upright  reliable  business  man,  consulting  the  best  interests  of  his 
customers,  and  his  house  has,  for  promptness  and  undoubted  rehability,  achieved  a  position  that 
entitles  him  to  no  small  degree  of  consideration  among  those  who  have  fostered  and  promoted  the 
best  interests  of  the  Crescent  City. _ _ 

MORRIS  McGRAW — Wooden  and  Willow  Ware  and  House  Furnishing  Goods,  Corner  Gra~ 

vier  and  Tchoupitoidas  Streets. 

Adding  in  no  small  degree  to  the  general  industrial  thrift  of  this  community,  the  house  of  Morris 
McGraw  naturally  demands  the  attention  of  a  work,  the  objective  point  of  whose  aim  is  a  proper 
and  detailed  display  of  the  resources  and  advantages  of  New  Orleans.  Estabhshed  in  1864  in  a 
small  way,  this  house  has  been  very  largely  increased,  and  to-dav  is  numbered  among  the  most  ex¬ 
tensive  houses  of  ihe  kind  in  the  South.  The  business  premises  are  situated  at  the  corner  of  Gra- 
vier  and  Tchoupitoulas  streets,  the  building  being  65x160  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height,  and 
admirably  adapted  to  the  display  of  goods  in  tms  line.  The  stock  embraces  everything  in  the 
wooden  willow  ware  line  and  house  funiishing  goods,  the  average  value  being  estimated  at  $175,- 
000.  Twenty-five  hands  are  employed,  and  the  sales  reach  $500,000  per  annum.  Goods  are 
shipped  to  all  points  in  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Alabama  and  Tennessee,  and  the 
fame  of  tlie  house  is  wide  spread  for  the  variety  and  excellence  of  the  stock  kept  on  hand.  Mr. 
McGraw  is  a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  and  being  almost  always  enabled  to  ofter  great  advantages  to 
buyers,  is  rapidly  establishing  this  fact  by  the  remarkable  increase  of  his  trade  and  the  favor  with 
which  the  house  is  regarded  by  the  best  buyers  in  the  city.  ^  With  a  numerous  staff  of  assistants, 
and  a  stock  nqted  for  the  good  taste  evinced  in  selection,  the  house  of  Morris  McGraw  is  heartily 
commended  to  the  pubhc  as  affording  facilities  in  this  line  of  trade  hard  to  duplicate  in  this  or  any 
other  city. 


156 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEAI^S. 


PLANTERS'  SUGAR  REFINING  CO. — S.  R.  Rogers,  President,  Levee,  between  SV Louis, 

Toulouse  and  Decatur  Streets. 

The  art  of  refining  sugar,  it  is  believed,  has  attained  a  higher  standard  in  this  country  than  in 
any  part  ot  hurope,  and  the  excellence  of  this  manufacture  is  not  approached  by  any  imported  arti¬ 
cle.  Ihe  Planters  Sugar  Refine^  was  first  built  and  started  by  Edward  J.  Gay,  about  five  years 
ago,  and  until  the  _31st  of  December,  1881,. was  known  as  the  Gay  Sugar  Refineiy.  The  building 
occupied  IS  SIX  stones  in  height,  and  120x300  feet  in  size,  and  a  warehouse  two  stories  high  is  used 
tor  stonng  the  large  quantities  of  sugar  turned  out.  Nine  boilers  with  an  aggregate  of  400-horse 
power  are  required  to  keep  the  works  m  motion,  and  there  are  eleven  different  engines  also  six 
pumps.  About  oue  hundred  and  twenty  hands  are  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the 
iiia.niii3;CtiirG,  six  liundiGd  b^iiTGls  ot  sugar  arG  turned  out  por  day.  Most  of  the  sugar  is  sold 
as  manufactuied,  and  the  products  of  this  refinery  being  well  known  in  the  market  for  puri¬ 

ty  and  standard  qualities,  and  therefore  favorites  with  purchasers,  they  are  in  great  demand  The 
trade  is  general  tln-oughout  the  South  and  West,  and  the  business  amounts  to  a  large  sum  per  an¬ 
num.  Mr.  fe  B.  Rogers  is  the  enteransmg  and  efficient  President  of  this  company,  and  the  affairs 
are  m  conipetent  hands,  as  all  the  officers  are  reliable  and  trustworthy.  New  Orleans  is  undoubt¬ 
edly  destined  to  become  a  great  market  for  both  crude  and  refined  sugars  and  molasses,  and  the 
character  of  the  gentlemen  who  control  the  trade  should  be  a  sufficient  inducement  for  purchasers  to 
^ek  our  city,  when  the  other  inducements  offered  compare  so  favorably  with  other  places.  The 
Planters  ougaj  Refinery  brings  to  our  market  an  immense  amount  of  money,  gives  employment  to 

worthy  of  being  placed  among  the  leading  representative  institutions 
of  the  Crescent  City  of  the  South 

JOHN  INENDLING  &  BRO. — Manufacturers  of  Brooms  and  Brushes,  25  North  Peter  St 

nothing  that  contributes  to  a  disclosure  of  the  advantages  of  New  Orleans  as  a  point 
for  manufacturers  and  a  market  for  every  commodity,  we  are  not  at  liberty  to  overlook  the  enter- 
pnse  of  John  Wendhng  &  Bro.,  who,  as  manufacturers  of  brooms  and  brushes,  have  added  materi¬ 
ally  to  the  welfare  and  commercial  status  of  our  city.  This  firm  started  their  enterprise  in  1869,  and 
by  the  manufacture  of  a  superior  article  in  these  goods,  has  attained  a  wide-spread  reputation,  with 
a  correspondingly  large  trade.*  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  five  story  building,  30x100 
feet  m  size,  which  contains  all  the  requisite  machinery  necessary  for  the  work,  of  the  latest  improved 
make,  run  by  an  engine  of  20-horse  power  capacity.  Thirty  hands  are  employed,  all  skilled  work- 

of  manufacture,  and  a  stock  of  materials  and  manufactured  articles  is  kept 
on  hand  which  IS  estimated  at  about  $10,000  value.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  the  State 
and  the  annual  sales  reach  $40,000,  with  a  steadily  increasing  and  extending  business.  Messrs! 
John  and  Daniel  Wendling  compose  the  firm,  both  natives  of  France,  and  commencing  business 
with  m(Merate  capital,  have  largely  increased  their  facilities,  and  are  gradually  extending  their 
trade.  Both  individually  and  as  a  firm,  they  are  fully  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  which 
they  have  inspired,  and  those  interested  will  find  that  the  facilities  of  this  house  will  conduce  to 
their  interests  in  consulting  this  manufactory  for  their  needs  in  this  direction . 

F.  GIEFERS — Saddles  and  Harness,  No.  58  Baron ne  St. 

The  special  branch  of  manufacturing  industry  carried  on  by  Mr.  Giefers  is  one  of  much  importance 
and  withal  so  conducivG  to  thG  wants  and  nGCGssitiGs  of  thG  g*GnGral  public  as  to  be  dGSGrving  of 
special  mention  m  this  work.  This  enterprise  was  started  by  Mr.  Giefers  in  1859,  in  a  small  way, 
and  has  been  continued  by  him  ever  since.  He  now  enjoys  a  large  share  of  patronage  in  the  city 
and  vicinity.  Saddles  and  harness  of  all  kinds  are  made  to  order,  and  a  full  assortment  of  saddlery 

j  prices  also  kept  in  stock,  specialties  in  this  line  being  manufactured  in  large  numbers 

and  the  reputation  for  excellence  of  workmanship  is  widespread.  Five  hands  are  employed  and 
sales  throughout  the  city  and  surrounding  country  amount  to  $7,000  per  annum.  Mr.  Giefers  is  a 
native  of  Germany,  and  in  his  Ime  has  one  of  the  best  establishments  in  the  city.  All  sorts  of  repairs 
are  promptly  and  neatly  done  by  him  and  his  assistants,  who  are  all  competent  and  sMful  work- 
men,  and  Mr.  Giefers  gives  personal  attention  to  all  manufacturing-  in  his  establishment. 

If.  OEHMICHEN — Dealer  m  Hardware,  No.  239  Decatur  St.,  Bet.  Domain  and  St.  Philip  Sts. 

It  is  our  duty  in  recording  the  various  industries  of  this  community,  to  mention  those  firms  or  men 
in  any  particular  branch  of  trade  who  have  achieved  prominent  positions  through  the  force  of  natu- 
^^  ^bility,  unaided  by  any  influence  except  those  evoked  by  their  own  capacity.  Such  a  firm  is  that 
of  Mt.  V.  Oehmichen,  located  at  No.  239  Decatur  street.  This  house  was  founded  in  1836,  by  Wm. 
Armstrong,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1864,  when  the  business  was  changed  and  the  present 
house  was  organized  By  energy,  enterprise  and  close  attention  to  his  business  he  has  largely 
increased  it  with  each  succeeding  year  until  at  present'he  carries  an  average  stock  of  $38,000  and  does 
an  annual  business  of  over  $70,000.  Six  competent  and  reliable  clerks  and  salesmen  are  constantlv 
l^pt  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  the  business.  The  premises  are  large  and  commodious, 
the  building  being  a  three  story  structure,  25x105  feet  in  size,  which  is  completely  filled  with  a  full 
line  of  heavy  and  shelf  hardware,  tools,  cutlery,  &c.,  in  fact,  every  article  known  to  be  had  in  any 
first-class  establishment  of  the  kind,  can  be  found  in  this  hardware  emporium.  His  trade  is  large 
and  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country.  Mr  Oehmichen  was  born  in  New  Orleans, 

IS  well  known  as  a  gentleman  of  sterling  integrity  and  worth,  and  noted  for  his  enterprise,  business 
qualifications  and  unquestionable  reliability  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  social  walks  of  life,  as 
weU  as  in  his  commercial  transactions.  This  is  a  house  well  deserving  of  liberal  patronage. 


NEW  ORLEANS  CANAL  BANKING  COMPANY — Corner  Camp  and  Cana!  Streets. 

The  New  Orleans  Canal  Banking-  Company  is  a  financial  institution  of  the  citj[,  the  wisdom  of 
whose  management  has  been  endorsed  by  success,  as  well  as  by  the  high  position  it  enjoys  in  the 
esteem  and  consideration  of  the  community,  This  bank  was  organized  in  1833,  and  now  has  a  cap¬ 
ital  stock  paid  in  of  $1,000,000.  According  to  their  annual  statement  for  the  year  ending  December 
31,  1881,  they  make  the  following  report: 

RESOURCES 


Real  Estate  .  . 

Other  Bonds  and  Stocks  .  . 

Loans  on  Mortgage,  maturing  after  90  days. . 
Loans  and  Discounts,  maturing  after  90  days. 
Loans  and  Discounts  maturing  within  90  days 
Loans  on  demand . . . 

Suspended  Paper . 

New  York  Exchange . 

Eoreign  Exchange . 

Checks  for  Clearing  House  Exchange . 

Coin . 

National  Bank  Notes . . .  . 

U.  S  Legal  Tender  Notes . 

Total . . . 


. $86,300  00 

.  22,865  00 

$337,347  51 
.  95,796  78 
1,801,845  35 
905,417  16 

- 3,140,406  84 

.  15,837  53 

.  276.382  60 
.  11,587  15 

.  .355,764  07 
.  357,811  50 
.  387,390  37 
.  87,500  00 

- 1,476,413.5  69 

. $4,741,845  06 


LIABILITIES. 

Capital  Stock  paid  in . 

Surplus . 

Undivided  Profits . 

Dividends  Unpaid . 

Individual  Deposits . 

Due  to  Banks  and  Bankers  subject  to  check . 

Circulation . . 


. $1,000,000  00 

.  100,000  00 

.  .37,795  69 

. .  . .  35,594  94 

$3,362,928  80 
196,855  63 

-  3,5.59,784  43 

.  8,670  00 


Total . $4,741,845  06 

The  officers  are  prominent  in  the  various  industries  of  the  city  and  are  as  follows:  Mr.  J.  C. 
Morris,  President  and  J.  B.  Montreuil,  Cashier  tern.  The  Board  of  Directors  are :  I.  H.  Stauf¬ 
fer,  E.  J.  Hart,  A.  H.  May,  W.  B  Schmidt,  J.  J.  Gidiere,  J.  B.  Lallande  and  J.  C.  Morris.  These 
gentlemen  are  ail  so  well  known  as  successful  merchants  and  business  men  as  to  require  no  per¬ 
sonal  mention.  Very  few  banks  in  the  Crescent  City  have  done  better,  or  more  deservedly  enjoy 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  public. 


M.  F.  DUNN  &  BRO. — Stationers,  Lithographers,  and  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 

No.  70  Camp  Street. 

Pursuing  the  avocation  of  the  art  preservative  of  arts,  no  firm  of  printers,  stationers  and 
engravers  mthis  city  have  established  a  better  reputation  for  perfection  in  work  than  M  F.  Dunn  & 
Brother,  or  are  more  justly  entitled  to  notice  in  this  publication.  This  firm  commenced  business  in 
1878  at  their  present  location.  The  building  occupied  is  25x150  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height  and 
all  the  necessary  machinery  for  prosecuting  their  trade  is  found  in  their  establishment.  A  large  and 
well  assorted  stock  is  carried  and  a  large  and  flourishing  trade  transacted  throughout  the  city  and 
country.  Twenty-three  male  and  two  female  hands  are  employed  and  their  work  has  become  widely 
Imown  for  its  excellence  and  finish.  Their  business  is  extensive  and  is  enlarging  steadily,  then’  facili- 
tiesenabhng  them  to  fully  meet  the  demands  of  the  trade  Messrs.  M.  F.  and  D.  J.  Dunn  are  the 
individual  members  of  the  firm,  both  natives  of  this  country  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  their 
business,  having  been  engaged  in  it  in  this  city  since  1863.  As  hthographers  this  firm  have  estab¬ 
lished  a  fine  reputation,  and  those  desiring  work  done  that  reflects  the  highest  progress  of  the  art 
should  at  once  address  themselves  to  this  firm.  They  have  established  a  lucrative  and  eminently 
satisfactory  business^  which  will  compare  favorably  with  that  of  any  similar  enterprise  in  the  Cres¬ 
cent  City. 

E.  F.  VIRGIN — Seed  Store,  No.  98  Gravier  St. 

In  a  work  devoted  to  a  minute  display  of  the  resources  and  advantages  of  this  community,  this 
industry  must  occupy  a  position  of  importance  commensurate  with  the  prosperity  and  general  devel¬ 
opment  of  New  Orleans  traceable  to  this  source.  Tliis  house  was  started  about  1865,  by  Mr.  Virgin, 
who  has  been  successful  in  establishing  a  good  trade  throughout  the  city  and  country.  His  store¬ 
room  is  .30x75  feet  in  size,  three  stories  in  height,  and  contains  a  stock  averaging  $5,000  in  value. 
Three  assistants  are  employed,  and  the  annual  sales  amount  to  $20,000.  Mr.  Virgin  is  a  native  of 
the  State  of  Maine,  and  a  gentleman  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him,  for  his 
general  qualities  and  upright,  honorable  life. 


158  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


CLAVERIE  HOTEL — Mrs.  T.  G.  Noel,  Proprietress,  at  Stock  Yards. 

Located  conveniently  near  the  Stock  Yards,  there  is  no  other  house  in  the  city  which  offers  the 
peculiar  advantages  to  the  traveling  public  which  is  presented  by  the  Claverie  Hotel.  This  building 
is  owned  by  Mr.  John  Claverie,  and  was  opened  to  the  public  in  1 878.  It  is  now  under  the  man¬ 
agement  and  control  of  Mrs.  T.  G.  Yoel,  a  lady  of  experience  and  ability,  and  through  her  industry, 
perseverance  and  close  attention  to  business,  has  succeeded  in  making  a  first-class  establishment  as 
well  as  building  up  a  large  and  lucrative  trade.  The  building  is  two  stories  in  height,  and  has  ' 
accommodations  for  twenty-five  guests  at  one  time.  It  contains  one  large  and  one  small  dining  ‘ 
room,  and  ten  sleeping  rooms,  all  of  which  are  elegantly  furnished  with  clean  and  comfortable  fur¬ 
niture.  The  house  is  supplied  with  all  modern  improvements,  and  nothing  is  left  undone  by  the 
hostess  to  make  it  pleasant  and  agreeable  for  her  guests.  Five  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  I 
employed,  who  are  always  attentive  and  polite,  ready  and  willing  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  patrons. 

A  large  and  weU  stocked  bar  is  run  in  connection  with  the  hotel,  in  which  is  found  all  the  finest  i 
hquors,  brandies,  beer,  &c.,  which  is  presided  over  by  gentlemanly  bar  keepers;  and  everything,  in  ; 
fact,  to  make  one  feel  at  home,  is  found  at  the  Claverie  Hotel.  Mr.  Claverie  was  born  in  France  in 
1824,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  well  knowA  in  this  community  for  his  i 

■  many  social  and  genial  qualities.  Prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  he  is  entitled  to  the  confidence  of 
the  public.  The  ‘‘Claverie,”  under  its  present  management,  is  one  of  the  coziest,  most  home-like  ! 
hotels  in  the  country,  and  a  desirable  place  to  get  good  accommodations  at  reasonable  prices. 

M.  POPOVICH — Wholesale  and  Beta!  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Wines  and  Liquors,  Plantation 

Supj^lies,  d'C.,  Nos.  3  UrsuUne  and  4  North  Peters  Streer. 

The  vast  amount  of  capital  invested,  and  the  thousands  of  persons  to  which  the  grocery  trade  of 
this  city  affords  employment,  ranks  it  among  the  first  in  power  and  influence,  and  its  interests  must 
j  always  be  regarded  as  of  paramount  importance.  This  business  was  estabhshed  in  1867,  by  the  pres¬ 
ent  proprietor,  upon  an  ample  capital,  which  the  necessities  of  increasing  trade  has  considerably 
I  augmented.  The  stock  is  large,  fresh  and  varied,  selected  with  unusual  care,  and  includes  both  sta- 
j  pie  and  fancy  groceries,  teas,  sugars,  Ac.,  and  all  the  finest  brands  of  imported  and  domestic  wines, 
liquors,  &c.,  besides  carrying  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  ship  and  plantation  supplies  He  keeps  j 
constantly  on  hand,  potatoes,  hams,  bacon  pork,  beef,  butter,  lard,  rice,  beans,  paint,  oils,  rope  and  ; 
oakum.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of  |15,000,  and  does  a  business  of  over  $10(b000  per  annum.  : 
j  The  business  furnishes  employment  to  ten  competent  male  assistants,  and  the  trade  is  large,  and  de-  | 
servedly  so,  and  extends  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  surrounding  country,  | 

I  being  largely  with  dealers  in  the  cities  along  the  rivers  and  on  the  coast'.  The  premises  occupied  by  I 
I  this  firm  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  the  store-room  being  a  two-story  structure,  forty  by  ; 
oiie  hundred  feet  in  size,  and  especially  arranged  and  fitted  up  for  this  special  branch  of  business,  i 
The  building  is  situated  in  the  very  center  of  the  business  in  this  part  of  the  city,  facing  directly  up-  , 
on  the  ‘“French  Market,”  which  gives  this  house  an  excellent  opportimity  for  becoming  acquainted  [ 
with  the  many  patrons  of  that  renowned  establishment  Mr.  Popovich  was  born  in  Dehnarcia,  Aus-  | 
tria,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years  past,  and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  for  busi-  j 
ness  integrity  and  reliability,  and  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  excellent  personal  qualities.  I  ^ 

BASSETT!  &  XIQUES — Importers  of  Wines,  Cognacs,  Gips,  etc.,  and  Dealers  in  Do- 

■  mestic  Liquors,  Nos.  67  and  69  Decatur  street. 

In  every  large  community  there  will  be  found  one  or  more  extensive  houses  dealing  in  Wmes,  Li-  i 
quors,  and  similar  products,  which  with  acquired  advantages  and  the  most  sedulous  care  in  regard  i 
to  the  selection  of  stock,  have  established  a  reputation  and  a  trade  that  insures  them  the  confidence  I 
of  the  public.  Of  such  concerns  in  this  city,  we  may  give  to  the  house  of  Bassetti  &  Xiques  a  promi-  j 
nent  position.  This  establishment  was  originally  founded  in  1860  by  Mr.  N.  Marinoni,  who  was  j 
succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1878,  and  the  principal  idea  in  the  mind  of  this  firm  upon  assuming  | 
control  of  the  business,  was  to  create  a  depot  for  the  sale  of  nothing  but  the  purest,  choicest  and 
I  most  rare  brands  of  foreign  wines  and  liquors.  That  the  original  intention  has  been  carried  out  is 

I  beyond  question,  for  it  is  here  that  dealers  and  private  consumers  can  obtain  such  goods  only  as  bear 

;  the  stamp  of  perfect  excellence.  Two  store-rooms  are  occupied,  one  four  stories  in  height,  30x200  i 
j  feet  in  size,  the  other  40x200  feet  and  one  story  high,  which  are  fully  stored  with  imported  wines,  cog- 
I  nacs,  gins,  rums,  Scotch  and  Irish  whiskey,  ales,  oils,  vermouth,  absinthe,  etc.,  together  with  a 
:  complete  stock  of  domestic  liquors  in  great  variety.  This  firm  are  agents  for  the  following  firms  in  i 

;  foreign  countries.  Champagnes  of  Moet  Chadnon.  Epernay;  Cognacs  of  E.  Gregoire  &  Co.,  An-  i 

i  gouleme  and  Comandon  &  Co.,  Jarnac;  Fine  Wines  in  cases  of  P  &  E.  Rudelle,  Bordeaux;  Bur-  t 

I  giindy  Wines  of  Chas.  Bernard,  Beaune  (Coted’Or);  Clarets  of  L.  P  Baron,  Bordeaux  and  Coutrean  i 

I  Fils,  Branne;  Alimentary  Preserves  of  J.  Fiton  Aine  &  J.  NouviaUe,  Bordeaux;  Italian  Paste  of 
Andreas  Sturla,  Genoa:  Bass  Ale  and  Guiness,  Porter  bottled  by  Ihlers  and  Bell,  Liverpool*  all  i| 

of  which  are  widely  celebrated  for  excellence  and  purity.  Eight  employes  are  required  to  success-  ! 

fully  conduct  the  business,  and  an  average  stock  of  $100,000  is  carried,  a  large  trade  being  car-  I 

ried  on  throughout  the  United  States  amounting  to  $400,000  per  annum.  This  year  they  will  im-  S 

Sort  large  amounts  of  fruits,  etc.,  in  which  department  they  will  certainly  do  an  immense  business.  | 

lessrs.  U.  Bassetti  and  A.  Xiques  are  both  natives  of  New  Orleans  and  thoroughly  identified  with  8 
her  industries.  Their  reputation  and  high  standing  may  be  regarded  as  a  guarantee  of  the  highest  I 

character  for  the  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfillment  of  every  obligation  which  they  may  assume.  1 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  159 

C  .  . 


DILLARD  &  CASSARD — Commission  Merchants  for  Live  Stock,  Office  at  Stock  Landing. 

For  many  years  the  commission  business  in  live  stock  has  shown  a  large  and  healthy  annual 
increase  which  goes  far  to  indicate  that  the  facilities  and  advantages  enjoyed  here  for  the  trans¬ 
shipment  of  stock  of  all  kinds,  are  fully  equal  to  those  possessed  by  any  other  locality  in  the  entire 
South.  Largely  engaged  in  this  line  of  business,  and  occupying  a  prominent  position  in  the  trade, 
though  but  recently  started,  we  find  the  firm  of  Dillard  &  Cassard,  who  started  their  present  enter¬ 
prise  in  1881,  and  possessing  ample  capital,  have  established  a  large  trade  which  is  increasing  in 
size  and  extent  each  month  The  office  is  located  at  the  Stock  Landing  where  every  facility  for 
receiving  and  selling  stock  is  enjoyed  by  the  firm,  and  six  assistants  are  employed.  Advances  are 
made  on  shipments  of  stock,  and  these  gentlemen  are  enabled,  by  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  busi¬ 
ness,  to  obtain  the  highest  market  prices  for  live  stock  of  every  kind.  Supplies  are  received  from  all 
the  Western  and  Southern  States  and  the  reputation  of  this  firm  is  constantly  enlarging,  the  numer¬ 
ous  producers  this  work  will  reach,  adding  considerably  to  it  Messrs.  Thos.  H.  Dillard  and  L.  J. 
Cassard  are  the  individual  members  of  the  firm.  Mr.  Dillard  is  a  native  of  Alabama,  Mr.  Cassard  of 
Louisiana  Since  residing  in  New  Orleans,  they  have  gained  for  themselves  a  large  circle  of  friends 
by  their  enterprise  and  general  liberal  policy  in  business  transactions. 


SOUTHERN  TRANSPORTATION  CO. — Cincinnati  and  New  Orleans  Steamboats,  Office, 

No.  82  Gravier  Street. 

Those  means  by  which  a  community  is  brought  into  contact  with  the  world  at  large,  are  of  such 
momentous  importance  with  reference  to  a  proper  unfolding  of  its  material  resources  that  we  feel  it 

necessary  to  inform  the  alien  reader  concisely  of 
our  advantages  in  this  regard.  The  Southern 
Transportation  Company,  which  was  established 
in  1878,  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  staunch 
corporations  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  and 
among  the  numerous  transportation  lines  and 
steamboat  companies  which  center  here,  is  ac¬ 
corded  due  prominence  for  the  advantages  pos¬ 
sessed  for  passenger  or  freight  traffic  between 
Cincinnati,  all  way  points  and  New  Orleans. 
Eleven  boats  are  owned  by  this  company,  viz.:  Mary  Houston,  Charles  Morgan,  R.  R.  Springer, 
Guiding  Star.  Thos.  Sherlock,  Golden  Rule,  Golden  City,  Golden  Crown,  Will  Kyle,  Pans  C.  Brown 
and  U.  P.  Schenck.  Two  of  these  boats  leave  each  week,  and  they  are  fitted  up  in  the  best  manner 
possible  for  the  convenienre  and  comfort  of  passengers,  are  among  the  largest  boats  running  into 
New  Orleans,  and  for  accommodation  for  freight  or  passengers,  are  unexcelled  in  the  Southern  or 
Western  country.  The  management  of  each  is  placed  in  competent  hands,  and  persons  traveling 
for  pleasure  or  on  business  will  find  them  perfect  m  every  detail.  The  Company  is  represented  here 
by  Mr  C.  G.  Wayne,  a  most  courteous  and  affable  agent,  always  ready  to  give  information  in  regard 
to  this  line,  both  to  passengers  and  shippers.  The  affairs  are  conducted  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
make  this  line  not  only  popular,  but  profitable.  This  transportation  line  receives  a  large  share  of 
the  patronage,  and  the  success  of  the  enterprise  is  thoroughly  established. 

CRESCENT  JUTE  MANUFACTURING  CO. — Manufacturers  of  Bagging,  &c..  Office  and 

Works,  St.  Ferdinand  and  Chartres  Streets. 

Among  the  many  important  manufacturing  establishments  in  the  city  worthy  of  liberal  mention 
in  a  work  devoted  to  a  detailed  account  of  the  industries  and  business  interests  of  New  Orleans,  is 
the  Crescent  Jute  Manufacturing  Company,  located  as  above  stated.  This  Company  was  organized 
in  1881,  with  a  capital  of  1250,000.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated, 
the  building  being  a  three  story  structure  130x160  feet  in  size,  and  is  supplied  with  all  the  latest 
and  most  improved  machinery  necessary  for  properly  conducting  the  business.  One  ISO-horse  power 
engine  is  required  to  furnish  the  motive  power  necessary  to  drive  the  immense  machinery  in  the 
various  departments  of  the  establishment.  Employment  is  given  to  two  hundred  skilled  workmen, 
to  whom  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  from  $8,000  to  $10,000.  This  extensive  factory, 
when  in  full  operation,  has  a  capacity  for  manufacturing  fifteen  thousand  yards  of  bagging 
in  ten  hours.  The  article  made  at  this  establishment  is  used  entirely  for  baling  cotton,  and 
is  sold  exclusively  to  the  trade  in  New  Orleans  and  vicinity  The  present  officers  of  the  company 
are:  Gen’l  W.  J.  Behan,  President;  Clias.  Roberts,  Vice-President;  Thos.  Thorn,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  and  S.  D.  Randall,  Superintendent.  These  gentlemen  are  distinguished  for  their  thor¬ 
ough  comprehension  of  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  other  valuable  characteristics,  which  have 
no  small  influence  in  conducing  to  the  prosperity  of  the  concern  which  they  represent,  and  it  is  highly 
gratifying  to  their  ability  to  observe  that  the  business  of  the  company  is  rapidly  on  the  increase, 
exhibiting  an  active  vitality  which  insures  future  success.  The  gentlemen  composing  this  company 
deserve  the  praise  and  congratulations  of  the  citizens  of  this  community  for  building  up  this  im¬ 
portant  enterprise  in  their  midst,  and  we  would  here  take  occasion  to  remark  that  such  men  build 
up  the  reputation  and  trade  of  cities,  and  enable  them  to  retain  it. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS* 


N£W  ORLEANS  INSURANCE  COMPANY-Office,  Corner  Cana!  and  Camp  Streets. 

New  Orleans  Insaran^  Company  was  established  in  1805  as  a  marine  insurance  company 
With  a  capital  of  $200,000.  The  charter  was  amended  in  1826  giving  authority  to  also  insure  against 
fare  risks.  In  1859  it  was  again  re-organized  with  an  increased  capital  of  $500,000.  The  company 
has  always  from  its  inception  pursued  a  career  of  unbroken  prosperity,  and  its  management  has 
been  in  cha:^e  of  capable  and  efficient  officers  and  directors,  and  its  policy  always  somid  and  con¬ 
servative.  t  he  present  officers  and  directors  are  gentlemen  prominently  identified  in  the  commercial 

annual  statement  *for  the  year  ending  December 
ol,  loblj  the  New  Orleans  Insurance  Company  shows:  Assets.  $774,712.28;  premiums  received  dur- 
mg  the  year,  $494  922.03;  the  net  earned  premiums  being,  $362,712.80;  and  the  net  surplus  $110,- 
247.55.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  12th  day  of  January,  1882,  it  was 
resolved  to  pay  on  deniand  the  semi-annual  interest  dividend  of  five  per  cent,  on  the  capital  stock  to 
toe  stockholders  or  their  legal  representatives.  The  officers  of  the  company  are:  Mr..!.  Tuyes 

President;  and  Mr.  J.  W.  Hincks,  Secretary.  The  directors  are  Jules 
Aldige,  Theo.  Brierre,  W.  A.  Bell,  Ank  Carriere,  C.  T.  Dugazon,  D.  Fatjo,  H.  Gaily,  Chas.  Lafitte, 
Pierre  Poutz,  Ad.  Schreiber,  Chas  E.  Schmidt,  .Jules  Tuyes.  Since  the  organization  of  the  New 
Orleans  Insurance  Corupany  it  has  passed  through  epidemics,  wars  and  financial  panics,  and  has 
grown  steadily  and  solidly  to  its  present  unequalled  strength.  It  has  an  honest  and  conservative 
record,  and  is  a  reliable  company,  in  every  respect  of  the  highest  character.  The  officers  of  the  com¬ 
pany  are  all  honorable  business  men,  standing  high  in  position  and  influence .  A  large  corps  of  able 
assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  the  company’s  business.  Taking 
it,  all  m  all,  the  New  Orleans  Insurance  Company  is  destined  to  hold  a  leading  position  among  the 
foremost  of  those  of  the  Crescent  City.  This  institution  is  an  honor  and  a  credit  to  New  Orleans. 


THE  AMERICAN  SALT  COMPANY — R.  Ranger,  President;  Office  48  Broad  Si.,  New  York, 

P .  A.  Liilhig,  Agent,  17  Tchoujntoulaft  Street,  New  Orleans. 

The  marked  success  attendant  upon  the  career  and  operations  of  this  company  is  of  such  a  pro¬ 
nounced  and  obvious  character  as  to  demand  more  than  ordinary  attention  in  making  a  careful  re- 

business  of  this  city.  The  office  of  this  company  was 
famished  in  this  city  in  1881,  and  a  large  amount  of  business  is  transacted  throughout  the  South. 
The  company  has  salt  depots  located  in  New  Orleans,  Mobilgand  Galveston,  and  an  average  stock 
of  one  hundred  thousand  sacks  is  carried,  ^vith  which  an  immense  business  is  transacted  per  annum. 
This  company  have  their  own  mines,  situated  in  Iberia  Parish,  Louisiana,  which,  so  far,  have  a  ca¬ 
pacity  for  two  thousand  sacks  per  da3%  but  can  and  will  be  extended  indefinitely.  Seventy  hands  are 
employed  and  the  salt  is  shipped  to  all  parte  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Texas,  Arkansas, 
Missouri,  and  the  West  generally.  Mr.  R.  Ranger,  of  New  York,  is  President  of  this  company,  Mr. 
F.  A.  Luling;  the  General  Agent  at  this  point.  With  able  and  efficient  officers,  the  business  of  this 
enterprise  rs  steadily  increasing  and  bids  fair  to  obtain  unlimited  success.  The  business  in  aU  its  va¬ 
rious  details  of  management,  is  conducted  upon  principles  of  pure  mercantile  integrity,  and  it  is  to 
these  merits  that  the  credit,  reputation  and  confidence  of  the  company  owes  its  success.  The  salt 
excavated  from  the  above  mines  is  superior  in  purity  and  strength  to  any  other  salt,  the  analysis 
from  the  well  known  Professor  E.  W.  Hilgard,  giving  the  following  results:  Chloride  of  Sodium, 
99-880;  Chloride  of  Calcium,  no  trace;  Sulphate  of  Calcium,  120;  total  100,000,  and  owing  to  this 
unequaled  purity  it  is  calculated  that  its  use  will  insure  a  saving  of  thirty-three  per  cent,  in  compari¬ 
son  with  other  salt.  It  has  also  been  ascertained  by  actual  test,  that  meat  killed  in  the  greatest 
sumrner  heat  and  packed  with  this  Louisiana  salt  has  given  the  most  satisfactory  results .  The  com¬ 
pany  s  sacks  are  manufacturedof  the  best  matenal,  and  guaranteed  to  contain  full  weight,  two  hun¬ 
dred  lbs.  Within  a  short  period,  the  above  mines  will  connect  by  rail  with  the  Morgan  La.  &  Texas 
R.  R  .,  at  New  Iberia  station,  thereby  bringing  it  in  direct  connection  with  all  the  roads  in  the  United 
States. 


B.  F.  SIMMS  &  SON— Commission  Merchants,  Wool,  Hides,  Furs  and  Skins,  38  Natchez 

Street. 

There  can  possibly  be  no  house  better  or  more  favorably  known  throughout  all  of  the  immense 
territory  tradingr  with  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  than  the  acknowledged  leaders  of  this  branch  of 
trad^  Messrs.  Simms  &  Son,  at  No.  38  Natchez  street.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1840,  by  Mr. 
B.  F.  Simms,  his  son  being  admitted  as  a  partner  in  1876.  Four  hands  are  employed,  and  all  pur¬ 
chases  as  shipped  immediately,  and  all  consignments  are  sold  immediately  to  the  best  advantage. 
The  annual  business  amounts  to  about  $100,000  to  $150,000,  the  principal  part  of  their  shipments 
and  sales  going  East.  Messrs.  B.  F.  and  B.  J.  Simms  compose  the  firm,  and  their  success  as  busi¬ 
ness  men  has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  city,  and  to-day  has  an  elevated  rank  creditable 
to  a  city  that  is  well  known  for  the  eminent  qualities  of  push  and  forward  movement  that  are  to  be 
witnessed  on  all  hands.  To  be  singled  out,  then,  as  prominent  merchants  in  such  unenterprising 
community,  is  a  compliment  that  conveys  much  more  than  ordinary  praise.  And  yet,  no  one  will 
dispute  their  full  claims  to  this  position.  Farmers  and  country  merchants  are  advised  to  ship  aU 
their  wool,  hides,  furs  and  skins  to  this  firm,  who  wiU  do  better  for  them  than  any  one  else,  as  they 
have  the  best  New  York  and  Boston  connections  of  any  house  here. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

161  I 

! 

H.  BUDDIG — Lumber  Commmission  Merchant,  No.  401  Julia  St. 

! 

The  mention  of  the  above  house  in  lumber  circles  carries  with  it  a  prestige  and  confidence  that  is 
seldom  enjoyed  by  any  finn,  and  this  has  been  gained  by  a  business  career  of  twelve  years,  Mr. 
Buddig  started  this  entei-prise  in  1870.  with  only  a  limited  capital,  and  being  a  man  of  more  than  j 
ordinary  detei-mination  and  business  abilities,  he  has  succeeded  and  prospered  until  his  original  capi-  1 
tal  is  more  than  doubled,  and  he  enjoys  an  extensive  and  growing  trade,  which  not  only  embraces  | 
New  Orleans  and  vicinity,  but  extends  throughout  the  entire  Southern  Country.  He  transacts  a 
general  lumber  commission  business,  his  annual  sales  aggregating  over  $250,000.  A  large  corps  of 
male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  the  business,  who  are  cour-  I 
teous  and  attentive  to  all  who  visit  the  establishment.  He  handles  a  large  assortment  of  hard  and  i 
soft  lumber,  timber,  &c.,  and  in  fact  everything  pertaining  to  this  special  line  of  trade  can  be  found  1 
at  his  yards.  Mr.  Buddig  was  born  in  Germany  in  1836,  and  hds  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  j 
years.  He  is  in  the  prime  of  business  usefulness,  and  devotes  his  personal  energies  and  qualifica-  j 
tions  to  his  business  with  telling  effect.  He  is  an  enterprising,  able  and  energetic  citizen  and  busi-  j 
ness  man  with  whom  it  is  a  satisfaction  to  form  business  relations.  This  is  one  of  the  best  known  j 
and  most  extensive  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  South,  and  the  high  estimation  in  which  the  j 
house  is  held  has  been  secured  by  the  meritorious  characteristics  of  the  proprietor  for  integrity,  relia-  j 
bility  and  the  liberal  manner  of  conducting  his  business,  as  well  as  the  superior  quality  of  the  product  j 
sold.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend  the  house  of  H,  Buddig  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  | 
one  justly  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended,  as  well  as  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  , 
the  business  community.  This  firm  solicits  consignments  of  and  makeliberal  advances  on  lumber  of 
all  kinds  and  sell  at  the  highest  market  price. 

COCHRAN  &  MIMS — Engineers  and  Machinists,  Brass  and  Iron  Founders,  &c.,  No.  292 

and  294  Peters  and  306  TchoupitouJos  streets. 

In  a  historical  review  of  the  manufacturing  and  busmess  interests  of  our  cit>%  this  establishment 
is  deserving  of  special  mention  and  a  prominent  position.  This  house  was  originally  founded  about 
twelve  years  ago  by  Hunter  A  Cochran,  who  conducted  the  business  until  four  j^ears  ago,  when  the 
firm  of  Cochran  &  Mims  was  organized  and  became  sole  proprietors  of  the  establishment.  They 
have  succeeded,  through  their  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  business,  in  increasing 
their  trade  year  by  year,  until  now  they  do  a  business  of  over  $8  '0,000  per  annum.  Sixty  skilled 
mechanics  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment,  the 
monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  $8,600-  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situ¬ 
ated,  the  works  being  supplied  with  one  fifteen  horse  power,  and  one  ten  horse  power  engine,  which 
are  required  to  furnish  the  motive  power  to  drive  the  necessary  machinery  .  Everjdhing  in  the  way 
of  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  for  this  special  business  is  provided  in  these  works.  This 
firm  do  a  general  and  varied  business  in  all  kinds  of  engineering,  brass  and  iron  foundry  work, 
boiler  maMng  and  blacksmithing.  Marine  work  made  a  specialty.  Their  trade  is  extended  over 
the  Southern  States,  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  America.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are 
J.  Cochran  and  Alfred  A.  Mims,  both  of  whom  are  practical  as  well  as  theoretical  engineers,  fully 
conversant  with  ever>"  detail  in  connection  with  their  immense  establisdiment.  Mr.  Cochran  was 
bom  in  Scotland,  and  Mr.  Mims  in  England,  but  both  have  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years, 
and  have  become  thoroughly  identified  with  all  her  industrial  and  business  interests.  Prompt, 
reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  transactions  they  are  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  ana 
esteem  of  the  business  men  of  this  community. 

MME.  M.  LEVY — Milliner,  603  Magazine  Street,  next  door  to  M.  Levy's  Dry  Goods  Es¬ 

tablishment. 

Prominent  among  the  industries  on  Upper  Magazine  street  is  Mme.  LeNy  s  millinery  establish¬ 
ment  which  was  started  by  her  in  1871,  and  a  successful  and  increasing  business  has  been  gained. 
The  building  occupied  is  admirably  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  a  complete  and 
well  selected  assortment  of  goods  in  this  line  of  the  latest  and  most  desirable  styles  is  always  kept 
on  hand  and  eight  skilled  and  competent  women  are  employed,  who  have  had  experience  in  this 
line  The  trade  is  general  throughout  the  Southern  country,  especially  in  New  Orleans  and  the 
sales  amount  to  $20,000  per  annum.  Mme  Levy^  is  a  native  of  Germany  and  is  practically  ex¬ 
perienced  in  this  business  herself  and  all  who  patronize  her  will  receive  satisfactory  work. 

M  LEVY,  DEALER  IN  DRY  GOODS,  ETC.,  AT  NO.  605  MAGAZINE  STREET. 

This  well  known  and  popular  establishment  was  also  started  in  1871,  and  a  large  two  story  build¬ 
ing  is  occupied.  The  stock  embraces  eveiy^  variety  of  articles  usually  found  in  dry  goods  concerns, 
with  a  complete  supply  of  fancy  goods  of  all  kinds,  which  are  offered  at  the  most  reasonable  prices. 
Three  as.sistants  are  required  to  supply  the  wants  of  customers,  and  the  trade  is  widely  extended 
over  the  Southern  country  and  is  general  throughout  the  city.  The  assortment  of  hosiery,  kid 
gloves,  also  matting  and  window  shades  kept  Viy  Mr.  Levy,  is  not  surpassed  in  this  part  of  the  city, 
and  the  annual  sales  reach  a  large  sum.  Mr.  Levy  has  resided  in  the  Crescent  City  for  the  past 
fifteen  years,  is  a  native  of  Germany,  and  his  enterprise,  with  that  of  his  most  excellent  wife,  are 
leading  and  representative  industries  of  this  portion  of  New  Orleans.  Both  stores  will  be  made  in 
one  to  accommodate  the  increase  of  trade.  Mme.  Levy  imports  all  of  her  stock  of  goods. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


AMERICAN  SEWING  MACHINE  CO. — 0.  L.  Geer,  Manager,  New  Orleans  Agency  No 

gradually  but  surely  becomingr  recognized  thi’oughout  the  country  as  a  mercantile 
center,  that  has  improved  more  during  the  last  few  years  than  any  city  in  the  United  States  The 
merchants  are  beginning  to  see  the  advantages  she  possesses  in  position  as  a  distributing  point:  the 
climate,  and  the  absence  of  that  terrific  competition  noticed  in  Chicago^  and  other 
orthern  cities,  which  makes  the  race  for  a  living  almost  unbearable  to  all  who  have  not  solelv  siv- 
en  themselves  up  to  tlm  acquisition  of  wealth  Manufactories  are  springing  up  on  everv  hand  and 
the  merchants  of  the  Crescent  City  never  lose  an  opportunity  when,  by  a  display  of  the?  inventions 
r  manufactures,  at  home  or  abroad,  they  can  meet  with  competitors  in  trade  worthy  of  their  steel. 

builcl|n|!was  thrm%nm?ent^Cem  Mrchiif 

were  a  great  many  machines  competing  for  the  grand  prize  which  ^as’ a  rom 

OFFICIAL. 

“American  B.  H.  O.  and  Sewing  Machine  Company,  Pliiladelphia  Pa 
“Grpup  7,  class  31. 

®^^ibit  is  worthy  of  special  praise  for : 

Artistic  arrangement. 

‘^‘^s^-nty  of  specimens  of  needlework  shown. 

of  ‘Americp’  sewing  machines  to  all  kinds  of  work. 

Luaste  design,  and  the  small  amount  of  power  to  operate  them.” 


“American  B 
“Group  25.  class  179. 


H.  O.  and  Sewing  Machine  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


struction.”*^^  display  of  ladies\  misses’  and  gents’  garments,  showing  great  skill  and  patience  in  their  con- 

“ American  B.  H.  O.  and  Sewing  Machine  Company  of  Philadelphia  Pa. 

“Group  7,  class  31. 

fui^iJfthev  a?e^m?^e^v1th  Perfect  copies  of  hand-made  button-holes,  and  more  beauti- 

pml<ru  made  With  mathematical  accuracy  and  are  made  wuth  great  rapidity.  The  overseamine-  is 

n?edaiy”^^^^^^^  beautiful,  and  we  consider  it  worthy  of  a  high  award,  and  recommend  for  it  a  gold 

das  become  one  of  our  leading  business  concerns  afewlirips 
thfknJwn^wo'rM?^’  ^  ^  various  manufactures  are  recognized  for  their  sterling  worth  in  every  part  of 

points  than  ^y  other  machines,  and  are,  in  fact,  just  what  the  company 
claims  they  are,  the  best  in  the  world.  There  are  many  machines  made  by  this  company,  for  different 
kinds  of  work,  among  the  number  the  most  noticable  are  the  No.  1  machine  for  family  use  in 
many  handsome  styles.  No  2,  which  IS  a  great  favorite  with  tailors,  carriage  trimmers^  and’ all 
who  desire  the  best  machine  for  light  manufacturing  work,  the  button-hole  machine.  No.  3,  and  the 
Sfbl  machine  No.  7.  All  these  machines  are  sold  at  very  modest  prices,  and  are 

within  the  reach  of  all  classes  of  society.  More  could  be  written  about  the  superiority  of  these  ma- 
c  mes,  over  a  yery  great  many  on  the  market,  but  the  writer  thinks  the  foregoing  will  be  sufficient 
to  induce  all  interested  im  the  matter,  who  read  this  volume,  to  visit  the  elegant  establishment  of 
the  company,  ISo.  189, Canal  street,  and  inspect  the  beautiful  inventions  he  has  attempted  to  describe 
or  to  send  for  an  illustrated  pamphlet,  which  more  fully  describes  them,  ’ 

JAMES  G.  CLARK— Commission  Merchant  and  Dealer  in  Oils,  Paints,  Nava!  Stores 

and  Building  Materials,  No.  62  Magazine  street. 

extensive  manufactures,  is  her  merchants,  and  she  can 
proudly  boast  that  no  other  city  can  surpass  her  for  commercial  standing  and  business  qualifications 
Every  one  of  her  merchants  are  imbued  with  the  city's  interest,  and  make  it  a  part  and  parcle  of 
uheir  daily  business  m  endeavonng  to  extend  their  and  her  good  name  throughout  the  surrounding 
btates.  No  people  are  more  energetic  or  prompt  to  take  advantage  of  the  prospects  for  business 
that  may  be  brought  to  our  doors,  and  every  exertion  is  used  by  them  to  add  to  their  own  accumu- 
lations  and  advance  the  city  s  prosperity,  and  none  are  more  deserving  the  name  of  aiding  in  these 
entei prises  than  James  G.  Clark,  whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article.  This  enterprise 
was  started  ten  years  ago,  by  the  present  proprietor,  on  a  moderate  capital;  but,  by  enerer  enter- 

prise  and  a  close  application  to  his  business,  it  has  been  very  largely  increased,  until  at  present  he  is 
the  possessor  of  a  large  and  prosperous  trade,  extending  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the 

cames  a  large  and  varied  stock,  consisting  of  oils,  paints,  naval  stores, 
agent  for  refiners  and  packers  of  coal  oil,  and  manufacturers  of 
1  possessed  of  ample  capital,  he  is  always  prepared  to  take  advant¬ 

age  of  every  bargain,  making  his  purchases  direct  from  first  hands,  and  consequently  can  offer  to  his 
every  advantage  m  the  way  of  low  prices,  &c.  Mr.  Clark,  the  genial  proprietor  of  this 
weU  known  establishment  was  born  m  Virginia,  in  1837,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many 
years.  Me  occupies  a  leading  position  among  the  prominent  merchants  of  the  city,  and  has  estab¬ 
lished  a  reputation  for  his  house  and  himself  equal  to  that  of  any  in  the  Crescent  City. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  168 


M.  LEHMAN — Dealer  m  Fancy  and  Staple  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  &c.. 

Nos.  455  and  4,51  Dry ades  Street.  Near  Euterpe. 

Ot  those  eng-aged  in  the  dry  goods  and  notion  trade  of  this  city,  it  is  safe  to  assert  that  none  occupy 
a  position  more  entitled  to  consideration  in  a  work  of  this  description  than  M.  Lehman,  whose 
name  heads  this  article.  This  well  known  establishment  w^as  started  by  the  present  proprietor'  in 
1857,  and  has  been  a  success  from  the  outset.  It  was  commenced  with  only  a  moderate  capital,  but, 
from  its  very  inception  the  business  began  to  increase,  and  has  steadily  grown  to  its  present  large 
diniensions.  He  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock,  consisting  of  both  fancy  and  staple  dry  goods, 
notions,  &c.;  also,  a  full  hue  of  men’s,  boys’  and  children’s  hats  and  caps.  The  business  conducted 
by  this  house  is  spread  out  over  the  entire  city  of  New  Orleans  and  adjoining  parishes.  The  patrons 
of  this  well-known  house  include  many  of  our  most  reliable  and  leading  citizens,  who  can  fully  testi¬ 
fy  to  the  excellent  treatment  received  at  the  hands  of  the  courteous  and  gentlemanly  proprietor.  He 
keeps  constantly  employed  fifteen  experienced  clerks,  who  are  attentive  and  polite  and  ever  ready  to 
attend  upon  the  visitors  who  call.  He  has  four  estimable  sons  associated  with  him  in  the  business 
to  whose  special  care  is  entrusted  the  entire  management;  and  it  is  needless  to  add,  that  where  the 
interests  of  all  are  concerned  the  effort  to  please  and  retain  patrons  is  their  main  endeavor.  The 
confidence  enjoyed  is  proverbial,  so  much  so,  in  fact,  that  Mr.  Lehman  has  attained  the  honored 
soubriquet  of  ‘'Old  Reliable.”  He  carries  a  large  and  handsome  stock  and  does  a  thriving  business. 
Mr.  Lehman  was  bom  in  Germany,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years.  He  is  a  consci¬ 
entious  and  thorough  business  man,  who  has  attained  his  present  position  in  the  business  in  which 
he  is  engaged  by  his  own  unaided  efforts,  industry,  perseverance  and  integrity.  He  has  achieved  a 
position  according  him  the  highest  esteem  of  the  trade  and  consideration  of  the  general  public. 

ANGELO  M.  &  JOSEPH  SOLAR! — Importers  of  Fancy  Groceries,  Nos.  27  and  29  Royal  St. 

The  statement  has  often  been  made ’that  in  her  devotion  to  manufactures  New  Orleans  has  neg¬ 
lected  her  mercantile  or  commercial  opportunities.  Whether  this  is  tme  of  other  branches  of  trade 
or  not,  the  remark  is  certainly  not  applicable  to  her  leading  grocery  establishments,  as  may  be  seen 
by  reference  to  the  notice  of  her  prominent  representative  houses,  and  the  statistics  furnished  relative 
to  their  importance  and  extensive  trade  in  other  portions  of  this  work.  Possessing  almost  unexam¬ 
pled  f  acilities  in  her  geographical  position  and  modes  of  transportation,  as  well  as  the  high  standing 
and  enterprise  of  her  leading  merchants  in  this  line.  New  Orleans  can  to  -day  furnish  the  fancy  gro¬ 
ceries  at  prices  which  will  successfully  compete  with  any  city  in  the  Union.  Prominent  among  the 
leading  importers  and  dealers  in  the  fancy  grocery  trade,  may  be  mentioned  that  of  Angelo  M,  & 
Joseph  Solari,  who  commenced  their  present  enterprise  in  1864,  with  ample  capital.  They  carry  a 
large  and  varied  stock  of  all  kinds  of  fancy  groceries,  and  are,  also,  the  sole  agents  of  the  following 
celebrated  brands  of  champagnes,  &c. :  L.  Roeder’s  champagne.  Piper  Heidsick;  J.  L,  Duret  A 
Co.’s  olive  oil;  Ross’  Belfast  ginger  ale;  Wheeler  &  Co.’s  bottling  of  Bass’  ale  and  gniness  porter. 
They,  also,  import  direct:  Cruzeet  Fils-Freres,  wines;  Sir  Robert  Burnetts,  old  Tom  gin;  James  Plag- 
niol,  olive  oil;  A.  Puget  &  Co-,  olive  oil;  J.  &  J,  Colman’s  mustard;  J.  Fau,  French  prunes;  Epps  & 
Co.,  cocoa;  Martini  Sola  &  Co.,  vermouth;  Noilly  Prat  &  Co.,  vermouth;  E.  Pernod  s,  absinthe  and 
kirsch;  Day  &  Martins’,  blacking;  Cross  &  Blackwell’s,  pickels  and  sauces;  Menier’s,  chocolate;  E. 
Lafaurie,  cordials;  Marco  Ravano  and  Costa  &  Co.’s,  Italian  macaroni,  vermicelli  and  assorted 
paste  always  in  stock.  They  keep  ten  experienced  salesmen  and  clerks  constantly  employed  in  the 
various  departments  of  their  business.  The  premises  are  spacious  and  commodious,  50x60  feet  in 
size,  and  three  stories  high,  which  is  supplied  with  all  the  necessary  appliances  for  successfully  carry¬ 
ing  on  their  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  the 
details  and  requirements  of  their  trade,  which  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  throughout  the 
Southern  States.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  very  extensive  and  general  in  its  character.  More  than 
a  quarter  of  a  centuiy  old,  its  trade  is  commensurate  with  its  reputation  and  stability,  and  has  been' 
achieved  by  virtue  of  the  superior  quality  of  goods  it  has  been  accustomed  to  handle,  and  the  active 
personal  attention  of  the  members  of  the  firm. 

E.  ANGAUD — Retail  Dealer  in  Boots  and  Shoes,  Corner  Royal  and  St.  Ann  Streets. 

This  house  is  one  of  the  most  popular  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  engaged  in  the  retail  boot  and 
shoe  business.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  i868,  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  a  moderate 
capital.  Success  followed  and  he  soon  found  himself  in  possession  of  a  large  and  prosperous  trade. 
At  present  he  gives  constant  employment  to  seven  experienced  and  capable  assistants  to  whom  he 
pays  monthly  wages  aggregating  from  $850  to  $400.  The  stock  is  large  and  varied,  consisting  of  a  full 
and  complete  assortment  of  boots  and  shoes,  ranginer  in  value  from  $20,000  to  $25,000,  while  he 
does  a  business  of  over  $75,000  per  annum .  The  premises  occupied  at  present  by  Mr.  Angaud,  is  the 
oldest  business  structure  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  having  been  erected  as  early  as  1724,  and  is 
well  known  to  all  the  older  residents  of  this  community.  Mr.  Angaud  having  an  office  in  New 
York  city,  has  every  facility  for  purchasing  his  goods  direct  from  the  manufacturers  cheap  for  cash, 
and  is  thereby  prepared  to  offer  every  inducement  to  his  friends  and  patrons  in  the  way  of  low  pri¬ 
ces  as  well  as  the  excellent  qualities  of  the  goods.  His-trade  is  extended  over  the  States  of  Loui¬ 
siana  and  Texas,  as  well  as  in  Mexico  and  Cuba.  Mr.  Angaud  is  a  native  of  France,  a  very  gentle¬ 
manly  person,  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  do  business.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable 
in  every  sense  of  the  term.  He  is  conducting  a  steady,  prosperous  business  which  gives  New  Or¬ 
leans  prominence  in  that  special  branch  of  mercantile  trade. 


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164  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS* 


F.  FREDERICKSON — Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggist  and  Importer,  No.  139  Cana!  St. 

The  name  of  this  house  is  fully  identified,  and  may  be  used  almost  synonymously  with  the  pro¬ 
gress  of  the  drug  trade  in  this  city,  from  its  inception  as  a  separate  pursuit.  It  was  started  by  the 
present  proprietor  thirty  years  ago,  and  through  his  energy  and  perseverance,  the  business  has  been 
a  success  from  the  very  start.  With  the  natural  growth  of  the  city  the  trade  grew  in  proportion, 
until  it  became  a  marked  feature,  and  considerably  augmented  giving  a  new  impetus  to  the  concern. 
The  location  of  the  house  is  most  eligible,  situated  at  139  Canal  street,  on  the  leading  business 
thoroughfare  of  the  city,  the  building  being  a  beautiful  four  story  structure  25x150  feet  in  size,  con¬ 
taining  a  carefully  selected  assortment  of  prime  drugs,  medicines,  pharmaceutical  preparations, 

Eerfumery,  &c.,  for  the  wholesale  and  retail  trade,  not  to  forget  his  Vichy  and  soda  department. 

[e  keeps  constantly  employed  competent  and  experienced  druggists,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend 
upon  the  wants  of  the  patrons  of  this  well-known  house.  Mr.  Frederickson  started  in  a  small  way, 
but  by  his  economy,  excellent  management  and  business  intelligence,  he  has  built  up  a  trade  which 
is  most  prosperous,  and  he  is  now  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  medi¬ 
cal  frateniity  and  the  community  at  large.  _  He  is  a  gentleman  of  great  intelligence,  and  is  one  of 
the  leading  business  men  of  New  Orleans  in  the  drug  trade. 

JOHN  ASTREDO — Hotel  and  Restaurant,  Nos.  71  and  73  Gravier  St,  and  at  West  End. 

Among  the  really  first-class  hotels  of  the  Crescent  City,  that  of  Mr.  John  Astredo  stands  pre¬ 
eminent.  Located  at  Nos.  71  and  73  Gravier  street,  this  house  enjoys  a  large  trade,  many  visitors 
to  the  city  availing  themselves  of  the  comfort  of  this  well-known  house.  The  building  occupied  is 
fifty  feet  front  by  sixty  feet  deep,  three  stories  high,  and  contains  seven  sleeping  rooms  besides  a 
large  dining  room  and  other  necessary  apartments,  and  the  house  being  kept  on  the  European  plan, 
rooms  are  only  fifty  cents  per  day,  and  the  bill  of  fare  at  the  restaurant  comprises  everything  in  season 
and  everything  the  market  affords,  at  moderate  prices.  The  sanitary  arrangements  are  complete,  par¬ 
ticular  attention  having  been  given  to  light  and  ventilation.  Mr  M.  Delerno  is  the  popular  and 
efficient  manager  of  this  house,  Mr.  Astredo  giving  personal  attention  to  his  hotel  at  West  End,  on 
the  lake,  which  is  three  stories  high,  contains  saloons  and  eating  house  for  the  convenience  of  visitors  to 
the  lake  at  that  point.  Mr.  Astredo’s  houses  are  both  kept  in  excellent  style,  everything  comfortable, 
neat  and  agreeable  to  all  who  are  the  guests  of  either  house.  Mr.  Astredo  has  been  a  successful 
caterer  to  the  public  taste  for  some  time,  and  there  are  very  few  men  who  unite  in  themselves  those 
apparently  contradictory  traits  of  mind  and  heart  Avhich  combine  to  make  the  generous  host  a 
superior  and  successful  man  of  business. 

G.  T.  SCHILLING — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  AH  Kinds  of  Fashionable  Millinery  and 

Real  Hair  Goods,  Nos-  INI  and  159  Canal  Street. 

One  of  the  largest  and  most  popular  millinery  and  fancy  goods  establishments  in  New  Orleans  is 
that  of  Mr.  G.  T.  Schilling,  Nos.  157  and  159  Canal  street.  He  commenced  the  business  in  1869,  on 
a  moderate  capital  which  has  since  been  veiy  materially  increased.  The  stock  is  large  and  usually 
well  selected,  and  includes  millinery,  hair  goods  and  fancy  goods,  and  is  constantly  being  increased 
with  the  latest  styles  of  fancy  goods  in  ivory,  tortoise  shell,  pearl,  silver,  gold,  jet,  &c.  Twenty-six 
female  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed'  in  the  various  branches  of  the  business,  to  whom  liberal 
wages  are  paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  50x120  feet  in  size,  and  two  stories  high,  which  is  sup¬ 
plied  with  every  convenience  for  successfully  conducting  the  business.  The  trade  which  is  large  and 
increasing,  is  principally  confined  to  the  city  and  Southern  country.  Mr.  Schilling,  who  is  sole  pro¬ 
prietor  of  the  business,  is  a  native  of  Germany,  and  came  to  New  Orleans  many  years  ago,  and  since 
establishing  his  business  has  been  successful. 


D.  MERCIER’ S  SONS — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Men's,  Youth's  and  Roys' 

Clothing,  Hats,  Boots,  Shoes,  d^c..  Nos.  51  to  51  Dauphine  street. 

New  Orleans’  greatest  pride,  next  to  her  extensive  manufacturers,  is  her  merchants,  and  she  can 
proudly  boast  that  no  other  city  can  surpass  her  for  commercial  standing  and  business  qualifications. 
Everyone  other  merchants  are  imbued  with  the  city’s  interest,  and  made  their  part  and  parcel  of  their 
daily  business  by  endeavoring  to  extend  their  and  her  good  name  throughout  the  surrounding 
States.  No  people  are  more  energetic  or  prompt  to  take  advantage  of  the  prospects  for  business 
that  may  be  brought  to  our  doors,  and  every  exertion  is  used  by  them  to  add  to  their  own  accumu¬ 
lations,  and  advance  the  city’s  prosperity,  and  none  are  more  deserving  the  name  of  aiding  in  these 
enterprises  than  that  ot  the  firm  that  heads  this  article.  The  present  firm,  which  consists  of  J.  A. 
Mercier  and  J.  L.  Mercier,  succeeded  to  the  business  of  the  late  Mr.  1).  Mercier  &  Sons,  who 
founded  the  enterprise  fifteen  years  ago.  In  succeeding  they  brought  renewed  activity,  and  are 
now  happily  enjoying  its  benefits.  They  carry  a  large  and  varied  assortment  of  men’s,  youth’s  and 
boys’  clothing,  hats,  boots  and  shoes,  furnishing  goods,  etc.,  giving  employment  to  fifty  assistants, 
and  transacting  a  trade  extending  over  the  city  and  throughout  the  entire  Southern  country.  The 
premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  the  building  being  a  two  story  structure, 
120x95  feet  in  size,  which  is  supplied  with  all  the  necessary  conveniences  for  carrying  on  their  busi¬ 
ness.  All  orders  from  country  merchants  are  promptly  executed  on  the  most  reasonable  terms 
By  their  activity,  energy  and  prompt  business  characteristics,  they  have  won  for  themselves  and 
their  house  a  high  business  reputation . 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  165 


THEO.  LILIENTHAL — Portrait  and  Landscape  Photographer,  No.  121  Cana!  St. 

The  fidelity  by  which  the  original  is  brought  out  in  the  shadow,  through  the  photographic  art,  is 
truly  wonderful.  By  continued  eipenment,  close  and  patient  observation,  the  reward  has  been 
justly  earned  by  those  who  have  given  their  time  and  awaited  with  implicit  faith  the  consummation 
of  their  hope.  Theo.  Lilienthal,  No.  121  Canal  street,  may  be  justly  classed  among  the  pioneers  of 
photography,  and  is  widely  known  and  appreciated,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  leading  artists  in 
New  Orleans  This  enterprise  was  first  started  by  Mr.  Lilienthal  in  1854,  with  only  a  limited  capi¬ 
tal,  but  by  dint  of  energy  and  indomitable  persistency  usually  characteristic  of  his  country,  he  has 
rapidly  developed  a  handsome  trade,  and  now  does  an  extensive  and  highly  remunerative  business, 
the  principal  location  of  which  is  in  the  city  and  vicinit3\  He  does  a  general  photographic  business, 
and  IS  also  largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  frames  of  all  sizes  and  qualities.  His  manufactory 
is  located  at  the  comer  of  Chartres  and  Canal  streets,  and  is  supplied  with  all  the  requisite  machin¬ 
ery  for  properly  and  successfully  carrying  on  his  business.  He  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  all 
kinds  of  photographic  materials,  pictures,  picture  frames.  &:c.  His  annual  sales  reach  an  enormous 
figure.  Twenty  male  and  three  f-male  assistants,  all  of  whom  are  experienced  and  educated  in  this 
business,  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  his  establishment.  The  prem¬ 
ises  are  large  and  commodious,  the  building  being  a  large  four  story  structure,  conveniently  situated 
on  one  of  the  principal  thoroughfares  in  the  city,  and  which  is  filled  with  every  variety  of  articles  to 
be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  country.  He  does,  perhaps,  the  largest  trade  of  any 
establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  South,  extending  over  the  entire  Southern  country,  Mexico,  Cuba 
and  South  America.  Mr.  Lilienthal  is  a  native  of  Prussia,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for 
thirty  years.  He  occupies  a  prominent  position  among  the  active,  enterprising  and  influential  houses 
devoted  to  this  special  trade,  and  bears  the  highest  reputation  for  strict  honesty  in  all  business  trans¬ 
actions. 

J.  LEILOIS'  HEIRS — importers  and  Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  133  Cana!  St.  {Turo  Buddings.) 

This  immense  establishment  was  founded  in  1839,  by  Chauvin  &  Levois,  who  conducted  the  busi¬ 
ness  for  a  term  of  years,  it  finally  coming  into  the  hands  of  J .  Levois’  Heirs,  and  since  that  time  has 
been  successfully  conducted;  and,  through  its  extensive  transactions,  is,  perhaps,  as  well  known 
throughout  the  country  as  any  other  house  in  New  Orleans,  The  firm  are  large  importers  of  staple 
and  fancy  dry  goods,  and  carry  a  full  and  varied  assortment  of  everything  pertaining  to  this  branch 
of  trade.  Twenty  assistants  are  constantly  employed,  all  of  whom  are  attentive,  polite  and  ever 
ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  customers  who  visit  their  establishment.  The  premises  are  spa¬ 
cious  and  conviently  situated  on  the  principal  business  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  3  jx160  feet  in  size, 
and  four  stories  high,  which  is  completely  filled  with  one  of  the  largest  and  most  carefully  selected 
stocks  of  dry  goods  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  South  The  reputation  of  this 
house  is  such  that  every  one  is  assured  that  they  buy  the  best  quality  of  goods  from  the  looms  of 
reputable  manufacturers  both  at  home  and  abroad,  and  dispose  of  them  to  their  customers  at  the 
lowest  prices.  The  immense  line  of  goods  that  fill  this  establishment,  and  the  numerous  purchasers 
to  be  seen  daily  at  the  counters  testify  to  the  excellent  judgment  of  the  firm  in  the  selection  of  their 
stock.  The  business  is  conducted  for  J,  Levois’ Heirs,  who  reside  in  Paris,  by  Thos  C.  Porteous,  man¬ 
ager,  This  estabhshment  is,  without  exception,  not  only  one  of  the  largest  but  best  arranged  in  all 
ite  appointments  of  any  of  the  leading  houses  engaged  in  this  class  of  trade  in  the  city. 

A.  RUNKEL — Dealers  in  Ladies*  and  Gents’  Furnishing  Goods,  Nos.  7  and  9  Bourbon  Si. 

Among  the  very  fine  stores  in  this  portion  ot  the  city,  none  present  a  more  attractive  display  than 
those  deahng  in  the  elegant  and  choice  goods  that  come  under  the  head  ladies’  and  gents’  furnishing 
goods,  A  fine  establishment,  fully  representing  the  highest  modern  standard  in  the  quality  and 
style  of  goods  and  their  arrangement,  is  that  of  A.  Runkel.  He  commenced  his  business  seven 
years  ago,  with  a  well  selected  stock,  occupying  the  double  storerooms  at  Nos.  7  and  9  Bourbon 
street.  He  deals  in  all  kinds  of  ladies’  and  gents’  furnishing  goods,  notions,  &c.,  carrying  an  aver¬ 
age  stock  of  about  $35,0  JO,  while  his  annual  sales  will  amount  to  about  $75,000  Fifteen  experienced 
hands  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  different  departments,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  to 
the  wants  of  customers  who  visit  the  establishment.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  s*pread  out  over  the 
city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  entire  Southern  country  Mr,  Runkel  is  a  native  born  Louisanian,  and 
has  grown  up  in  the  business  and  is  eminently  a  practical  man.  He  is  recognized  by  the  commercial 
men  of  this  community  as  an  honorable,  upright  and  worthy  citizen,  and  is  justly  esteemed  for  his 
excellent  personal  qualities.  He  understands  his  business  perfectly  in  all  its  details,  and  prosecutes 
it  with  an  energy  and  ability  that  is  fully  recognized  in  mercantile  circles  .of  the  city. _ 

GEORGE  BOZANT — Manufacturing  Jeweler,  Corner  Cana!  and  Chartres  Streets, 

U2)-Stairs. 

I’his  business  was  established  in  1881,  by  Mr.  Bozant,  upon  his  reputation,  he  having  been  con¬ 
nected  with  the  old  established  house  of  E.  Lilienthal,  as  foreman  of  his  workshop,  for  the  past 
eighteen  years.  By  his  industry  he  has  in  a  few  months  succeeded  in  increasing  his  business  largely 
until  at  present  he  gives  employment  to  four  experienced  hands,  and  transacts  an  extensive  business 
aggregating  thousands  of  dollars.  Mr.  Bozant  pays  particular  attention  to  the  repairing  of  Etruscan 
gold  jewelry,  diamond  setting,  and  all  styles  of  badge,  medal  work  and  repairing  promptly  attended 
to.  The  trade  of  this  establishment  is  principally  confined  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  im¬ 
mediate  surrounding  country.  Mr.  Bozant  was  born  in  this  city  and  is  well  known  in  the  community, 
as  a  wide  awake,  honorable  and  trustworthy  man  in  every  sense  of  the  term,  and  is  justly  entitled 
to  the  liberal  patronage  ot  this  community. 


166  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


I  D'AMICO,  S/DOTI  &  LEWIS — Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Foreign,  Western 

j  a7td  Country  Produce,  Nos.  31  Poydras  and  47.  49  and  51  Fulton  Streets. 

1  One  of  the  largest  establishments  in  New  Orleans,  and  a  representative  house  for  the  sale  of  all 
I  kinds  of  Foreign,  Western  and  country  produce,  hay,  com,  oats,  bran.  Arc.  is  that  of  Messrs. 

■  D’Amico,  Sidoti  k  Lewi^,  which  was  established  in  1857.  The  builcling  occupied  is  three  stories  in 
I  height,  30x120  feet  in  size,  having  a  frontage  of  30  feet  on  Poydras  and  120  on  Fulton,*  This  firm, 

;  by  industry,  perseverance  and  strict  attention  to  their  business,  have  largely  increased  their  trade, 

'  until  now  they  carry  an  average  stock  of  over  J|fl5,00'>,  and  do  an  annual  business  of  from  $75,000 
I  to  $100,000.  Six  male  assistants  are  kept  employed  in  the  different  departments  of  the  estabhsh- 

■  ment  attending  to  the  wants  of  customers.  They  receive  large  consignments  from  all  over  the 
I  country,  making  liberal  advancements,  as  well  as  being  purchasers  from  New  York  and  other 
j  Eastern  markets  of  all  kinds  of  foreign  produce,  which  is  placed  on  the  market  in  New  Orleans  on 

the  most  reasonable  terms.  They  deal  heavily  in  oranges,  apples,  eggs,  potatoes,  onions,  poultry, 
cabbage,  peanuts,  pecans.  Arc.,  which  are  frequently 'sold  by  the  cargo  at  the  wharves  thereby  saving' 
the  purchaser  the  expense  of  transfer  and  cartage  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Stephen 
D'Amico,  A  Sidoti  and  P.  H.  Lewis,  all  of  whom  have  been  engaged  in  this  special  branch  of  busi¬ 
ness  for  the  past  twenty-six  years,  and  are  capable,  industrious  and  thorough  business  men  in  every 
sense  of  the  term.  Mr.  D'Aimco  and  Mr.  Sidoti  are  natives  of  Europe,  while  Mr.  Lewis  is  from  the 
State  of  Texas.  This  establishment  is  without  exception  not  only  the  largest  but  the  best  arranged 
in  all  its  appointments  of  any  of  the  leading  houses  engaged  in  this  class  of  trade  in  the  city. 


I  J.  S.  A  IT  KENS  &  SON — Importers  and  Dealers  in  Hardware,  Tools,  &c., 

I  Nos.  236  to  242  Tchoupitoulas  street. 

The  Hardware  house  of  J .  S.  Aitkins  A:  Son,  traces  its  origin  back  to  18^34,  h-aving  been  estab¬ 
lished  originally  by  S.  S,  Aitkens,  and  during  all  these  years,  under  the  change  of  proprietor¬ 
ship  it  has  mamtained  a  prominent  position  among  the  representative  business  houses  of  the 
,  Union  The  buildings  and  warehouses  now  occupied  cover  an  area  of  one-eighth  of  an  entire 
!  square.  The  entire  store-room,  which  is  arranged  expressly  for  this  business,  is  filled  with  an  im- 
j  mense  and  complete  stock  of  foreign  and  domestic  hardware,  including  eveiy  variety  of  mechanics 
'  tools,  builders’  hardware,  shelf  goods  and  heavy  hardware,  locks,  latches,  and  all  articles  pertain¬ 
ing  to  this  branch  of  business.  These  gentlemen  are  direct  importers  of  foreign  hardware,  and  are 
exclusive  agents  for  the  sale  of  the  various  products  from  a  number  of  the  leading  manufacturers  in 
the  United  States.  The  average  stock  of  this  firm  ranges  from  $18,000  to  $20,000,  and  their  trade, 
which  extends  into  almost  every  State  in  the  South,  will  reach  from  $40,000  to  $60,000,  and  com¬ 
pares  favorably  vuth  that  of  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans.  A  force  of  from 
six  to  ten  clerks,  salesmen  and  assist-ants  -are  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  this 
extensive  establishment,  and  the  business  is  conducted  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  this  firm,  who  are  gentlemen  of  experience  and  abihty.  The  facilities  and  advantages  en¬ 
joyed  by  this  well  knovui  and  thoroughly  reliable  house,  are  such  as  to  entitle  it  to  the  favorable 
consideration  of  dealers  everj’where,  and  give  it  a  national  reputation  as  one  of  the  leading  repre¬ 
sentative  hardware  houses  in  the  South.  Mr.  .J.  S.  Aitkens,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was 
bom  in  New  ITork  in  1815,  and  Mr.  C.  L.  Aitkens  in  New  Orleans  in  1838;  both  of  whom  have  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  hardware  trade  for  many  years,  and  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with  all  the 
details  and  requirements  of  the  business  in  which  they  are  engaged. 


E.  F.  DEL  BONDIO — Commission  Merchant,  Nos.  42  to  48  Poydras  St,  Corner  Peters. 

Among  those  firms  which  are  most  itimately  connected  with  the  history  of  New  Orleans,  its 
stmggle,  growth,  and  subsequent  prosperity,  sharing  and  promoting  every  matter  of  public  interest, 
the  house  of  E.  F.  Del  Bondio  will  assuredly  take  a  prominent  position.  For  twenty-five  years  its 
career  has  been  cldsely  allied  to  the  commission  and  produce  trade  in  all  its  various  stages,  and  to 
a  marked  degi'ee  conducive  to  the  thrift  and  importance  that  places  this  branch  of  our  commerce 
upon  so  solid  a  foundation.  This  house  started  in  a  small  way,  and  the  increase  has  been  very 
large,  the  house  being  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  best  known  in  the  city,  and  among  the  most 
successful.  The  buildings  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated  on  one  of  the  most  prom¬ 
inent  business  thoroughfares  m  the  city,  and  is  a  large  three  story  structure,  covering  an  area  of  an 
entire  square,  occupying  Nos.  42,  44,  46  and  48  Poydras  street,  and  is  filled  from  top  to  bottom  with 
a  full  hne  of  all  kinds  of  Western  produce,  which  he  ofi'ers  to  the  trade  at  the  lowest  standard 
prices.  Twelve  competent  and  experienced  clerks  and  salesmen  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the 
various  departments,  who  are  courteous,  pohte  and  attentive  to  all  the  patrons  and  friends  who  call 
at  the  estabhshment.  To  no  class  of  her  merchants  does  New  Orleans  point  with  more  pride  than 
she  does  to  her  commission  merchants.  Not  only  have  they  been  largely  the  means  of  advertising 
her  as  a  cheap  and  pleasant  business  locahty,  but  through  them  her  commission  merchants  have 
come  to  be  looked  upon  as  the  most  generous  and  stable  of  her  business  men.  This  house  is  recog¬ 
nized  as  a  leading  one  among  the  number  in  this  city  of  high  commercial  standmg.  Through  long 
experience  in  every  detail  in  this  business,  and  a  high  reputation  for  integrity  and  fair  dealing,  it  is 
justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  in  which  it  is  held  by  the  trade.  Mr.  Del  Bondio  is  a  gentleman 
enterprising  and  honorable,  and  sustains  a  hign  reputation  in  commercial  circles. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


167 


ROBERT  FASNACHT— Importer  and  Dealer  in  Wines,  Liquors,  &c.,  No.  36  and  38 

Pot/dras  Street. 

of  the  liquor  trade  of  the  United  States  is  exceedingly  great,  and  influenced  by 
the  present  stimulus  m  nearly  all  other  departments  of  business,  is  likely  to  increase  in  importance 
m  the  not-tar-distant  future.  Wliile  the  efficacy  of  really  pure  liquors  is  generally  admitted,  a  dis- 
cnmmatmg  public  cannot  fail  to  condemn  those  deleterious  compounds  which  are  unworthy  the 
place  Uiey  assuine  in  the  market,  and  with  which  unscrupulous  dealers,  at  times,  place  upon  the 
ui  *1  injurious  Giiocts  ot  udultGrutG  1  and  ^^doctorod’  liquors  havG  boon  frGquGntly  and  thor- 
oughly  demoi^trated,  and  not  without  a  beneficial  effect,  as  evidenced  by  the  rapidly  increasing  de¬ 
mand  for  the  better  grades,  and  a  con^esponding  decrease  in  the  consumption  of  inferior  and  com- 
mon  kinds  Among  the  reliable  houses  of  New  Orleans  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business,  and 
noted  for  the  excellence  of  their  goods,  that  of  Robert  Fasnacht  is  worthy  of  recognition  and  con¬ 
sideration  m  a  work  devoted  to  commercial  as  well  as  manufacturing  interests  of  New  Orleans.  This 
ente^rise  was  established  in  1857  by  the  present  proprietor.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious, 
the  building  being  a  double  store-room,  and  three  stories  high,  where  he  ca,rries  a  large  and  careful¬ 
ly  ^sorted  stock  of  foreign  wines,  brandies,  cordials  and  liquors,  together  with  a  general  line  of 
^nctJy  pure  old  whiskies  of  the  finest  brands,  and  most  undoubted  reliability.  He  is  also  agent  for 
Cmcmnati  and  Milwaukee  lager  beer,  in  barrels  and  bottles.  Mr.  Fasnacht  was  bom  in  Switzer¬ 
land,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  communi¬ 
ty  as  a  business  man  who  has  done  much  to  elevate  the  standard  of  the  trade  in  this  city. 


LOCHTE  &  CORDES — Wholesale  Grocers  and  Importers  of  Wines  and  Liquors, 

46  Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

Scarcely  any  enterprise  has  been  hailed  with  a  greater  expression  of  popular  favor  or  been  pro¬ 
ductive  of  so  satisfactory  results  as  the  business  of  the  firm  under  discussion.  Messrs.  Lochte  & 
Cordes  began  business  in  1872  as  successors  to  Ohmstedt  &  Schultze,  an  old  and  standard  house  of 
good  repute.  They  deal  in  first-class  goods  and  have  established  for  themselves  a  reputation  as  a 
good  and  reliable  firm— giving  a  good  article  in  trade  As  wholesale  dealers  this  house  has  hardly 
a  compeer  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  Moines  and  hquors  of  every  description  and  quality  are  ever 
kept  on  hand,  so  that  they  are  always  up  to  and  equal  to  the  demand.  They  import  their  wines  and 
liquors  and  insure  them  to  be  of  the  best  quality,  pure  and  undefiled.  The  house  is  more 
widely  known  as  a  gi-ocery  house.  There  are  seventeen  male  hands  employed  in  the  various  rooms, 
and  these  men  are  chosen  with  the  view  of  their  liabihty  to  do  good  work  and  in  regard  to  their 
responsibility  to  the  duties  resting  upon  them.  The  members  of  the  firm  came  to  the  country 
several  years  ago,  and  through  diligence,  thrift  and  economy  were  enabled  to  build  up  an  extensive 
trade  and  to  win  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Lochte  is  of  German  origin  and  retains  that  disposi¬ 
tion  to  succeed  which  is  characteristic  of  so  many  of  his  race  Mr.  Cordes  is  also  of  European  birth. 
These  gentlemen  carry  a  full  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  goods.  Their  sales  are  very  large  rang¬ 
ing  from  $500,000  to  $1,000,000.  This  great  traffic  has  been  reached  through  skillful  multiplication 
of  a  previous  smaller  stock,  with  all  due  care  and  observance  to  a  successful  issue.  The  above  firm 
occupies  a  fine  four  story  brick  at  46  Tchoupitoulas  street,  comer  Natchez  alley.  The  building  is 
30x160  feet  in  dimensions,  and  is  well  adapted  to  the  stock  of  goods.  All  the  needed  conveniences 
of  a  commercial  house  are  there,  making  it  an  attractive  place  for  the  transaction  of  business.  The 
trade  of  this  house  is  extensively  carried  on  between  the  city  and  country,  and  the  firm  is  bound  by 
its  good  word  to  supply  the  demand  with  pure  goods.  Drumming  is  carried  on  by  responsible  agents 
who  keep  the  trade  lively  and  extending.  The  proprietors  of  the  house  are  gentlemen  of  undeniable 
integrity  and  truth.  They  have  made  their  business  a  life’s  work,  and  have  shown  their  good 
qualities  in  their  long  experience  mth  the  pubhc.  Nothing  can  be  more  pleasant  than  to  have  the 
satisfaction  to  recommend  to  all  the  standard  firm  of  Lochte  &  Cordes,  distinguished  alike  by  its  en¬ 
terprise  and  straightfoi-wardness,  and  to  be  permitted  to  mention  the  names  of  its  proprietors,  men 
whose  every  act  is  justice,  whose  personal  bearing  and  social  standing  are  the  most  salutaiy. 


GEO.  D.  LUCE — Sole  Proprietor  and  Manufacturer  of  Star  Brand  Moss,  No.  162  Front 

Street. 

Tlie  proprietor  of  this  establishment  was  bom  in  Vermont  in  1845,  but  has  been  a  resident  of 
New  Orleans  for  many  years.  The  business  of  this  establishment  was  first  started  about  fifteen 
years  ago,  and  was  taken  in  possession  by  Mr.  Luce  in  1874,  who  started  with  moderate  capital, 
which,  by  his  good  management,  backed  up  by  energy  and  perseverance,  it  has  been  ver>-  largely 
increased.  He  now  carries  a  stock  of  from  $5,000  to  $10,000,  and  does  an  annual  business  of  about 
$100,000.  Twelve  male  and  twelve  female  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  de¬ 
partments  of  the  mills,  the  monthly  pay  roll  being  $500.  The  premises  occupied  are  commodious, 
the  buildings  covering  an  area  of  one-half  of  an  entire  block.  All  the  latest  improved  machinery 
is  used  in  these  mills.  A  40-horse  power  engine  furnishes  the  motive  power  to  drive  the  necessary 
inachinery  in  the  various  departments.  The  trade  of  Mr.  Luce,  while  being  confined  largely  to  the 
North,  also  extends  over  the  entire  Southern  States.  Mr.  Luce  is  a  wide-awake,  active  and  ener¬ 
getic  business  man.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all  his  transactions,  he  is  entitled  to  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  community. 


168 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


ED.  &  JAMES  O' ROURKE— Steam  R oiler  Manufacturers  and  Blacksmiths,  Nos.  183 

and  185  Fulton,  and  213  New  Leree  streets. 

This  house  was  established 
in  1865byO'Rourke  &Meagher. 
who  conducted  the  business  un¬ 
til  1871,  when  they  were  succeed¬ 
ed  by  the  present  firm.  They 
carry  a  stock  of  from  $1,000  to 
$2,000,  and  transact  an  annual 
busines*s  of  from  $30,000  to 
$40,000.  Employment  is  given 
to  twenty  five  male  assistants, 
all  of  whom  are  skilled  work¬ 
men,  whose  pay  roll  foots  up 
from  $900  to  $1,000  per  month. 
The  buikhngs  occupied  are 
44x120  feet  in  size  and  provid¬ 
ed  with  all  the  requisite  iha- 
chinery  for  caiTjung  on  the 
business.  The  specialties  man¬ 
ufactured  at  this  establishment 
are  low  pressure,  locomotive, 
flued  and  cylinder  boilers,  clari¬ 
fiers.  filters  and  juice  boxes. 
They  will  make  contracts  for 
boilers  and  all  necessary  con¬ 
nections,  such  as  fire  fronts, 
grate  bars,  steam  and  stand 
pipes,  valves,  etc.,  cliimueys 
and  breeching,  all  of  which 
will  be  furnished  at  the  lowest 
foundry  prices.  All  work  done 
at  this  establishment  will  be 
^  guaranteed  equal  in  point  of 

I  workmanship  and  material  to 

I  ....  _ 1 _ 


any  in  the  city  or  elsewhere. 
Planters  and  Merchants  are 
respectfully  invited  to  call  and 
examine  their  work  and  prices, 
f  Xew  and  second-hand  boilers 
constantly  kept  on  hand  The 
firm  of  Ed.  and  .Tas. 
O'Rouike  have  a  large,  and 
growing  trade  extending  over 
the  entire  South  and  in  Mexi¬ 
co.  The  mdividual  members  of 
_  this  firm  are  both  natives  of 
!  Ireland,  who  have  had  a  long 
I  experience  in  this  branch  of 
manufacturing,  having  com¬ 
menced  the  study  of  their  trade 
jl  m  early  boyhood.  They  are 
i  perfectly  familiar  with  all  the 
theoretical  and  practical 
minutiae  of  their  business. 

JAMES.  J.  REISS — Manufacturer  of  Confectionery,  i/ermicelli.  Macaroni  and  Extract  of 

Coffee,  Nos.  93  and  95  Decatur  Street. 

In  expiating  upon  the  industries  of  Xew  Orleans  in  a  detailed  way,  which  after  all  is  the  only 
manner  in  which  their  importance  can  be  clearly  conveyed  to  the  reader,  we  should  deplore  omitting 
some  mention  of  the  well  known  house  of  Mr.  .tames  J.  Reiss,  manufacturer  of  confectionery,  etc., 
at  Xos.  93  and  95  Decatur  street.  The  confectioner)*  business,  which,  in  this  city,  has  been  brought 
to  great  perfection  and  employs  an  immense  aggregate  capital,  has  like  the  other  great  trades,  its 
specialties.  Some  of  these,  the  finest,  are  represented  most  admirably  by  the  house  which  forms  the 
subject  of  tliis  sketch.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1860  by  Henry  Xormanj  and  James  J.  Reiss, 


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the  latter  succeeding  to  the  proprietorship  in  1880.  Starting  with  very  limited  capital  and  small 
facilities,  the  house  has  a  most  prosperous  and  honorable  history.  A  large  and  commodious  three 
story  building  is  occupied  which  is  80x200  feet  in  size  and  provided  with  all  the  necessary  machinery 
and  appliances  required  for  this  branch  of  manufacture,  an  engine  of  fifteen-horse  power  being  u^d 
as  the  motive  power.  Confectionery  of  every  description,  vermicelli,  macaroni  and  extract  of  coffee  : 
are  made  here  and  the  reputation  enjoyed  by  this  house  is  wddespread  for  special  excellence  in  the  | 
productions  placed  in  the  market.  The  stock  carried  averages  $75,000  in  value  and  is  ample  for  the  > 
requirements  of  the  immense  trade.  Fifty  hands  are  employed,  all  skillful  and  experienced  wmrk-  , 
men  in  this  line,  and  an  immense  amount  of  confectionery  goods  are  manufactured  here,  while  the  j 
annual  sales  reach  $300,000.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  | 
Texas,  Florida,  Arkansas  and  Alabama,  and  the  wide,  extended  reputation  which  Mr.  Reiss  enjoys  > 
in  his  manufacture  is  fast  increasing  the  boundary  of  the  trade  and  which  is  assuming  large  propor¬ 
tions.  Mr.  Reiss  is  a  Director  in  the  People’s  Bank  in  this  city,  has  been  engaged  actively  in  his 
present  business  for  a  number  of  years  in  lisew  Orleans  and  closely  identified  with  her  commercial 
interests.  Possessing  perfect  knowledge  of  all  its  details,  Mr.  Reiss  prosecutes  his  business  with  an 
energy  and  ability  that  is  full}^  recognized  in  mercantile  circles  of  the  city.  _ _ 

G.  C.  PRUSCHEN — Sewing  Machine  Agent,  No.  197  Cana!  St 

This  is  an  establishment  of  which  the  people  of  New  Orleans  may  well  feel  proud,  and  which  is  in 
every  way  deserving  patronage  and  generous  support.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1869,  by  the 
present  proprietor',  and  his  business  has  increased  in  such  rapid  proportions  that  his  large  and  com¬ 
modious  quarters  are  hardly  adequate  to  accommodate  his  constantly  increasing  trade.  He  is  the 
sole  agent  for  New  Orleans  and  vicinity  of  the  well  known  and  popular  sewing  machines:  the  “New 
Remington”  and  the  “Homestead,”  both  of  which  are  well  known  in  this  community  for  the  many 
excellent  qualities  that  each  possesses.  The  “Remington”  is  without  doubt  the  easiest  running 
machine  in  the  world,  and  presents  quahties  that  can  not  be  equalled  by  any  other  machine.  He 
is  also  agent  for  all  kinds  oi  silk  twist,  thread,  needles,  oils,  &c.  Machines  exchanged  and  repaired 
on  short  notice  His  trade  is  large  and  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  surrounding  country,  his 
annual  sales  amounting  to  from  $10,000  to  $20, *'00,  and  gives  employment  to  three  competent  and 
experienced  hands.  Mr.  Pruschen  is  a  native  of  Bremen,  Gennany,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans 
for  many  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  community  as  an  honorable,  upright  and 
worthy  citizen,  who  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  of  all  who  have  busine.ss  relations  with  him. 
We  can  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  a  gentleman  in  every  sense  of  the 
word,  and  worthy  of  a  liberal  patronage  from  the  generous  public. _ 

JOHN  P.  SCHEMEL — Manufacturer  of  Horse  and  Mule  Collars,  8,  10  and  12  Cana!  St. 

In  disclosing  the  advantages  that  pertain  to  New  Orleans  in  the  great  channels  of  eoinmerce  and 
manufacture,  it  is  our  intention,  while  avoiding  unnecessaiy  minutiae,  to  so  represent  the  industries  of 
this  community,  as  to  leave  no  doubt  in  the  minds  of  distant  readers  that  this  market  not  only  can, 
but  does,  compete  as  a  source  of  supplies  with  any  in  the  country.  In  so  doing  we  cannot  ignore 
the  claims  of  prominence  to  Mr.  .John  P.  Schemel,  manufacturer  of  horse  and  mule  collars,  at  No 
12  Canal  street.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1878,  and  has  been  largely  increased,  the  demand 
for  this  article  of  manufacture  being  equal  to  the  capacity  of  this  establishment.  A  three  story 
building,  25x90  feet  in  size  is  occupied,  a  stock  of  $5,0U0  value  being  carried,  and  all  the  necessary 
facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  collars  being  found  there.  Fifteen  hands  are  employed,  all  skilled 
workmen  in  their  various  departments  of  the  trade.  One  traveling  man  is  employed  in  visiting  the 
merchants  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas  and  Alabama,  the  annual  sales 
reaching  $30,l00.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  Dannemann's  patent  moss  collar,  and  his  work  has 
gained  a  wide  celebrity  for  superiority  and  excellence  of  workmanship .  Mr.  Schemel  was  born  in 
this  city  in  1857,  and  has  attained  a  remarkable  success  for  so  young  a  man.  He  is  well-known 
throughout  this  community,  and  commands  respect  for  many  excellent  characteristics,  which  have 
tended  to  place  the  house  in  its  present  eminent  and  influential  position. 

MICOLO  &  LACAZE — General  Commission  Merchants,  No.  99  Decatur  St. 

The  present  age  is  a  progressive  one,  with  competition  in  all  hnes  of  business  so  energetic  as  to 
call  into  active  exertion  the  best  business  talent,  unceasing  perseverance  and  indomitable  energy  in 
order  to  succeed.  Strict  adherance  to  purpose,  unremitting  exercise  of  brain  and  steady  application 
are  the  sole  reliances  or  chief  corner  stones  of  success  One  of  the  largest  and  best  known  firms  in  this 
city,  engaged  in  the  general  produce  commission  business  is  that  of  Micolo  &  Lacaze,  situated  at  No. 
99  Decatur  street  between  Conti  and  St.  Louis  streets.  This  enterprise  was  founded  by  Mr.  J.  Y. 
Micolo  in  1878,  Mr.  Lacaze  being  admitted  as  a  partner  in  1880  under  the  present  firm  name  The 
building  occupied  is  three  stories  in  height  and  25x160  feet  in  size  and  no  house  in  the  trade  carries  a 
more  ample  stock  or  possesses  better  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  business.  The  average  amount  of 
produce  kept  on  hand  is  valued  at  $25,000,  and  seven  hands  are  required  to  keep  the  house  in  per¬ 
fect  order.  One  traveling  salesman  is  employed  constantly  on  the  road  looking  after  the  interests  of 
house  and  the  trade  is  general  throughout  the  North,  South  and  East,  the  annual  sales  reaching 
$100,000.  Messrs.  J  Y.  Micolo  and  Geo.  E.  Lacaze  compose  the  firm,  the  former  a  native  of  France, 
the  ikter  of  Louisiana,  both  gentlemen  possessing  admirable  business  quahties  and  in  every  way 
eminently  qualified  to  stand  at  the  head  of  this  line  of  trade  in  New  Orleans.  This  establishment 
and  its  able  management  will  bear  comparison  with  any  similar  institution  in  the  country  and  is 
worthy  of  most  favorable  consideration  from  the  thousands  of  readers  of  this  work. 


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MUNCY  &  MARCY — Wholesale  Dealers  in  Cypress  Lumber  and  A m/te  River  Shingles, 

Nos.  418  and  424  Delord  street. 

^  A  careful  review  of  the  various  commercial  enterprises  of  New  Orleans  renders  apparent  the  jus¬ 
tice  of  the  reputation  which  she  enjoys  abroad  for  business,  energy  and  enterprise.  Prominent 
among  the  business  firms  engaged  in  the  sale  of  lumber  and  shingles  is  the  estabhshment 
of  Messrs.  Muncy  A  Marcy,  located  at  Nos.  418  to  424  Delord  street.  Started  in  1870  by  M, 
B.  Muncy,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1878,  when  the  firm  became  Muncy  &  Marcy.  By  in¬ 
dustry,  perseverance  and  close  application  to  business,  they  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a  flour¬ 
ishing  trade,  extending  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Texas,-  Mississippi  and  Alabama.  Fifty  male 
assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment,  and  an 
annual  business  of  over  $10ij,000  is  transacted.  This  firm,  in  addition  to  their  lumber  trade,  are 
agents  for  the  steamer  “Ahce,”  which  makes  regular  trips  to  the  Amite  River  country.  The  indi¬ 
vidual  members  of  the  firm  are  M.  B.  Muncy  and  Frank  P.  Marcy,  both  of  whom  are  practical 
lumber  merchants  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  business. 
They  make  the  -sale  of  Cypress  Shingles  a  specialty,  in  which  they  are  prepared  to  offer  extra  in¬ 
ducements  to  purchasers.  They  are  also  the  owners  of  the  steamer  “Georgia  Muncy.”  which 
makes  two  regular  trips  per  week  between  this  city  and  Mobile.  The  house  of  Messrs.  Muncy  & 
Marcy  IS  so  well  known  and  established  that  any  word  of  commendation  from  us  would  add  "but 
httle  to  its  popularity  and  high  reputation .  Suffice  is  to  say  that  no  more  honorable  or  reliable 
gentlemen  than  Muncy  and  Marcy  lives. 

MICHAEL  HACKETT — Retail  Grocer,  Nos.  395  and  397  Dryades  Street,  near  Dryades 

Market. 

Among  the  many  industries  that  have  tended  to  enlarge  and  extend  the  commercial  and  manu¬ 
facturing  importance  of  New  Orleans,  perhaps  none  has  had  a  more  favorable  influence  upon  the 
mercantile  relations  of  the  community  than  the  grocery  trade,  and  certainly  no  house  in  the  grocery 
trade  exhibts  more  energy  and  entei-prise  than  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch.  This  house  was 
established  in  1871  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  limited  capital.  The  business  gradually  enlarged 
until  it  became,  and  has  remained  for  years,  a  controlling  influence  to  the  trade  in  this  portion  of 
the  city.  The  business  premises  occupied  are  situated  on  one  of  the  principal  thoroughfares  of  the 
city,  is  a  two  story  structure,  every  arrangement  being  perfectly  adapted  for  convenience  and  com¬ 
fort  in  the  transaction  of  his  business  Four  competant  clerks  are  kept  constantly  on  the  alert  to 
serve  the  immense  numbers  who  visit  this  estabhshment  every  day.  The  stock  contains  everj^  vari¬ 
ety  of  articles  pertaining  to  this  Ime,  being  complete  in  all  its  departments.  A  full  line  of  both 
staple  and  fancy  groceries  are  always  kept  in  stock,  consisting  of  the  choicest  coffees,  teas,  sugars, 
syrups,  spices,  flour,  rice,  canned  goods,  Ac.,  and  in  fact  everything  necesssry  for  family  use  is  to  be 
found  at  this  popular  and  weU  regulated  establishment.  Mr.  Hackett  was  born  in  Ireland,  but  is 
now  American  in  every  respect,  and  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  contempories  and  the  commer¬ 
cial  world  at  large.  This  house  enjoys  a  splendid  reputation,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  recommend¬ 
ing  it  to  the  trade  generaUy  as  being  prompt,  reliable  and  trustworthy  in  every  respect. 


DOLBEAR  COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE — Levi  Dolbear,  President,  No.  203  Cana!  St,  Third 

Story. 

The  past  twenty-five  years  have  shown  throughout  our  vast  country  great  progress  in  the  cause  of 
education.  The  different  states  have  vied  with  each  other  in  perfecting  their  systems,  and  in  pro¬ 
curing  the  most  learned  and  efficient  instructors,  providing  the  most  styhsh  and  costly  scientific 
instruments  and  appliances — to  say  nothing  of  the  magnificent  buildings  erected  for  that  purpose. 
As  citizens  of  this  great  repubfic,  we  take  pride  in  the  steadily  increasing  interest  manifested  in  the 
cause  of  education,  and  the  milhons  of  money  freely  bestowed  for  that  purpose.  In  our  large  cities 
we  find  one  or  more  commercial  colleges,  devoted  exclusively  to  giving  to  those  who  desire  it,  a 
thorough  business  education.  To  the  Dolbear  Commercial  College  of  this  city,  situated  at  No.  203 
Canal  street,  under  the  management  of  Professor  Levi  Dolbear,  can  our  citizens  point  with  just 
pride.  This  institution  was  established  in  1832,  being  chartered  by  the  legislature  of  the  State 
of  Louisiana,  and  under  rules  and  regulations  at  that  time  considered  the  best  for  acquiring  a  thor¬ 
ough  and  practical  business  education,  the  system  has  met  with  the  full  approbation  of  its  patrons. 
Educators  are  progressive  men  of  intelligence,  having  the  experience  of  the  best  instructors  to  study, 
and  observant  of  the  changes  and  wants  of  to-day,  they  adopt  the  best  features  of  instruction  of 
the  past  and  embrace  any  new  plan,  principle  or  theory  that  is  calculated  to  advance  the  interests  of 
the  pupil.  Experience  has  fully  demonstrated  that  the  system  adopted  by  the  commercial  colleges 
of  to-day  is  the  best  in  use.  At  this  time  you  may  find  m  the  leading  business  houses,  banks,  in¬ 
surance  companies,  manufacturing  establishments,  railway  offices,  steamboats,  and  in  every  avoca¬ 
tion  requiring  the  services  of  brains,  persons  having  diplomas  from  such  institutions,  holding  the 
most  prominent  positions.  Professor  Levi  Dolbear  assumed  the  proprietorship  of  this  college  in 
1832.  He  has  very  materially  improved  the  course  of  study  in  the  past  few  years.  The  college 
building  is  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  being  elegantly  furnished  throughout  with  the  most 
modern  and  comfortable  furniture.  Prof.  Dolbear  has  devoted  his  life  to  study  and  imparting 
instruction  to  others.  His  system  and  mode  of  instruction  is  as  thorough  and  practical  as  can  be 
found  anywhere;  his  success  has  proven  him  a  practical  business  man,  and  fully  competent  in  the 


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capacity  of  teacher  to  impart  information  to  others;  his  assistants  are  thorough  masters  of  the 
special  branches  to  which  their  attention  is  devoted;  they  instruct  annually  a  large  number  of 
students,  and  the  general  satisfaction  expressed  by  the  patrons  of  the  excellent  methods  of  instruc¬ 
tion  pursued,  a  much  larger  attendance  may  be  expected  the  ensuing  year.  To  parties  at  a  dis¬ 
tance  this  institution  commends  itself,  while  the  city  offers  every  inducement  as  regards  society, 
health  and  economy  to  the  student  while  pursuing  his  studies.  This  is  the  oldest,  most  efficient 
and  successful  commercial  college  in  the  United  States,  and  a  diploma  from  this  college  is  a  pass¬ 
port  over  the  world.  There  is  a  full  faculty,  and  a  special  professor  for  each  branch  of  study,  so  as 
to  save  time  and  money  to  the  students.  There  is  no  vacation.  Board  from  |20to  $25  per  month. 
When  clubs  of  three  or  more  enter  at  the  same  time  from  the  same  place,  ten  per  cent  deduction 
will  be  made.  An  education  that  enables  the  student  to  earn  $1,000,  $2,000,  $8,000  a  year  is  the 
fortune  parents  can  give  their  sons.  The  South  must  now  educate  all  its  sons  pro cticallif. 
Ladies’  classes  in  penmanship,  arithmetic  and  book-keeping  are  in  session  the  year  round.  Ladies 
desirous  of  entering  for  any  one  or  all  of  said  branches,  can  do  so  at  any  time. 


LOUISIANA  RICE  MILLS — Warner  &  HcbIzbI,  Proprietors,  Nos.  268  and  270  Tchoupi- 

toulas  Street. 

The  establishment  of  Messrs.  Warner  &  Hoelzel  is  a  well  known  New  Orleans  institution,  and 
has  been  for  many  years.  '  It  is  one  of  the  class  of  busmess  houses  so  common  in  the  Crescent  City, 
which,  commencing  on  a  small  capital,  are  carried,  by  the  force  of  enterprise,  economy  and  business 
habits,  to  a  point  of  high  success.  The  business  was  commenced  in  1867,  by  Mr,  P,  Hoelzel,  who 
conducted  the  business  until  1877,  when  the  present  firm  was  organized.  They  give  employment  to 
twenty-five  male  assistants,  to  whom  is  paid  about  $800  monthly  wages,  and  transact  an  annual 
busmess  of  from  $30,000  to  $40,000.  The  mills  and  warehouses  occupy  an  area  of  one-half  of  an 
entire  square,  the  mill  being  supplied  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery.  A  65-horse 
power  engine  furnishes  the  motive  power  to  drive  the  machinery  in  the  various  departments  of  the 
establishment.  The  trade  is  spread  out  over  the  entire  Southern  country,  while  their  sales  are 
largely  with  the  jobbing  trade  in  the  city.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Henry  Warner 
and  Phillip  Hoelzel,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  Mr.  Warner  being  born  in 
1851,  and  Mr.  Hoelzel  in  1859  They  are  young,  active,  wide-awake  and  thoroughly  competent  men 
in  every  sense  of  the  term.  In  the  many  years  of  their  business  history,  in  connection  with  their 
present  enterprise,  they  have  become  widely  known,  and  are  worthy  of  honorable  mention,  not  only 
for  the  quality  of  their  manufactures,  but  for  their  character  as  business  men  and  citizens. 

RICE,  RORN  &  CO. — Dealers  in  Heavy  and  Shelf  Hardware,  Cutlery,  &c..  Nos.  89  and 

91  Camp  Street,  and  591  Magazine  Street,  Warehouses:  143  to  147  Magazine  Street.  New 

York  Office,  97  Chambers  Street. 

There  is  no  establishment  in  New  Orleans  more  widely  knovm  throughout  the  vast  district  that 
centers  here  to  trade  than  that  of  Rice,  Born  &  Co.  This  house  enjoys  a  reputation  of  which 
the  proprietors  have  a  right  to  be  proud.  It  is  an  establishment  deserving  more  than  a  passing 
notice  in  a  work  devoted  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  pursuits  of  New  Orleans,  The  business 
of  this  establishment  is  conducted  on  the  highest  principles  of  honor,  with  great  energy  and  ability, 
and  to  these  facts,  together  with  the  genial,  courteous  manners  of  the  members  of  the  firm  is  due 
the  eminent  success  it  has  attamed  and  the  prominent  position  it  occupies  in  the  commercial  affairs 
of  the  city.  The  establishment  is  metropolitan  in  all  its  features,  and  a  large,  varied  and  complete 
stock  of  heavy  and  shelf  hardware,  consisting  of  builders’  hardware,  cutlery,  agricultural  imple¬ 
ments  and  plantation  supplies,  nails,  iron,  bar  and  sheet,  castings,  <fec. ;  carpenter,  cooper,  engineer 
and  tinners'  tools,  tinners'  stock,  cooking  and  heating  stoves,  is  at  aU  times  to  be  found  in  their  ex- 
^  tensive  salesrooms  at  Nos.  89  and  91  Camp  street.  In  addition  to  this  extensive  establishment  they 
also  have  a  branch  store  located  at  No.  597  Magazine  street.  They  have  recently  purchased  the 
property  known  as  the  “Old  Armory  Hall’’  which  was  the  first  American  theatre  built  in  the  city  of 
■  New  Orleans.  They  are  now  tearing  down  the  old  building  with  a  view  of  electing  a  magnificent 
structure,  which  will  be,  when  completed,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  elegantly  finished  business 
structures  in  the  South.  In  addition  to  their  large  hardware  trade,  they  are  also  extensive  manu- 
j  facturers  of  aU  kinds  of  japan  and  tinware;  and,  also,  are  the  sole  resident  agents  of  the  following 
well  known  .standard  goods :  Washburn  and  Moen  Steel  Barb  Wire  Fencing;  New  York  EnamS 
,  Paint  Co-’s,  mixed  paints,  prepared  ready  for  use;  Howe’s  Improved  Scales:  Excelsior  Lawn 
Mowers;  Ansonia  Brass  and  Copper  Co.;  American  Cross-Cut  Saws;  Lane’s  Crescent  Hoes;  Cele¬ 
brated  Charter  Oak  Cooking  Stoves  and  Ranges  and  Crown  Jewel  Base  Burner  Stoves.  This  enter¬ 
prise  was  first  started  in  1848  on  a  moderate  capital,  and  has  been  successfullv  conducted  up  to  the 
present  time,  the  business  having  increased  many  fold.  Their  trade  extends  over  the  States  of 
^  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Mexico  and  Cuba.  The  individual  members  of 
the  firm  are  H.  Rice,  J.  Born  and  Aug.  Rice,  all  of  whom  are  thoroughly  posted  and  fully  conversant 
with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  their  extensive  business.  They  have  each  had  a  life  long 
,  experience,  having  commenced  the  study  of  their  trade  in  early  boyhood,  and  worked  their  way  up 
from  clerks  to  the  prominent  position  which  they  now  occupy.  They  are  business  men  of  high  char- 
'  acter,  great  energy  and  popularity  and  rank  high  among  the  business  community. 


172  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


I  M.  J.  McADAMS — Manufacturer  of  Ship  and  Steamboat  Lumber,  Wagon  and  Carriage 

Wood  work,  corner  of  Bienville  and  Peters  streets. 

It  is  only  by  a  careful  review  in  detail  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans,  than  an  adequate  idea 
can  be  gained  in  regard  to  the  extent  of  these  interests  which  are  of  such  vital  importance  as  factors 
tending  to  extend  and  increase  the  reputation  of  the  city  as  a  manufacturing  and  commercial  point. 
It  being  the  main  object  of  this  work  to  present  facts  in  this  connection,  brief  descriptions  of  the 
representative  enterprises  in  their  lines  is  essential.  The  establishment  of  Mr.  McAdams,  from 
its  extent  and  the  position  occupied  by  it  in  the  trade,  is  entitled  to  special  mention  This  enter¬ 
prise  was  first  started  in  1872  and  has  enjoyed  a  continuously  successful  career,  with  very  large  in¬ 
crease  in  every  direction.  The  saw  mills  and  lumber  yards  occupy  an  area  of  125x250  feet  and  the 
latest  improved  machinery  for  the  perfect  and  rapid  construction  of  wood  work  and  sawhig  of  lum¬ 
ber  may  be  found  there,  an  engine  of  thirty-five  horse  power  capacity  being  used  to  keep  the  various 
machines  in  motion.  Ten  hands  are  employed  and  a  large  stock  of  lumber  and  manufactured  work 
is  kept  on  hand,  the  average  value  being  placed  at  $20,000,  and  oak,  hickory,  walnut  and  ash  lum¬ 
ber  are  shipped  from  the  west  in  large  quantities  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  immense  trade.  The 
business  transacted  amounts  to  $60,000  per  annum,  the  trade  being  mostly  in  the  city,  for  steam¬ 
boats  and  ships,  wagon  and  cart  material,  also  a  large  trade  in  the  surrounding  country  for  a  num¬ 
ber  of  miles.  Mr.  McAdams  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  since  1856,  and  is 
thorough!}'  identified  with  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  interests  of  the  city.  Having  that 
most  useful  qualification,  untiring  energy,  and  possessing  experience  in  an  unusual  degree,  he  has 
shown  marked  proficiency  in  his  business,  strict  integrity  and  liberal  policy,  acquiring  a  well  de¬ 
served  trade  and  reputation. 

F.  N.  VOLCKMANN — Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer, 

\  Nos.  243,  245  and  247  Decatur  Street. 

I  In  this  review  of  the  resources  of  New  Orleans  we  have  devoted  special  attention  to  the  grocery 
and  liquor  trade  and  in  carr^fing  out  our  plan  of  noticing  each  individual  firm  separately,  we  would 
not  be  justified  in  omitting  some  mention  of  the  enterprise  conducted  by  Mr.  F.  N.  Volckmann. 
This  house  was  originally  started  by  Ferdinand  Henke  in  1865,  Mr.  Volckmann  succeeding  to  the  con¬ 
trol  in  1878,  and  he  has  since  prosecuted  the  trade  successfully.  The  three  stoiy  building  occupied  is 
situated  at  the  comer  of  Decatur  and  St.  Phillip  streets,  and  is  well  adapted  to  the  storage  and  display 
of  groceries  and  liquors  which  is  kept  on  hand  at  this  house.  The  stock  contains  all  the  staple  and 
fancy  groceries,  coming  under  the  head  of  wholesale  and  retail  groceries,  and  the  assortment  of 
liquors  embraces  the  best  and  most  popular  brands  in  the  market,  the  entire  assortment  of  goods 
being  placed  at  $25,000  value.  Twelve  hands  are  employed  and  everything^  kept  in  perfect  order, 
each  article  in  its  separate  department.  The  trade  is  large  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Texas, 
Alabama  and  Florida,  and  the  sales  reach  $250,000  per  annum.  Keeping  a  well  selected  and  most 
desirable  assortment  of  groceries  and  liquors,  and  possessing  ample  capital  for  meeting  the 
demands  of  the  trade  Mr.  Volckmann  controls  one  of  the  largest  and  most  popular  enterprises  of  this 
description  in  the  entire  city  and  is  prepared  to  offer  extra  inducements  to  his  patrons.  Mr.  V.  is  a 

I  native  of  New  Orleans,  and  being  well  known  in  the  city,  personal  comment  is  unnecessary,  but 
from  the  afready  well  earned  reputation  of  Mr  A^olckniann,  business  relations  entered  into  with  him 
can  only  prove  profitable,  pleasant  and  permanent. 

PHILLIP  HIRSCH — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  m  all  Kinds  of  Cooperage,  No.  58  North 

!  Peters  Street. 

I 

By  a  careful  examination  of  the  commercial  facilities  enjoyed  by  this  city,  we  find  that  among  its 
cotemporaries  the  house  of  Mr.  Phillip  Hirsch  is,  perhaps,  the  most  important.  This  distinction  is 
accorded  not  only  from  the  fact  that  the  house  is  one  of  the  largest  in  New  Orleans,  but  in  the  mag¬ 
nitude  of  its  operations  and  the  enterprise  of  its  business  policy  it  may  be  regarded  as  Oiicupying  an 
eminent  position  and  exerting  marked  influence  upon  the  trade.  The  business  was  originally  start¬ 
ed  by  this  practical  workman  in  1864  with  moderate  capital  which  has  been  largely  increased  by  the 
industry  and  excellent  management  of  Mr.  Hirsch,  until  now  it  is  one  of  the  leading  enterprises  of 
the  kindin  the  city.  The  office  and  storeroom  are  situated  at  No.  58  North  Peter  street,  are  twenty- 
eight  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  feet  in  size  and  two  stories  in  height,  while  the  cooper  shops 
are  located  at  the  comer  of  St.  Louis  and  Miro  streets,  one  half  block  with  three  lots  and  sheds  ad¬ 
joining,  being  occupied  in  the  prosecution  of  the  business.  Hogsheads,  barrels  and  kegs  of  all  kinds 
are  manufactured  here,  none  but  the  very  best  and  most  servicable  timber  being  used  in  their  con¬ 
struction,  the  work  is  put  up  in  the  most  substantial  manner  and  the  house  is  prepared  to  fill  orders 
on  short  notice,  as  a  large  stock  of  material  ready  for  use  is  kept  constantly  on  hand,  the  whole  esti¬ 
mated  at  $20,000  value  Seventy  hands  are  employed  and  two  thousand  packages  are  manufactur¬ 
ed  per  week.  The  facilities  and  appliances  are  first- class,  large  quantities  of  barrels  being  supplied 
to  merchants  and  manufacturers  on  short  notice  and  aklowest  market  rates.  The  trade  is  general 
throughout  Louisiana  and  Texas,  the  business  amounting  to  $100,000  per  annum  and  gradually  and 
steadily  increasing.  Mr.  Hirsch  was  born  in  Germany,  in  1886  and  since  engaging  in  this  business 
in  New  Orleans  has  estabUshed  a  wide  reputation  for  promptness,  reliability  and  fair  dealing  which 
is  acknowledged  wherever  he  is  known.  This  enterprise  has  met  svith  appreciative  acknowledgement 
from  the  public,  through  this  and  other  States  and  the  house  is  regarded  with  that  estimation  right¬ 
fully  due  to  a  business  policy  founded  upon  the  strictest  integrity. 


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WM.  J.  YOUNG — Manufaciurer  and  Dealer  in  Harness,  Saddles,  etc.,  No.  8  North 

Peters  street. 

The  special  branch  of  manufacturing:  industry  earned  on  by  Mr.  Young:,  is  of  much  importance 
and  withal  so  essential  to  the  greneral  public  as  to  be  deserving  of  special  mention  in  this  work. 
This  enterprise  was  established  in  1878  by  Mr.  Young  with  a  moderate  capital,  and  since  that  time 
has  been  steadily  increasing  in  extent,  owing  to  the  strict  attention  paid  to  the  business  by  the  pro¬ 
prietor^  fair  and  honest  dealing  to  all,  and  the  uniform^  excellence  and  superior  quality  of  all  his 
work.  "  He  occupies  a  large  three  stor}^  building  at  No.  8  North  Peters  street,  which  is  30x10'!  feet 
in  size,  and  in  his  factory  will  be  found  all  the  necessary  machinery  for  running  a  business  of  this 
kind.  A  stock  of  $5,000  average  value  is  carried,  three  assistants  are  employed,  all  skilled  workmen 
in  this  line,  and  Mr.  Young  gives  personal  attention  to  every  department  of  the  manufacture.  A 
well  selected  assortment  of  harness,  saddles,  collars,  bridles,  whips,  halters,  combs,  brushes,  etc.,  is 
kept,  while  Neat’s  Foot  Oil  for  harness  is  always  on  hand.  A  large  trade  throughout  the  city  and 
country  is  enjoyed  by  this  house,  the  annual  sales  reaching  $10,000.  Mr.  Young  was  bom  in  New 
Orleans  in  1844,  and  possessing  unlimited  energj’  qnd  push,  has  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative 
trade,  and  beiner  intimately  connected  with  and  materially  adding  to  the  resources,  developrnent 
and  pro.sperity  of  the  Crescent  City.  Mr.  Young  has  achieved  a  position  as  richly  merited  as  it  is 
generally  accorded. 

HYMAN,  LICHTENSTEIN  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  34 

Perdido  Street. 

The  very  gi-eat  prominence  which  New  Orleans  commission  merchants  have  gained  for  faithfulness 
to  their  patrons  interests  has  had  the  etfect  of  bringing  only  A  No.  1  business  men  to  engage  in  that 
line  of  commerce.  It  is  a  well  established  fact  that  not  only  do  this  class  of  merchants  make  New 
Orleans  a  splendid  market,  but  it  also  evidences  that  their  past  commercial  lives  are  the  means 
through  which  they  obtain  and  hold  their  already  large  business.  The  nres^nt  enterprise  was 
started  in  1878,  with  an  ample  capital,  which,  has  been  increased  with  each  succeeding  year  until  at 
present  they  handle  over  25,000  bales  of  cotton  alone,  besides  doing  other  commission  business  ag¬ 
gregating  many  thousands  of  dollars.  Eight  competent^  and  experienced  men  are  kept  constantly 
employed  to  whom  monthly  wages  amounting  to  from  $500  to  $800  are  paid.  The  sample  rooms 
and  offices  are  spacious,  well  lighted  and  conveniently  situated,  being  especially  arranged  and  fitted 
up  for  the  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Sam  Hyman,  Hart  Lichtenstein  and 
Jonas  Hiller,  all  of  whom  are  thoroughly  posted  in  the  branch  of  business  in  which  they  are  now 
engaged,  having  been  actively  engaged  in  the  trade  for  many  years.  They  are  well  known  to  the 
people  of  this  community  as  honorable,  upright  and  worthy  citizens,  who  are  justly  entitled  to  the 
respect  and  patronage  of  the  public.  The  trade  of  this  well  known  house  is  from  Louisiana,  Miss¬ 
issippi,  Texas,  from  which  they  receive  large  consignments  of  cotton,  Ac.  Liberal  advances  made 
on  consignments.  We  cheerfully  recommend  this  firm  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  one  with  whom 
it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 


E.E.  LELAND — French  Millinery,  No.  185  Cana!  St. 

Such  enterprise  as  characterizes  some  of  the  business  houses  of  New  Orleans  is  not  excelled  in  any 
other  city  in  the  Union.  While  in  many  branches  of  trade  there  will  be  found  firms  who  take 
delight  in  being  considered  “conservative,”  and  are  content  to  plod  along  in  the  footsteps  of  their 
forefathers,  neither  increasing  their  own  trade  nor  benefiting  the  city  by  their  efforts,  there  are  still 
many  others  who  will  ever  be  found  alert,  active  and  ready  for  any  enterprise  tending  to  enhance 
their  own  or  the  city’s  interests,  firmly  believing  that  whatever  tends  to  elevate  the  city  exerts  a  ben¬ 
eficial  effect  upon  their  own  business.  Conspicuous  among  the  public  spirited  and  enterprising 
business  firms  of  New  Orleans,  whose  efforts  to  secure  and  retain  trade  from  abroad  have  been 
rewarded  by  gratifying  success,  may  be  mentioned  that  of  E.  E  Leland,  importer  and  dealer  in 
French  millinery,  flowers,  feathers,  English  and  American  straw  goods,  ruches,  vedings,  crapes, 
ladies  ties,  novelties  in  lace  goods,  dress  tiimmings,  buttons  Ac.,  at  No.  185  Canal  street.  This  house 
was  established  in  1880,  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  ample  capital  He  carries  a  large  assort¬ 
ment  of  goods.  Employment  is  given  to  forty-five  female  assistants,  many  of  whom  are  expert 
artists  in  this  special  branch  of  business,  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid.  The  atteches  of 
this  well  regulated  emporium,  are  corteous,  attentive  and  polite  to  all  who  visit  tliis  establishment. 
This  house  being  possessed  of  large  capital  buys  for  ca.sh  and  in  large  quantities,  and  is  thus  enabled 
to  secure  bargains  and  offer  extraordinary  inducements  to  the  trade  everywhere  which  are  not  easily 
duplipated.  The  main  object  of  this  article  is  to  show  that  energy  and  industry-,  backed  up  by  integ¬ 
rity,  will  meet  with  deserved  success  in  New  Orleans  as  well,  if  not  better,  than  in  New  York  or 
other  large  lities,  and  we  have  selected  this  house  as  a  living  illustration  of  the  fact,  as  New  Orleans, 
considered  financially,  geographically,  or  from  any  point  of  view,  is  just  the  place  where  people  will 
find  the  reward  of  the  above  quahfications.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious, 
the  building  being  a  massive  four  story  structure,  25x120  feet  in  size,  which  is  supplied  with  all  the 
most  improved  fixtures  and  funiiture,  and,  in  fact  everything  to  complete  a  first-class  millinery 
house  is  provided  at  this  establishment.  Mr.  Leland  has  the  business  under  his  immediate  control 
and  having  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade,  in  all  its  branches,  is  willing  to  guarantee  his  goods 
equal  to  any  in  this  line.  He  devotes  his  energies  still  to  the  details  of  his  art,  and  has  no  equal 
an)rwhere. 


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Importer  and  Dealer  m  Musical  Instruments,  Strings,  Music  &c 

There  are  few  names  better  kno^,  or  which  command  more  respect,  than  the  one  which  heads 
this  article.  Not  alone  in  New  Orleans,  but  throughout  the  entire  South  and  Southwest,  is  the 

business  enterprise,  punctuality,  and  unquestioned  integ¬ 
rity  of  Mr.  Werlein  understood  and  appreciated,  while 
his  urbane  and  courteous  manner  have  given  him  a  favor¬ 
ed  and  honored  place  in  social  circles  at  home  and 
abroad.  By  his  energy  and  perseverance  he  has  given 
the  music  business  great  prominence  in  the  trade  of  our 
city,  and  made  his  own  establishment  one  of  the  leading 
business  houses  of  the  Mnd  in  the  South.  Mr.  Werlein 
is  an  eminently  practical  man,  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  the  tastes  and  interests  of  our  people,  public-spirited 
and  reliable,  one  whose  indorsement  is  a  sufficient  guar¬ 
antee  of  whatever  or  whomever  he  recommends.  He  is 
the  agent  of  the  following  popular  and  standard  makes 
of  pianos:  “Chickering, “Mathushek,”  and  “Hale;” 
also  the  following  organs:  “Mason  &  Hamlin,”  “Ster¬ 
ling,”  and  “Bay  State.”  Mr.  Werlein, makes  a  leading 
specialty  of  the  Chickering  piano,  which  is  a  leading  fa¬ 
vorite  with  the  music  bujdng  public,  and  this  is  not 
strange  when  one  is  reminded  of  the  fact  that  this  piano  has  stood  the  test  of  over  sixty  years  and 
has  been  awarded  ninety-seven  first  prize  medals,  including  the  Imperial  Cross  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  which  is  the  highest  award  ever  given  any  piano  manufactured  in  the  world.  Another  point 
in  favor  of  the  Chickering  is  the  character  of  its  workmanship.  In  their  factory  to-day  are  twenty- 
seven  workmen  who  have  been  in  their  employ  forty  consecutive  years  ;  forty-one  workmen  who  have 
been  with  them  thirty  years ;  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  for  twenty  years,  and  two  hundred  and 
eight  for  fifteen  years.  The  result  of  this  long  service  by  so  many  skilled  workmen  makes  all  their 
pianos  uniform  in  all  the  requirements  necessary  for  a  first-class  instrument.  The  Mason  &  Ham¬ 
lin  organ,  sold  by  Mr  Werlein,  is  the  grandest  achievement  in  the  way  of  an  organ  ever  produced 
by  any  manufactory.  Liszt,  the  great  music  master  and  composer,  had  Messrs.  Mason  &  Hamlin 
make  him  an  organ  under  his  own  personal  direction,  for  use  in  his  own  study.  This  instrument 
was  such  a  marvelous  success  that  the  firm  now  makes  an  organ  called  the  “Liszt  Organ,”  for 
which  Mr.  Werlein  is  the  sole  agent.  He  gives  employment  to  a  large  corps  of  assistants  who  are 
courteous  attentive  and  polite,  and  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants  of  patrons  who  visit  this 
emporium  of  music.  Piano  tuners  are  employed  who  go  wherever  called.  In  addition  to  the  pianos 
and  organs  mentioned  above,  Mr.  Werlein  has  in  stock  a  full  line  of  cheaper  pianos  and  organs,  and 
can  supply  instruments  of  any  price  or  quality  desired.  Mr.  Werlein  is  an  active  and  energetic  busi¬ 
ness  man,  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  business  in  which  he  is 
engaged,  and  universally  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him. 

W.  G.  TEBAULT— Manufacturer,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Furniture,  Nos. 

31,  39  and  41  Royal  Street. 

Among  the  prominent  manufacturing  establishments  and  commercial  houses  engaged  in  this 
branch  of  business  worthy  of  liberal  mention,  in  a  work  of  this  kind,  the  house  of  W.  G.  Tebault 
cannot  be  overlooked.  This  enterprise  was  started  about  three  years  ago,  by  the  present  proprietor, 
%vith  an  ample  capital,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  success.  Through  the  energy  and  enterprise,  to¬ 
gether  vvith  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  Mr  Tebault  has  largely  increased  his  trade,  un¬ 
til  at  present  he  has  one  of  the  largest  furniture  houses  in  the  city.  Twenty-five  experienced  hands 
are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment,  to  whom  monthly 
wages  are  paid  aggregating  $1,000.  The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  conveniently  situated, 
65x110  feet  in  size,  and  supplied  with  all  the  most  improved  machinery  for  carrying  on  this  special 
branch  of  business.  In  the  office  and  salesrooms,  a  competent  book-keeper  and  five  salesmen  are 
always  in  attendance  to  await  upon  the  patrons  of  this  well  conducted  establishment.  The  trade  of 
this  house,  while  it  is  largely  local,  extends  over  the  entire  Southern  country,  Europe  and  Mexico. 
Mr.  Tebault  is  a  native  bom  Louisianian,  being  born  in  1853,  and  is  well  known  to  the  trade  of  this 
city,  as  an  honorable  and  upright  citizen,  who  has,  by  his  fair  and  just  manner  of  doing  business, 
won  the  confidence  of  the  people  and  with  his  energetic  and  able  management  secured  a  liberal  and 
justly  deserving  share  of  the  public  patronage. 

J.  K.  RENAUD  &  CO. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocers,  Nos.  l85  to  liU  Camp  or. 

In  considering  the  various  commercial  enterprises  of  New  Orleans  the  grocery  trade  assumes  an 
importance  with  reference  to  the  wealth  and  general  prosperity  of  the  community,  that  commends 
it  to  the  most  careful  attention  of  any  work  bearing  upon  the  resources  of  the  city.  In  this  connec¬ 
tion  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  J.  K.  Renaud  &  Co.,  from  the  magnitude  of  its  business  and  the 
character  of  its  operations,  should  receive  fitting  consideration.  It  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
thoroughly  equipped  and  rehable  grocery  establishments  in  this  portion  of  the  city,  occupying  the 
commodious  double  warehouse  at  Nos.  185  to  191  Camp  street,  which  is  filled  with  a  large  and  care¬ 
fully  selected  stock  of  both  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  consisting  of  a  full  line  of  the  choicest  teas, 
coffees,  sugars,  spices,  canned  goods,  &c.  They  have  constantly  on  hand  choice  family  flour,  the 


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best  Goshen  butter,  lard  and  sugar  cured  hams,  preserves,  fruits  and  all  articles  required  for  table 
use.  All  orders  from  the  country  promp%  attended  to.  Goods  delivered  inanypaitof  the  citv 
free  of  drayage.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  extended  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Texas,  Mississ¬ 
ippi,  Alabama  and  Arkansas\  They  caiTy  an  average  stock  of  about  $10,000,  and  transact  an  annual 
busin^ess  of  over  $150,00 ).  Six  experienced  men  are  kept  constantly  employed.  This  enterprise 
was  hrst  started  in  1866  by  Berry  &  Renaud,  who  conducted  it  until  1869,  when  the  present  firm 
succeeded  to  the  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  J.  K.  Renaud  and  Walton 
.1  Y whom  are  experienced  men  in  this  branch  of  industry,  and  fully  acquainted  with  all 
the  detads  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  Prompt,  rehable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  trans¬ 
actions,  they  are  .justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  kommunitv,  and  worthy  of  a 
liberal  patronage  at  the  hands  of  a  generous  public. 

KAUFMAN  &  ISAACS — Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Fancy  Goods,  Notions,  and  Manufw^ 

urers  oj  Ladies'  Underivore,  Nos.  463  and  465  Dryades  Street,  Cor.  Euterpe. 

Ihis  extensive  establishment,  which  ranks  among  the  leading  dry  goods  houses  of  New  Orleans 
was  founded  in  1878,  by  the  present  firm,  with  ample  capital.  To  their  superior  skill,  able  manage¬ 
ment  and  imtiring  devotion  to  the  business,  is  due,  in  a  great  measure,  the  progress  and  great  suc- 
cess  which  has  been  attained  during  the  past  three  years.  They  carry  a  large  and  va'ried  stock  of 
both  foreign  and  domestic  drj' goods,  fancy  goods,  notions,  «tc.,  and  are,  also,  extensive  manufactur¬ 
ers  of  ladies  underwear,  and  are  possessed  of  every  facility  known  to  the  trade  for  giving  their  pat¬ 
rons  and  irie^s  extra  inducements,  both  in  low  prices  and  excellent  quality  of  the  goods  sold.  The 
I  customers  of  this  well  known  house  comprises  many  of  our  best  citizens,  who  testify  greatlv  to  the  popu- 
I  lanty  of  the  house.  Thirty-five  clerks  are  kept  employed,  all  of  whom  are  courteous  and  polite,  and 
:  ever  ready  to  attend  to  the  wants  of  customers.  The  building  occupied  is  27x90  feet  in  size,  with 
an  adjoining  addition  27x50  feet,  which  are  filled  from  top  to  bottom  with  one  of  the  largest  stocks 
of  goods  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city.  The  trade  is  spread  out  over  the  en- 
tireaty  and  adjoining  ►.tates.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Charles  A.  Kaufman  and 
xMarks  Isaacs,  both  of  vvhom  are  natiyes  of  Germany,  but  have  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  manv 
years  and  are  thoroughly  identified  with  every  industry  of  the  Crescent  City.  Thev  sustain  estab- 
hshed  reputations  for  mflexible  integrity  and  reliability. 

HARRISON  &  BETTISON— General  Commission  and  l^du ce^Mer chants^ NoVWtWou- 

pitoulas  Street. 

Among  the  representative  houses  in  New  Orleans  in  the  general  commission  trade  the  name  of 
Mamson  Bettison  has  for  five  years  occupied  a  high  and  honorable  position.  Founded  in  1877  by 
e  present  firm,  the  bouse  is  vvidely  known  and  aclmowledged  as  one  of  the  staunchest  and  most 
le  able  lu  the  city.  The  business  conducted  is  exclusively  a  general  commission  and  produce  trade, 
in  which  they  handle  all  kmds  of  country  produce,  receiving  large  consignments  from  Illinois 
and  other  ^orthem  and  Mestern  States.  Four  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants 
^ekeptconstantly  employed  to  whom  monthly  wages  aggregating  from  $200  to  $300  are  paid. 

1  he  premises  occupmd  are  30x120  feet  in  size,  and  is  esnecialh^  arranged  and  fitted  up  for  the  busi¬ 
ness  for  which  it  IS  being  used.  The  trade  of  this  business  is  confined  mostly  to  the  city  of  New 
Orleans  >ua  the  immediate  suiTOunding  country.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  G.  P. 
Mamson  and  L  ine  Bettison,  both  of  whom  are  well  knowui  as  honorable  and  high-minded  gentle¬ 
men,  who  have  the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  community.  Mr.  Harrison  was  bom  in 
j  issouri,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  commission  and  produce  trade  for  the  past  thirty 
years.  x\lr.  Bettison  is  a  native  of  Arkansas,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  New  Orleans  for  manV 
years  and  is  well  known  to  the  trade  as  a  straightforward  business  man  in  everv^  sense  of  the  term\ 

_  s  a  firm  Messrs.  Harrison  &  Bettison  are  deserving  of  a  hberal  patronage  from  the  general  public. 

BH-LET  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Wines,  Liquors,  &c. 

A  05. 113  and  115  South  Rampart  Street,  Corner  Perdido. 

years  the  name^ of  Adolph  Billet  has  been  identified  with  the  business  interests  and 
material  prosperity  of  the  Crescent  City .  The  extensive  business  house  of  wliich  he  is  at  present  the 
^le  proprietor  was  established  in  187o,  and  by  industry  and  perseverance  he  has  gradually  increased 
from  year  to  year  until  now  he  carries  an  average  stock  of  over  $40,000,  and  transacts  an  annual 
business  aggregating  from  $2o0,000  to  $300,000.  Sixteen  experienced  hands  are  kept  constantly 
empl^oyed,  to  whom  monthly  wages  amounting  to  from  $800  to  $1,000  are  paid.  The  premises  oc- 
Tfail  the  building  being  52x150  feet  in  size  and  two  stories  high,  which  is  com- 

large  and  well  selected  stock  of  groceries,  wines,  liquors,  cigars,  (Src.,  which  he 
otters  to  the  public  at  the  very  bottom  prices.  In  addition  to  his  storeroom,  he  also  occupies  a 
large  and  commodi^s  warehouse  at  Nos.  79  and  81  Perdido  street  where  he  keeps  in  stock  a  large 

f  goods.  His  trade  is  largely  confined  to  the  city  and  surrounding  country.  Goods  de- 
tbe  city  free  of  drayage,  as  he  keeps  five  delivery  wagons  and  his  facilities  in 

Connected  with  the  Telephone  Exchange,  and  all 

rLtdprW^?  m  Shlet  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has 

r  ^  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  has  had  an  experience  of  fourteen  years  in  the  grocery 

conversant  with  the  business  in  all  its  details .  In  this  citv  he  has 
S  T  reputation,  and  assumed  a  high  position  among  the  grocer/  dealers 

J^Lp^  o  ^  .his  well  appointed  store  is  a  pleasure  at  any 

fppiia  r,  o  always  received  by  Mr.  Billet  and  his  gentlemanly  clerks  in  a  pleasant  and  cour- 

Lcuuy  iii3.rixi0r*. 


176  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


G.  W.  DUNBAR'S  SONS — Distillers  of  Liquors  and  Cordials,  Manufacturers  of  Fruit 

Syrups,  and  Packers  of  Shrimps,  Oysters,  Fruits.  Vegetables,  etc..  No.  8  Tchoupitoulas 

Street. 

Jt  is  only  careful  research  and  thorough  investigation  that  enables  the  editor  of  the  present 
volume  to  procure  reliable  and  trustworthy  statistics  of  the  representative  houses  engaged  in  the 
various  branches  of  industry  and  commerce  which,  in  aggregation,  constitute  the  wealth,  prosperity 
and  material  welfare  of  this  city,  and  make  it  a  great  producing  and  commercial  center.  The  house 
of  Messrs.  G.  W.  Dunbar’s  Sons  was  started  m  1866  by  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Dunbar,  with  limited  capital, 
and  its  career  has  been  prosperous  from  the  very  start.  The  business  premises  consist  of  one-half 
square  of  ground,  two-thirds  ot  which  is  built  up,  where  a  flourishing  trade  is  pursued  in  manufactur¬ 
ing,  distilling  and  packing  An  engine  with  three  boilers,  constituting  about  150-horse  power,  is 
used,  and  all  the  requisite  machinery  for  rapid  and  successful  work  is  found  in  their  factory.  Forty 
male  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  female  hands  are  employed  and  about  twenty-five  thousand  cans  are 
turned  out  per  diem.  This  firm  can  shrimps  by  their  own  patent  process,  and  excel  in  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  French  cordials  and  fruit  syrups.  As  packers  of  semi-tropical  products,  orange  and  fig 
preserves,  artichokes,  okras,  etc.,  they  do  an  immense  business,  and  the  annual  sales  amount  to 
over  $100,000.  The  factory  is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Levee  and  Desire  streets,  and  their  products 
are  sold  all  through  the  United  States,  England,  France,  Germany  and  South  America.  Mr.  A.  H. 
Gandin  is  the  efficient  and  trustworthy  book-keeper,  and  the  firm  is  composed  of  ^George  H.  and 
Francis  B.  Dunbar,  both  natives  of  this  city.  They  commenced  their  trade  in  BoiMeaux,  France, 
in  1864,  and  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  details  of  their  business,  and  give  personal  atten¬ 
tion  to  each  department  Parties  transacting  business  with  the  house  cannot  fail  to  receive  satis¬ 
faction. 


LOUIS  GRUNEWALD—  Piano,  Organ,  and  Music  House,  Nos.  16  and  22  Baronne  Street, 

and  121  Canal  Street. 

A  carefully  detailed  examination  of  what  may  be  called  the  industiies  of  New  Orleans  reveals  the 
fact  that  many  extensive  enterprises  are  carried  on  in  this  city,  which  demand  special  attention  at 
our  hand,  and  will  arouse  the  interest  of  the  reader,  not  only  by  their  magnitude,  but  by  the  prom¬ 
inence  which  they  have  achieved.  Of  such,  the  establishment  of  Mr.  Louis  Grunewald,  the  char¬ 
acter  of  his  enterprise,  and  the  impetus  which  his  efforts  have  given  to  the  general  thrift  of  the 
community,  become  fit  themes  for  .  remark,  and  are  sufficient  apology  for  some  comment  on  his  op¬ 
erations.  Mr.  Grunewald  commenced  business  as  dealer  in  pianos,  organs  and  music  in  1856, 
near  Magazine  street  market.  In  1858  he  removed  to  Chartres  street,  and  afterwards  to  his  pres¬ 
ent  attractive  stand,  on  Canal  street.  His  career  throughout  has  been  continuously  successful,  and 
in  1876  he  built  Grunewald  Hall,  on  Baronne  street,  which  is  well  and  popularly  known  by  all  our 
citizens,  and  those  visiting  the  city  in  search  of  amusement  or  pleasure.  The  building  on  Baronne 
street,  in  which  the  Hall  is  situated,  is  four  stories  in  height,  and  76x180  feet  in  size.  Here  is  kept 
the  large  stock  of  pianos  and  organs  which  is  required  to  meet  the  demands  of  his  immense  trade 
throughout  the  South.  The  Steinway.  Knabe,  Weber,  Fisher  and  Pleyel,  the  latter  imported  from 
France,  and  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  climate  of  this  section  of  the  country,  the  Behr  Bros.,  Fischer 
and  Pease  pianos  are  always  kept  on  hand  in  the  various  sizes  and  prices  offered  by  the  manufac¬ 
turers,  while  organs  of  all  the  best  makers  can  be  obtained  at  this,  the  cheapest  and  best  piano, 
organ  and  music  house  in  the  South  Pianos  are  taken  in  exchange,  rented,  moved  or  repaired,  as 
desired,  and  all  transactions  are  perfectly  satisfactory,  in  which  the  house  is  concerned.  The 
building  on  Canal  street  is  quite  large,  and  is  favorably  built  to  admit  of  the  artistic  display  of  the 
smaller  instruments  and  general  musical  merchandise  required  for  the  supply  of  the  musical  trade. 
The  show-windows  are  especially  noticeable,  and  every  article  in  this  line  can  be  procured  at  this 
comprehensive  establishment.  Circulars  containing  the  wholesale  and  retail  prices  of  the  differ¬ 
ent  articles  in  stock  can  be  obtained  upon  application.  Pianos  are  sold  on  easy  monthly  payments, 
and  old  instruments  taken  in  exchange  for  others.  The  four  story  building,  situated  in  the  very 
center  of  the  retail  business  portion  of  our  city,  is  65x160  feet  in  size,  and  is  the  leadinir  emporium 
in  the  music  line  in  the  entire  Southern  country.  Fifteen  employes  are  required  to  successfully  pros¬ 
ecute  the  business,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  is  general  throughout  the  United  States,  Mexico  and 
Cuba,  and  the  business  amounts  to  over  $75,000  per  annum.  Mr.  Grunewald  was  born  in  Bavaria, 
Germany,  in  1827,  and  came  to  New  Orleans  in  1852.  The  hall  bearing  his  name  is  an  architect¬ 
ural  structure  forming  an  ornament  to  our  city,  of  which  we  may  well  feel  proud.  The  interior  is 
artistically  frescoed,  and  adorned  with  oil  paintings  of  many  of  the  old  masters.  The  acoustics  are 
as  near  perfect  as  it  is  possible  to  obtain,  every  sound  being  easily  heard  in  the  extreme  part  of  the 
hall.  Some  of  our  best  musical  artists  have  given  concerts  in  this  hall,  and  it  is  patronized  by  tlie 
elite  of  the  city  For  more  than  twenty -five  years  identified  with  the  industries,  prosperity  and  de¬ 
velopment  of  the  Crescent  City,  maintaining  through  all  that  period  an  untarnished  reputation,  we 
feel  at  liberty  to  say  that  the  claims  of  Mr.  Grunewald  upon  the  public  patronage  are  second  m 
force  to  none  of  his  contemporaries.  He  is  an  eminently  practical  musician,  thoroughly  conversant 
with  the  Southern  and  Western  trade,  and  liis  pleasing,  courteous  treatment  of  all  who  visit  his 
establishment  has  made  him  popular.  His  opinions  on  musical  subjects  are  of  great  weight,  and 
no  one  occupies  a  higher  position  in  social  circles  at  home  or  abroad. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  177 


REYNOLDS  IRON  WORKS — E.  S.  Reynolds,  Manager,  Cor.  South  Market  and  Fulton  Sts. 

In  a  work  devoted  to  a  minute  display  of  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  resources  of  this 
community,  the  iron  manufacturing  interests  must  occupy  a  position  of  importance  commensurate 
with  the  prosperity,'  and  general  development  of  New  Orleans.  Conspicuous  among  those  firms 
that  have  added  no  little  to  the  celebrity  of  our  products  in  this  department  of  trade,  the  Reynolds 
Iron  Works  must  always  occupy  a  prominent  place.  This  enterprise  was  started  several  years  ago, 
and  has  been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  E.  B.  Reynolds,  a  joractical  man  in  this  line  of  busi¬ 
ness,  with  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  trade.  At  these  works  is 
manufactured  all  kinds  of  iron  fronts  for  buildings,  columns,  and  iron  work  in  general;  also  rail¬ 
ings,  castings,  blacksmith  and  machinery  work.  They  are  also  sole  manufacturers  of  the  celebrated 
“Reynolds  Plantation  Cotton  Presses,”  and  “G.  C.  Tiinpe’s  Patent  Elevator.”  They  carry  a  large 
and  varied  stock  of  all  kinds  of  these  manufactured  products,  doing  an  annual  business  of  over 
$140,000.  Eighty  male  assistants,  many  of  whom  are  experienced  and  skilled  mechanics,  are  kept 
constantly  employed,  the  monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  from  $8,200  to  $4,000.  The  premises  oc¬ 
cupied  are  large  and  commodious,  covering  nearly  a  square,  the  shops  being  furnished  with  all  the 
latest  and  most  improved  machinery  used  in  the  business.  The  trade  of  this  establishment  ex¬ 
tends  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Arkansas,  Texas,  South  America,  Cuba 
and  Mexico.  Mr.  Reynolds,  the  popular  manager,  was  born  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  but  has  long  been  a- 
resident  of  this  city  and  has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  the  industries  and  business  interests  of 
the  “Crescent  City.”  As  a  firm,  the  Reynolds  Iron  Works  is  regarded  as  being  at  the  head  of  the 
trade,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  the  high  consideration  resultant  upon  an  honorable  and  enterprising 
career. _ _ 

WM.  DASTILLON — Feed  Store,  Nos.  107  Decatur  and  2,  4,  6  and  8  St.  Louis  Sts. 

This  establishment,  started  in  1879  with  small  capital,  but  has  built  up  a  trade  not  only  satisfac¬ 
tory  to  the  proprietor,  but  a  just  subject  of  pride,  as  it  has  been  done  by  close  attention  to  business, 
energy,  high  individual  honor  and  square  liberal  dealing.  With  the  thrift  characteristic  of  his 
nationality,  Mr.  Dastillon,  unaided,  has  to-day,  by  his  own  exertions,  as  attractive  and  well  selected 
stock  of  feed  as  will  be  found  in  New  Orleans,  consisting  of  hay,  corn,  oats,  bran,  &c.,  in  prime 
condition  and  at  the  lowest  market  prices.  IIis  business  room  is  ample,  20x75  feet,  three  stories 
high,  all  well  arranged  and  adapted  to|the  business.  He  is  an  experienced  man,  a  prudent  buyer, 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  requirements  of  his  trade,  and  he  labors  to  please  his  customers  in 
every  way.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of  $2,500,  which  is  replenished  almost  daily,  and  his  yearly 
transactions  'will  amount  to  $40,000.  Four  assistants  are  employed,  who  attend  to  delivering  goods  to 
the  customers.  Altogether  it  is  one  of  the  most  flourishing  concerns  in  the  city.  Mr.  Dastillon  is  a 
native  of  New  Orleans.  His  facilities  for  conducting  his  business  are  first-class  both  in  extent  and 
quality.  He  is  an  active  business  man,  giving  promise  of  greatly  extending  his  trade.  For  square, 
upright  dealing,  liberal  principles  and  enterprise  no  house  stands  higher. 

LOUIS  GIMBLE — Dealer  in  Hats,  Caps,  Trunks,  Boots  and  Shoes,  Nos.  554  and  556 

Magazine  street. 

Among  the  best  known  and  most  deservedly  successful  merchants  in  this  section  Louis  Giruble  is 
prominent.  He  commenced  business  here  about  fifteen  years  ago,  with  a  limited  capital,  which  by 
his  great  energy,  perseverance  and  close  application  to  business  has  been  gradually  increased  from 
year  to  year,  until  now  he  carries  an  average  stock  of  from  $5,000  to  $6,000,  and  transacts  an  annual 
business  of  over  $10,000.  Two  competent  and  experienced  clerks  are  employed  in  the  sales  depart¬ 
ment  to  whom  liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid.  The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious, 
the  store  room  comprising  a  double  room  at  Nos.  554  and  556  Magazine  street,  which  is  filled  with  a 
large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  hats,  caps,  trunks,  ladies’,  gentlemen’s  and  children’s  boots  and 
shoes  of  all  kinds,  which  he  offers  to  the  public  on  the  most  reasonable  terms.  Shoes  made  to  order 
a  specialty.  The  trade  of  this  establishment  extends  all  over  the  city  and  surrounding  country. 
Mr.  Gimble  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years  past,  and  is 
known  in  this  community  as  an  honest,  upright  and  reliable  business  man  and  justly  entitled  to  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  the  public.  He  is  worthy  of  an  extended  patronage. 

W.  H.  PETERS — Dry  Goods,  Fancy  Goods,  French  Corsets,  Etc.,  No.  600  Magazine  St. 

The  wants  of  a  great  commercial  and  mercantile  city  call  into  existence  many  special  industries. 
Among  our  well  known  dry  goods  firms  is  the  house  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Peters,  located  at  No.  600  Maga¬ 
zine  street,  near  St.  Andrew  street.  This  gentleman  started  his  present  enterprise  in  1863,  with  medi¬ 
um  capital,  and  the  business  has  steadily  increased  until  now  he  enjoys  a  large  and  flourishing 
trade.  The  store-rooom  is  large  and  admirably  adapted  to  the  attractive  display  of  dry  goods, 
fancy  goods,  etc  ,  of  which  a  large  and  select  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand.  The  manufacture  of 
corsets  is  carried  on  to  a  large  extent,  and  are  made  to  order  and  repaired  at  this  establishment. 
French  corsets  are  kept  in  every  variety  and  size  to  suit  the  trade,  which  is  quite  large  throughout 
the  city  and  Southern  country,  many  visitors  to  our  city  availing  themselves  of  the  advantages  held 
by  this  concern.  Six  clerks  are  employed,  and  customers  receive  prompt  and  courteous  attention. 
Mr.  Peters  is  a  native  of  Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  and  his  business  is  conducted  on  those  principles 
of  strict  justice,  integrity  and  fair  dealing  which  has  made  him  popular  and  successful,  and  given 
his  house  a  prominence  as  one  of  the  staunch  and  reliable  business  houses  of  the  Crescent  City. 


178  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


T.  A.  BECK— General  Cooperage,  Nos.  27  and  29  North  Peters  St. 

It  is  impossible,  we  are  convinced,  for  the  reader  to  examine  tbe  contents  of  this  work  without 
being  forcibly  impressed  with  the  wonderful  diversity  which  the  industries  of  this  city  have  assumed 
within  the  last  two  decades.  Within  this  period  much  has  been  done  to  constiiict  avenues  of  trade 
hitherto  unknown  in  this  community.  In  this  relation  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  T.  A..  Beck  must  be 
viewed  and  accorded  such  consideration  as  should  be  awarded  one  of  the  most  important  and  promi¬ 
nent  manufactories  in  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Beck  started  his  factory  in  1860  and  by  close  attenfion  to 
the  trade,  being  thoroughly  conversant  with  its  every  detail,  has‘ enjoyed  a  prosperous  career,  the 
business  having  increased  to  a  large  extent  in  every  direction.  The  business  premises  consist  of  an 
office  and  warehouse  at  Nos  27  and  29  North  Peter  street,  fom-  stories  high  and  30x100  feet  in  size, 
also  the  Star  waiehouse  and  another  on  Juha  and  St.  Joseph  streets,  and  cooner  shops  occupying 
one-third  of  the  square,  situated  on  Carondelet  Walk,  the  latter  containing  all  the  necessary 
machmery  and  appliances  for  this  department  of  manufacture.  Sixty  hands  are  employed  and 
molasses  and  sugar  packages,  rice  and  flour  barrels  are  constructed  especialy  in  large  quantities  and 
none  but  the  best  materials  are  used  in  their  manufacture.  The  average  stock  of  materials  and 
completed  work  kept  on  hand  is  estimated  at  $20,000  value  and  1,000  barrels,  etc.,  are  turned  out 
each  week.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  Louisiana,  Cuba,  Texas.  Mississippi,  Alabama  and 
Mexico,  the  annual  business  reaching  $50,000,  and  the  trade  is  steadily  extending  in  every  direction. 
Mr.  Beck  was  born  in  Germany  in  1833,  and  deserves  high  consideration  for  establishing  so  import¬ 
ant  an  enterprise  in  our  midst  and  adding  so  materially  to  the  general  prosperity  of  the  Crescent  City. 
We  will  conclude  bv  saying  that  from  the  already  weU-eamed  reputation  of  Mr.  Beck,  business  rela¬ 
tions  entered  into  with  him  can  only  prove  profitable,  pleasant  and  permanent. 

!  NEW  ORLEANS  SUGAR  REFINERY — KirchoffBros.,  Proprietors,  No.  103  TchoupitoulasSt. 

j  Among  the  sketches  of  industry  carried  on  in  this  busy  city,  this  one  of  the  New  Orleans  Sugar 
I  Re^ery  is  by  no  means  to  be  overlooked.  It  is  a  branch  of  industry  which,  though  closely  connected 
j  with  the  extensive  grocery  trade  of  the  city,  is  yet  pecuhar  to  itself— requiring  great  business  sagacity 
and  skiU  to  make  it  a  success.  This  enterprise  was  started  during  the  present  year  by  the  present 
proprietors,  with  an  ample  capital  for  successfully  carrying  on  the  busmess.  This  refinery  has  been 
supphed  with  all  the  most  improved  machinery  used  in  the  sugar  refining  business.  The  sugar  for 
refining  is  received  on  the  ground  floor,  where  is  also  situated  the  most  of  the  machinery,  supplied 
with  the  most  improved  engine,  toilers,  vacuum  and  water  pumps,  everything  in  fact  that  is  required 
j  for  the  expechtious  and  thorough  performance  of  the  work  required  in  such  an  establishment  The 
carbon  used  in  the  refinery  is  prepared  with  the  greatest  care,  for  upon  its  quality,  largely  depends 
the  classification  of  the  sugar.  The  second  story  contains  the  centrifugal  machines,  which  are  in 
successful  operation  night  and  day.  The  clarifying  room  contains  a  large  number  of  clarifiers  and 
I  tanks  for  the  sugar  solution,  and  hot  and  cold  water  tanks  for  cleaning  the  carbon.  In  the  melting 
i  department,  the  raw  sugar,  so  to  speak,  is  emptied,  to  be  reduced  to  a  proper  liquid  and  thence 
;  transferred  to  the  highest  story  to  go  through  the  “filters.”  From  this  story  the  liquid  comes  down 
j  again,  stage  by  stage,  until  it  reaches  the  packing  department,  where  it  is  put  m  barrels  or  hogs- 
I  neads  ready  for  market.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  both  young  men,  active,  energetic 
I  and  enterprising,  having  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business  in  which  they  are 
I  engaged,  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  Prompt  rehable 
and  honorable  in  all  theh  business  transactions,  they  have  in  an  eminent  degree  won  the  esteem  and 
j  confidence  of  the  business  community.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend  the  firm  ofErchoff  Bros,  to 
the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  composed  of  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  trade.  We 
I  predict  for  this  refinery  a  successful  and  prosperous  career  under  the  present  efficient  management, 

;  and  one  worthy  of  an  extended  patronage. 

I  * - - - - —  —  -  ■  ■  .  ■  —  —  - - -  -  -  ■  _  ■ 

C.  H.  LAWRENCE  &  CO. — Commission  and  Fish  Merchants,  Nos.  29,31  and  33  Tchou- 

I  j)\toulas  Street. 

\  It  is  only  by  a  careful  review  in  detail  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans  that  any  adequate  idea 
;  can  be  gained  in  regard  to  the  real  magnitude  of  those  interests  which  are  of  such  vital  importance 
I  not  only  to  this  community  but  to  the  American  public  at  large.  It  bemg  the  main  object  of  this 
work  to  present  such  facts,  brief  descriptions  of  the  principal  business  industries  are  not  only  proper 
but  essential  and  in  this  connection  the  house  of  C.  H.  Lawrence  A  Co.,  is  entitled  to  more  than 
passing  notice.  This  establishment  w’as  started  in  1865,  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Lawrence,  and  in  1870  Mr. 

I  W.  E.  Lawrence  was  admitted  as  a  partner  under  the  present  firm  name.  They  occupy  the  spacious 
warerooms  at  Nos.  29,  31  and  33  Tchoupitoulas  street,  55x160  feet  in  size,  four  stories  high  and  keep 
on  hand  a  complete  stock  of  western  produce,  meets  of  aU  kinds,  etc.  The  butter,  cheese  and  meats 
are  kept  perfectly  cool  by  their  process  of  refrigerating.  An  engine  and  boiler  of  twenty-five  horse¬ 
power  is  used  for  refrigerating  the  warehouses  and  for  elevating  purposes  which  is  the  only  one  of 
the  kind  in  the  city.  The  stock  averages  $100,000  in  value  and  an  immense  trade  is  transacted 
throughout  the  city,  the  annual  sales  reaching  $800,000.  Fourteen  emplo5^es  are  kept  constantly 
busy  attending  to  customers’ wants  and  keeping  the  stock  in  perfect  order  The  individual  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  C.  H.  and  W,  E  Lawrence,  both  natives  of  Massachusetts,  and  since 
residing  in  New  Orleans  closely  connected  with  her  material  welfare.  Amply  supphed  with  fachi- 
ties  for  filling  orders  in  wholesale  or  retail  quantities  to  suit  buyers,  the  business  in  aU  its  details  of 
management  is  conducted  with  enterprise  and  energy,  upon  principles  of  pure  mercantile  integrity 
and  it  is  to  these  qualifications  that  the  credit,  reputation  and  confidence  of  the  house  is  due. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  179 


M.  L.  HUDGINS  &  CO. — Wholesale  Tobacco  Merchants,  No.  46  Magazine  St. 

Among  the  industries  for  which  New  Orleans  is  particularly  noted,  the  wholesale  tobacco  trade 
occupies  a  prominent  position  as  a  source  of  commercial  and  industrial  thrift.  Occup^^ing  no  incon- 
spicious  place  among  its  cotempoi-aries,  the  house  of  M.  L.  Hudgins  &.  Co.  is  deserving  of  special 
mention  in  a  work  designed  to  disclose  in  detail  the  resources  and  advantages  of  this  city  as  a  pro¬ 
ducing  and  mercantile  center.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1878  by  the  present  firm  with  medium 
capital  which  has  largidy  increased.  A  large  three  story  building  is  occupied  25x75  feet  in  size,  and 
the  stock  carried  embraces  all  the  most  desirable  and  popular  brands  of  tobacco  in  sufficient  quan¬ 
tities  to  meet  the  demands  of  their  extended  trade.  The  average  amount  of  stock  carried  is  esti¬ 
mated  at  $40,000,  and  three  assistants  are  employed,  two  traveling  salesmen  being  constantly  en¬ 
gaged  in  selling  their  goods  throughout  the  South,  the  trade  lying  principally  in  Louisiana,  Mississ¬ 
ippi  and  Texas,  while  the  annual  sales  reach  $250,000,  and  are  steadily  increasing.  Messrs.  M.  L. 
Hudgins  and  Peter  Burke  compose  the  firm.  Mr.  Burke  is  a  resident  of  Mobile,  Mr.  Hudgins  is  a 
native  of  Virginia,  and  possesses  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  business,  purchasing  none  but  the 
very  best  article,  thus  insuring  perfect  satisfaction  to  all  their  customers.  Among  the  many  firms 
pursuing  the  same  branch  of  industry,  no  house  occupies  a  more  honorable  position  than  this  and 
none  surpass  it  in  a  liberal,  prompt  and  reliable  business  policy  to  which  is  owing  the  ptosperity  of 
the  concern  and  the  esteem  with  which  it  is  regarded. 

JAMES  DE  BLANC — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Ladies',  Gents'  and  Childrens’  Wear, 

No.  98  Royal  Street. 

Mr.  De  Blanc,  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch,  was  born  in 
St.  Martin’s  Parish,  Louisiana,  and  after  serving  a  thorough 
apprenticeship  of  three  years,  about  six  years  ago  commenced 
business  for  himself  at  the  comer  of  Miro  and  Columbus  streets, 
but  soon  after  removed  from  there  to  No.  149  Bourbon  street, 
where  he  continued  until  1881,  and  being  required  to  seek  more 
commodious  quarters,  he  removed  to  his  present  quarters  at  No. 
98  Royal,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  manufacturing  all  kinds 
of  ladies’,  gents’  and  childrens’  boots  and  shoes,  which  for  per¬ 
fect  fit  and  excellence  of  workmanship  cannot  be  equalled  in  the 
city  He  gives  constant  employment  to  from  twenty  to  twenty- 
five  skilled  workmen,  and  personally  oversees  his  entire  estabhsh- 
ment,  everything  being  conducted  with  the  greatest  care  and  in 
a  systematic  manner.  He  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock  of 
ladies’,  gents’  and  children’s  wear  of  all  qualities  and  sizes.  Mr. 
De  Blanc  is  comparatively  a  young  man,  enterprising,  reliable 
and  courteous  in  all  his  business  transactions,  and  is  justly  en¬ 
titled  to  the  liberal  patronage  of  the  pubhc. 

MOYSES  &  MEYN — Manufacturers  of  Show  Cases  and  Cabinets,  No.  63  Chartres  St. 

In  this  branch  of  manufacturing  enterprises  of  New  Orleans,  there  is,  perhaps,  no  house  better 
adapted  to  prosecute  the  work  with  better  success  or  in  a  more  perfect  manner,  than  the  house  of 
Messrs  Moyses  k  Meyn.  Mr.  Moyses  is  a  European  by  birth,  and  having  had  an  experience  of  twen¬ 
ty-one  years  in  the  cabinet  business,  commenced  his  present  business  in  this  city  in  1881,  associating 
himself  with  Mr.  Meyn,  the  present  firm  was  organized.  By  giving  their  personal  and  close  attention 
to  their  business  and  closely  watching  the  interests  of  their  patrons,  they  have  seen  their  business 
increase  with  each  succeeding  year  until  they  are  now  in  possession  of  a  large  and  growing  trade, 
extending  over  the  entire  Southern  country.  They  give  constant  employment  to  six  skilled  mechan¬ 
ics,  two  floors  of  the  building  being  used  for  the  business  of  manufacturing,  which  is  30x100  feet  in 
size,  and  supplied  with  all  the  necessary  appliances  and  machinery  for  successfully  conducting  then- 
special  business.  Mr  Meyn  having  had  ten  years  practical  experience  in  the  show-case  trade,  gives 
his  personal  attention  to  the  supervision  of  this  branch  of  their  business.  They  manufacture  all 
kinds  of  German  silver  and  walnut  show  cases,  show  windows,  together  with  all  kinds  of  cabinet 
work.  All  orders  from  the  country  are  promptly  attended  to.  We  commend  this  house  to  the  read¬ 
ers  of  this  work  as  well  deserving  of  especial  attention  and  liberal  patronage. 

HUGH  FLYNN — Dealer  in  Furniture  and  Mirrors,  Nos.  167,  169  and  171  Poydras  St. 

Amoiw  those  industries  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  house  of 
Hugh  Flynn  occupies  a  conspicuous  position,  and  from  the  character  and  magnitude  of  their  ope¬ 
rations  are  entitled  to  more  than  brief  mention.  This  firm  commenced  business  about  seventeen 
years  ago,  by  Mr.  Flynn,  the  present  proprietor.  Ten  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed.  The 
premises  occupied  are  commodious,  the  buildings  being  each  25x100  feet  in  size,  four  stories  high. 
All  the  latest  improved  machinery  used  in  the  furniture  trade  is  supplied  and  the  store  rooms  hand¬ 
somely  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  the  business.  Mr.  Flynn’s  trade,  while  quite  largely  confined  to 
the  city,  he  has  a  large  country  demand  which  he  supplies.  Mr.  Flynn  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland, 
in  1829,  fifty-two  years  of  age,  and  is  a  Avide-awake,  energetic  business  man,  throroughly  convers¬ 
ant  with  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  has  won  the  esteem  and  respect  of  the  community  in 
which  he  has  located,  by  his  upright  course  and  courteous  manner. 


180  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  » 


ANDRIEN  BROS. — Manufacturers  of  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  37  Bienville  St. 

The  manufacture  of  boot  and  shoe  uppers,  in  New  Orleans,  while  comparatively  only  a  new  en¬ 
terprise,  IS  a  very  considerable  part  of  the  commercial  value  of  the  city’s  business.  Formerly  it  was 
supposed  that  Lynn,  Mass.,  was  the  only  place  for  manufacturing  boots  and  shoes.  At  present  the 
manufacturers  in  New  Orleans  are  able  to  compete  not  only  in  good  work,  but  also  in  low  prices 
with  any  establishment  in  the  country.  Messrs.  Andrien  Bros.,  after  a  practical  experience  of 
twenty-four  years,  m  all  the  various  details  of  this  branch  of  manufacturing,  in  1881,  opened  their 
present  business  at  No.  37  Bienville  street;  their  establishment  being  supplied  with  all  modem  ma¬ 
chinery  and  equipments,  and  they  turning  out  the  the  neatest,  best  fitting  and  durable  work  to  be 
found  m  the  city,  all  of  which  is  made  from  the  best  quality  of  leather.  The  demand  for  their  work 
has  so  increased  that  they  now  employ  from  twenty-five  to  thirty-five  hands,  and  will  add  more  as 
the  business  demands.  Three  floors  of  the  building  are  occupied  in  the  prosecution  of  this  work 
and  it  already  compares  favorably  with  similar  enterprises  of  the  city.  They  carry  in  stock  custom 
made  boots  and  shoes,  and  also  boot  and  shoe  uppers^  which  they  offer  to  the  trade  at  the  very 
lowest  cash  prices.  They  are  also  prepared  to  do  job  work  for  city  or  country,  guaranteeing  the  best 
workmanship  and  on  short  notice  They  are  courteous  and  gentlemanly,  in  the  prime  of  life,  full 
activity  and  public  enterprise,  and  well  deserve  the  esteem  in  which  they  are  held  by  the  citizens  of 
this  community  We  can  assure  the  public  that  no  more  prompt,  upright  and  reliable  boot  and 
shoe  establishment  can  be  found  in  the  city,  and  we  commend  the  house  to  the  readers  of  this  work 
as  being  one  worthy  of  confidence  and  a  desirable  one  with  which  to  establish  business  relations. 

P.  THORMMHLEN — Dealer  m  Leather  and  Findings,  Tanners'  and  Curriers'  Tools,  &c.. 

No.  65  Chartres  street. 

This  important  enterprise  was  started  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1863,  and  having  had  a  pre¬ 
vious  experience  in  this  line  of  business  for  thirty  years,  was  well  prepared  to  conduct  the  present  en¬ 
terprise  to  the  full  satisfaction  of  the  community  as  well  as  the  numerous  patrons  of  the  establish¬ 
ment  The  premises  occupied  are  large  and  commodious,  being  conveniently  situated  at  No.  65 
Chartres  street,  on  one  of  the  principal  business  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  in  which  he  carries  a 
large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  leather  and  findings,  tanners’  and  curriers’  tools  and  oils, 
as  well  as  all  kinds  of  fittings  made  to  order  on  short  notice.  The  stock  includes  both  im¬ 
ported  and  domestic  kip  and  calf  skins,  oak  and  hemlock  sole  leather.  He  makes  a  specialty  in 
green  salted  alligator  hides,  for  which  he  pays  the  highest  market  price.  Shoemakers  tools,  find¬ 
ings,  lasts,  nails,  pegs,  thread,  awls,  ink,  etc.,  can  be  found  at  this  establishment,  and  at  the  lowest 
cash  prices.  He  invites  the  attention  of  purchasers  in  general  to  his  large  stock  of  goods,  assuring 
them  of  courteous  and  liberal  treatment.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend  the  house  to  the  readers  of 
this  work  as  being  one  worthy  of  their  confidence  and  liberal  patronage.  Mr.  Thormsehlen  is  a 
native  of  Europe,  but  has  r  sided  m  the  city  of  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  noted  for  his 
liberality  in  all  public  matters  pertaining  to  the  good  and  general  prosperity  of  the  city.  Personally 
he  is  respected  in  the  community  in  which  he  resides,  and  his  business  policy  is  based  upon  the 
strictest  principles  of  honor  and  fair  liberal  dealing. 

J.  E.  BROWN — Fashionable  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  188  Poydras  5L 

The  question  of  the  largest  house  is  often  contended  for,  but  there  is  no  question  that  J.  E. 
Browm’s  establishment  is  one  of  the  most  fashionable  and  reliable  houses  where  good  fits  can  be  ob¬ 
tained.  He  carries  an  ample  stock  of  goods  for  the  trade,  -ot  first-class  quality,  replenishing  often 
and  thereby  keeping  late  styles  of  goods  from  which  to  select.  He  commenced  business  m  February 
1876,  with  only  his  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade  and  by  close  attention  to  the  wants  of  his 
patrons  has  built  up  a  thriving  business,  comparing  favorably  with  similar  concerns  in  the  city. 
From  eight  to  ten  skilled  workmen  arc  employed  as  the  exigencies  of  the  trade  demand  and  gives  his 
personal  attention  to  all  work  before  it  leaves  his  house,  cutting  the  work  himself  and  never  failing 
to  give  satisfaction.  He  occupies  a  three  story  building  as  residence  and  storeroom  and  is  always 
found  at  his  place  of  business.  He  is  a  gentleman  highly  esteemed  for  his  social  qualities  and 
thoroughly  conversant  with  his  trade.  Prompt,  reliable  and  actively  energetic,  he  has  made  his 
house  a  favorite  with  those  who  appreciate  well  fitting  clothes  at  moderate  prices.  This  is  the  lead¬ 
ing  enterprise  of  the  kind  in  this  part  of  the  city. 

ORLEANS  TURNING  MILL — Special  Manufacturers  of  Furniture,  Gebsi  &  Hablizel, 

Proprietors,  Nos.  94  and  96  Perdido  .street. 

This  well  known  and  extensive  establishment  is  located  in  the  central  part  of  the  city,  in  a  com¬ 
modious  structure  45x160  feet  in  size,  where  since  1874  the  firm  has  done  an  immense  business.  They 
manufacture  and  keep  on  hand  a  well  assorted  stock  of  all  kinds  of  turnings  in  wood,  metal  and  ivory, 
consisting  of  newels,  ten-pin  balls,  rollers,  balusters,  mouldings,  furniture  turnings,  handles,  awn¬ 
ing  posts,  faucets,  patterns,  Ac.  Twelve  skilled  workmen  are  kept  constantly  employed,  to  whom 
liberal  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  from  $600  to  $700.  One  15-horse  power  engine  is  used 
to  furnish  the  motive  power  to  drive  the  necessary  machinery  in  the  different  departments  of  the 
establishment.  While  their  trade  is  principally  confined  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  they  do  a  large 
business,  by  orders,  from  all  the  surrounding  country.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Mr. 
B.  Gebs  and  Jno.  Hablizel,  both  of  whom  are  men  of  large  and  practical  experience  in  this  branch 
of  manufacturing,  and  are  well  acquainted  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  business. 
Prompt,  reliable  and  energetic,  they  are  fully  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  patronage  of  the  public. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


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M.  SCHWARTZ  &  BRO. — Dealers  in  Engines,  Pumps,  Machinery,  etc.,  149  to  169  Mag¬ 

azine  Street 

A  detailed  description  prepared  with  a  view  of  giving  a  careful  review  and  comprehensive  sum¬ 
mary  of  the  various  enterprises  of  a  manufacturing  character  which  have  conduced  to'  give  New 
Orleans  the  reputation  that  she  enjoys,  would  be  incomplete  without  reference  to  this  representative 
establishment,  exerting  as  it  does  a  powerful  and  vital  influence  upon  the  prosperity  of  the  city. 
Messrs.  Schwartz  &  Bro.  started  their  present  enterprise  with  a  small  capital,  and  by  close  attention 
to  business  have  increased  their  facilities  until  now  they  are  numbered  among  our  large  and  influen¬ 
tial  dealers.  Two  lots  are  occupied  and  three  buildings  used  for  storing  the  immense  stock  required 
for  their  extended  trade.  Twenty  hands  are  employed,  the  weekly  pay  roll  amounting  to  $350. 
The  assortment  kept  by  this  firm  consists  of  new  iron,  engineers’  and  railway  supplies,  engines, 
pumps,  machinery  of  all  kinds,  steam  and  gas  pipe,  and  fittings,  etc.,  the  average  value  being  placed 
at  $100,000.  The  trade  is  general  throughout  Louisiana,  Texas,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Mexico  and 
Cuba,  the  sales  reaching  $200,000  per  annum.  Messrs.  Schwartz  k  Bro.  are  agents  throughout  the 
South  for  Dean’s  steam  pumps,  Friedman’s  patent  injectors  and  Kelley  steel  barb  wire,  each  of 
them  widely  celebrated  for  points  of  excellence.  The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  M;essrs. 
Moses  and  Louis  Schwartz  who  commenced  this  trade  in  1865  and  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  its 
smallest  details.  Mr.  Moses  Schwartz  was  born  in  Germany  in  1849,  was  formerly  President  of  the 
New  Orleans,  Spanish  Fort  and  Lake  Railroad,  is  now  in  the  prime  of  life  and  a  popular,  highly 
respected  citizen.  Mr.  Louis  Schwartz  was  also  born  in  Germany  in  1845,  is  an  active,  enterprising 
business  man,  fuUy  cognizant  of  the  requirements  of  the  business.  One  book-keeper  and  four  sales¬ 
men  are  employed  and  the  firm  devote  their  personal  attention  to  the  trade,  giving  customers  a 
courteous  and  pleasant  reception  and  retaining  their  patronage  by  fair,  honorable  dealings  in  all 
business  transactions  and  prompt  attention  to  supplying  orders  sent  to  the  house.  They  are  entitled 
to  unbounded  success  and  will  attain  true  prosperity. 


M.  POKORNY  —  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  103  St.  Charles 

Street. 

In  compiling  the  business  industries  of  New  Orleans  it  is  safe  to  assert  that  this  house  is  one  of 
the  most  enterprising  and  rehable  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Pokorny  started  in 
business  in  this  city  in  1860,  and  conducted  the  estabhshment  until  1869,  when  he  removed  to  New 
York  where  he  resided  for  a  short  time,  but  subsequently  returned  to  the  Crescent  City  and  has  been 
in  active  business  ever  since.  By  his  industry  and  perseverance,  backed  up  by  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  business,  he  has  established  a  lucrative  trade,  the  annual  sales  aggregating  from  $100,000  to 
$125,000.  From  twenty-five  to  thirty  hands  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  different  depart¬ 
ments  of  the  estabhshment,  the  monthly  pay-roll  amounting  to  from  $1,200  to  $1,500.  The  prem¬ 
ises  occupied  are  conveniently  situated  and  especially  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  this  special  branch 
of  business.  Mr.  Pokorny  does  a  large  jobbing  trade  with  the  wholesale  dealers  in  the  city,  besides 
having  an  extended  trade  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Texas  and  other 
Southern  States,  supplying  the  sugar  and  cotton  planters  with  stocks  of  boots  and  shoes  He  manu 
factures  to  order  all  grades  of  boots  and  shoes,  and  also  carries  a  full  and  complete  hne  of  Eastern 
made  goods,  which  he  offers  at  reduced  rates.  Mr.  Pokorny  is  an  Austrian  by  birth,  and  has  a  life 
long  experience  in  this  branch  of  trade,  having  served  his  time  as  an  apprentice  in  Vienna.  He  is 
a  live,  active  ^siness  man.  He  sohcits  a  share  of  the  pubhc  patronage,  and  wiU  manufacture  every 
article  in  his  line  of  business  at  prices  to  suit  his  patrons. 


MEMPHIS,  HELENA  AND  NEW  ORLEANS  PACKETS— Office  No.  82  Gravier  St, 


John  F.  Douglas,  Agent. 

The  marked  success  attendant  upon  the  career  and  operations  of  these  Packets  is  of  such  a 
pronounced  and  obvious  character  as  to  demand  more  than  ordinary  attention  in  making  a  careful 

review  of  the  commercial  industries  a 
city  of  New  Orleans.  These  boats  start¬ 
ed  the  trade  in  1878,  for  the  purpose  of 
running  a  line  of  steamers  in  the  inter¬ 
ests  of  the  local  trade  between  New  Or¬ 
leans,  Helena  and  Memphis.  They  now 
have  running  regularly  two  boats,  tho 
“Chas.  P.  Chouteau,”  and  the  “Henry 
Frank,  ”  two  of  the  largest  cotton  boats 
ever  built.  They  leave  New  Orleans  on  their  regular  trips  every  Friday.  The  local  office  of  the 
company  is  located  at  No.  82  Gravier,  and  the  business  at  this  end  of  the  route  is  looked  after  by 
Captain  .John  F.  Douglas,  an  old  and  experienced  steamboatman,  who  is  thoroughly  conversant  with 
all  the  details  of  the  business.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  unimpeachable  integrity,  and  stands  deservedly 
high  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  community.  They  have  purchased  two  more  boats  for  the 
trade,  the  Laura  Lee  and  a  new  one  not  yet  named.  Jesse  K.  Bell,  corner  Gravier  and  Delta 
street,  is  financial  agent  of  the  packets,  and  Brockett  &  Carter,  38  Magazine  street,  sign  all  bills  of 
lading  over  the  Arkansas  Valley  route  via  Arkansas  City. 


182 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


EDWARD  BOOTH — Wholesale  Hats,  Caps,  Trunks,  etc..  No.  32  Magazine  St. 

This,  we  believe,  is  one  of  the  oldest  business  houses  in  the  c%,  dating  as  far  back  as  1839 .  Mr. 
Edward  Booth  succeeded  to  it  in  1848  and  has  increased  the  business  until  now  he  is  at  the  head  of 
one  of  the  leading  hat  houses  of  the  city.  A  building  30x75  feet  and  four  stories  in  height  is  occu¬ 
pied  and  a  complete  stock  of  well  selected  hats,  caps,  straw  goods,  ladies’  hats,  trunks,  show  cases, 
etc.,  carried  in  suflBcient  quantities  and  in  great  variety,  the  newest  and  best  styles  being  always 
found  there.  Ten  assistants  are  employed  and  a  good  stock  kept  on  hand.  Four  traveling  men  are 
kept  on  the  road  selling  goods  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Alabama  and 
Florida.  The  prices  at  this  house  are  proverbially  low;  fair  and  square  dealing  being  their  motto, 
and  live  and  let  live  then*  rule  of  action.  No  house  in  the  city  possesses  facilities  for  trade  superior 
to  this  old  and  favorably  known  establishment  Mr.  Booth  is  known  as  a  man  of  the  strictest  in¬ 
tegrity  and  business  tact,  and  it  will  pay  our  readers  to  give  bun  a  cal)  when  they  want  anything  in 
his  line 


G.  YALETS — Wholesale  Beer  Depot  and  Sole  Agent  for  Wm.  J.  Lemps* ,  St.  Louis  La- 

ger  Beer,  No.  68  Fulton  St. 

Among  the  industries  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans  there  are  few  which  take  precedent  in  excellence 
and  enterprise  to  that  of  Mr.  G.  Yalets,  at  No.  68  Fulton  street,  sole  agent  of  Wm.  J.  Lemp’s  cele¬ 
brated  St  Louis  Lager  Beer.  This  beer  has  obtained  popular  favor  wherever  it  has  been  introduced 
for  its  sparkhng  purity  and  excellent  qualities.  It  has  met  in  competition  with  the  largest  and 
best  known  estabhshments  of  the  Western  and  Southern  country,  and  from  the  best  judges  has 
claimed  the  highest  meed  of  honor.  Mr.  Yalets  keeps  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  this  beer,  as 
well  as  the  genuine  German  Seltzer  water,  constantly  on  hand,  both  bottled  and  on  draught.  A  force 
of  sixteen  male  assistants  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  prosecution  of  this  large  and  constant¬ 
ly  growing  business.  The  premises  occupied  are  25x150  feet  in  size,  and  four  stories  high,  being  es¬ 
pecially  fitted  up  and  aiTanged  for  the  business.  Mr  Yalets,  not  only  has  a  large  city  trade,  but  has 
orders  daily  from  all  the  surrounding  country,  where  he  has  a  large  acquaintance  in  business  circles. 
Mr.  Yalets  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  but  has  been  a  resident  of,  and  connected  with,  the  business 
interests  of  New  Orleans  for  many  years.  He  commenced  the  study  of  his  business  in  1866,  having 
a  practical  experience  of  over  fifteen,  years,  and  has,  by  his  courtesy  and  business  ability,  gained  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and  no  man  sustains  a  nobler  reputation  than  he  has 
acquired.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  refer  in  a  book  of  this  character  to  a  man  who  has  succeeded  so  admi¬ 
rably  by  his  own  efforts  as  has  Mr  Yalets. 


TENSAS  AND  BAYOU  MACON  PACKET  CO.— Office,  No.  132  Gravier  St. 


In  a  detailed  account  of  the  mercantile  industries  and  business  interests  of  New  Orleans,  and 
which  have  added  no  little  to  the  commercial  wealth  of  the  city,  we  are  pleased  to  notice  that  of  the 
Tensas  and  Bayou  Macon  Packet  Company,  which  besides  having  aided  the  city  has  given  the 
planters  on  the  Tensas  river  and  towns  along  the  route,  an  outlet  for  their  freight  on  which  they 
can  always  rely,  and  which  should  receive  the  hearty  support  of  merchants  and  planters  along  the 
route  traversed  by  the  company’s  steamers.  The  following  magnificent  boats  are  running  in  this 

Hne:  the  “Tensas,”  L.  V.  Cooley,  master,  and 
Thomas  Knee,  clerk;  the  “Yazoo,”  J.  B.  SuUi- 
van,  master,  and  W.  B.  Poulke  in  the  office. 
They  are  elegantly  fitted  up  both  for  freight  and 
passengers,  and  supphed  with  every  convenience 
and  comfort  for  passengers.  The  officials  are 
coufteous  and  accommodating,  the  tables  be- 
f  supplied  with -an  abundance  of  the  “good 
”  which  the  market  affords.  The  line  has 
er  the  present  management  become  one  of 
the  most  popular  as  weU  as  the  safest  line  to  travel  on  of  any  in  New  Orleans.  Passage  and 
freight  rates  may  be  secured  either  on  board  the  boats  or  at  the  company’s  office,  at  No.  132  Gravier 
street,  from  Messrs.  Lord  &  McPeake,  agents.  The  boats  make  regular  ten  day  trips  going  as  far- 
as  Floyd’s  landing  on  Bayou  Macon,  and,  also  to  the  upper  Tensas. 


PAUL  SAUYE — Stationer,  Book  and  Job  Printer,  Ruler,  Lithographer,  Binder,  Engraver, 

Blank  Book  Manufacturer,  Etc.,  74  St.  Charles  Street. 

Identified  with  the  business  industries  of  New  Orleans,  Mr.  Sauve  and  his  work  have  acquffed  an 
enviable  celebrity.  This  house  was  first  started  in  1874,  with  very  moderate  capital,  but  by  perse¬ 
verance  and  strict  attention  to  business  his  trade  has  largely  increased  both  throughout  the  city  and 
country.  Mr.  Sauve  is  a  native  of  Jefferson  Parish,  Louisiana,  where  his  father  owned  several  sugar 
plantations,  the  name  dating  as  far  back  as  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  this  State.  He  is  a  wide  awake 
energetic  and  honorable  business  man,  who  has  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  aU  those  who  have 
business  relations  with  him,  we  therefore  cheerfully  commend  him  to  the  public  as  one  worthy  of  their 
confidence  and  patronage.  Mr.  Sauve  carries  a  full  line  of  stationery,  together  with  pocket  books, 
frames,  albums,  papettries,  etc.,  etc. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


183 


ABITA  SPRINGS — W.  G.  Coyle,  Agent,  No.  33  Carondelet  St 

The  Abita  Chalybeate  and  Saline  Springs  of  Louisiana  are  located  on  the  banks  of  the  Abita  river 
twenty-eight  miles  from  New  Orleans,  and  two  and  one-half  from  Covington,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Tammany.  The  Abita  Springs  formerly  belonged  to  Capt.  Bossiere,  is  remarkable  for  the  volume  and 
quality  of  water  which  it  discharges,  and  for  the  force  of  its  ascending  current,  as  it  makes  its 
exit  from  the  ground.  The  surrounding  country,  which  is  undulating  and  heavily  timbered,  is  ele¬ 
vated  on  an  average  of  about  twenty-five  feet  above  the  usual  surface  of  the  Abita  river  (from  which 
the  spring  receives  its  name).  Geologically  speaking,  the  section  is  alluvial,  and  covered  by  a  beau¬ 
tifully  symmetrical  growth  of  various  species  of  pine,  interspersed  here  and  there  with  patches  of 
oak.  The  surface  soil  is  sandy,  and  generally  of  light  color;  underlying  the  surface,  at  a  clepth  vary¬ 
ing  from  one  to  two  and  three  feet,  is  a  sub-stratum  of  blue  clay.  With  proper  tillage,  it  has  been 
found  adequate  to  the  production  of  all  the  various  grains  and  vegetables.  In  regard  to  the  origin 
of  the  spring,  the  character  of  the  water  contrasting  m  appearance  so  strongly  with  the  waters  of 
the  Abita  River,  which  flows  close  by;  its  volume,  (the  main  Abita  spring  yields  one  hundred  and 
twenty  (120)  gallons  per  minute,  or  two  million  of  gallons  per  twenty-four  hours — running  constantly;) 
and  the  fact  that  it  holds  in  solution  so  considerable  an  amount  of  silicic  acid,  seems  to  favor  the 
idea  that  its  source  is  very  deep  in  the  earth;  in  other  words,  that  it  is  a  kind  of  natural  “Artesian 
WeD.”  The  temperature  of  the  water,  60 — air  being  74  — seems  to  favor  the  same  opinion  The 
analysis  of  the  Abiti  Springs — as  simple  carbonates — under  the  direction  of  Prof.  W.  P.  Riddell,  of 
the  University  of  Louisiana,  contains : 

Carbonate  of  Soda . (Na.  0.  Co2.). . . .  5.3270 

Carbonate 'of  Iron . (Fe.  0.  Co2.) . 3.5766 

do  of  Lime . (Ca.  0.  Co2.) . 2.7500 

do  of  Magnesia . (Mg.  0.  Co2.) . 9624 

Chloride  of  Magnesium . (Mg.  Cl.) .  ...  .9634 

Silica  and  Alumina .  . 3.3000 

Potassa  and  Organic  Matter . 4800 

Carbonic  Acid  (free)  Co2 . . . . . 5.4850 


Total . 22.8442 

In  view  of  the  valuable  medicinal  qualities  of  these  springs  a  company  was  formed  consisting  of 
wealthy  and  influential  citizens,  and  in  1855  was  incorporated  under  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of 
Louisiana,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,0o0,  divided  into  shares  of  $100  each.  It  is  estimated  that 
more  than  half  the  population  now  leave  the  city  to  remain  away  during  the  summer  months,  or  one- 
third  of  the  year.  Most  of  these  seek  the  small  towns  along  the  lake  and  gulf  shore,  to  find  but 
little  change,  except  in  place — the  water  generally  being  bad,  and  the  mosquitoes  still  with  them 
Others  find  a  refuge  among  the  springs  and  watering  places  of  the  North.  These  last  are  the  wealthy 
classes,  and  persons  whose  business  lasts  only  during  the  winter  season.  Still  a  large  portion  are 
left  unprovided  for — those  who,  either  from  a  lack  of  means,  or  whose  business  requires  that  they 
should  remain  near  the  city,  cannot  seek  an  asylum  at  such  a  distance.  Those  are  they  who  feed  the 
yellow  fever  and  cholera.  The  Abita  Springs  is  a  refuge  from  pestilence,  offering  more  inducements 
for  health  and  comfort,  than  can  be  found  at  the  far-famed  Northern  springs.  The  Abita  Springs  is 
situated  in  the  parish  of  St.  Tammany,  on  the  Abita  river,  two  and  one-half  miles  East  of  Covington. 
The  “Abita  Company”  have  made  many  valuable  improvements  at  the  springs,  erected  hotels, 
cottages,  &c.,  and  in  fact,  have  supplied  every  thing  necessary  for  the  convenience  of  guests  while 
sojourning  at  this  very  popular  resort.  Two  large  and  elegant  steamers,  the  “New  Cameha”  and 
“Heroine”  are  run  regularly  between  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Springs,  touching  at  Mande- 
ville,  Covington  and  other  landings  making  all  the  principal  points  on  Lake  Ponchartrain.  The  lake 
breezes  are  always  pleasant  and  exhilirating,  and  there  is  no  reason  why  the  “Abita  Springs”  should 
not  be  as  noted  and  as  popular  a  water  ;place  for  New  Orleans  and  the  South  as  “Long  Branch”  is 
to  New  York;  for  here  can  be  had  a  choice  of  sea,  mineral  or  fresh  water  baths,  pure  air  and  enchant¬ 
ing  scenery.  Any  correspondence  regarding  the  Springs,  or  for  passenger  or  freight  rates,  should 
be  addressed  to  W .  G.  Coyle,  Agent,  No.  33  Carondelet  street.  During  the  heated  term  in  the 
summer  months  regular  excursions  will  be  given  from  New  Orleans  at  reducpd  rates,  and  every 
accommodation  will  be  extended  by  the  steamers  to  make  it  pleasant  and  agreeable  to  passengers. 

£.  M.  SIVORI — Wholesale  Dealer  m  all  Kinds  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,  Nos. 

24  and  26  Poydras  Street. 

There  is  a  vast  amount  of  enterprise  among  the  fruit  dealers  in  New  Orleans,  and  they  have  given 
the  city  an  excellent  reputation  for  activity  in  this  business.  There  is  no  dealer  in  this  branch  of 
trade  that  has  done  as  much  in  building  up  the  business  as  E.  M.  Sivori,  who  is  located  at  Nos.  24 
and  26  Poydras  street.  One  of  the  leading  specialties  of  this  house  is  the  sale  of  all  kinds  of  fruits, 
vegetables  and  country  produce  ;  also,  oranges,  lemons  and  bananas.  Mr.  Sivori  is  a  native  of 
Europe,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  and  been  actively  engaged  in  the  fruit  trade  for  many  years 
past,  and  is  a  gentlemen  of  progressive  ideas,  and  infusing  this  characteristic  into  his  trade,  he  soon 
rose  to  distinction  in  commercial  affairs,  and  his  business  has  increased  until  the  annual  sales  will 
reach  from  $!<  0,000  to  $125,000.  He  occupies  a  building  60x80  feet  in  size,  which  is  filled  from  top 
to  bottom  with  a  full  variety  of  both  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  vegetables,  &c.  Mr.  Sivori  is  a 
ytraightforward,  active  business  man,  and  a  very  worthy  citizen  of  New  Orleans. 


1^4  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


LEED  S  FOUNDRY  AND  MACHINE  SHOPS — Corner  of  Delord  and  Constance  Streets. 

Although  it  must  bo  confossod  that  thoro  are  manufacturing  centers  in  the  United  States  of  more 
seeming  prominence  than  New  Orleans,  yet  from  a  critical  examination  it  is  very  questionable  wheth¬ 
er  anv  other  community  of  like 
size  can  exhibit  so  great  a  diver¬ 
sity  in  the  character  of  the  in¬ 
dustries  carried  on  and  promot¬ 
ed  as  are  found  in  active  opera¬ 
tion  in  this  city.  Among  those 
enterprises  which  strike  us  as 
being  particularly  prominent  is 
that  of  Leeds&Co.  manufacturers 

of  engines,  boil¬ 
ers,  cotton  com¬ 
presses,  sugar 
mills,  vacuum 
pans,  and  all 
kinds  of  sugar 
machinery.  This 
foundry  was  or¬ 
iginally  known 
as  the  New  Or¬ 
leans  Foundry, 
merely  a  repair 
shop  and  con¬ 
ducted  upon 
very  small  capi¬ 
tal  until  1825, 
when  Mr.  Jede- 

chal  Leeds  became  interested  in  it,  becoming  sole  proprietor  in  1826.  The  hmited  scale  upon  which 
the  concern  was  first  established  is  rather  a  matter  of  astonishment  in  view  of  the  enlarged  facilities 
of  the  plant  at  the  present  time.  About  two  thirds  of  a  square  of  ground  is  occupied  by  their  found- 
ry,  ten  or  twelve  buildings  being  used  in  the  various  departments  of  the  work.  Here  are  employed 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  hands  at  present^  as  many  as  four  hundred  being  required  at  times.  Two 
large  engines  for  turning  lathes  and  smith  and  boiler  work  are  used,  having  two  double  fined  boilers 
besides  two  smaller  engines  for  various  purposes.  A  steam  hammer  and  all  the  latest  improved 
machinery  required  for  heavy  work,  such  as  large  lathes,  planers,  cranes,  furnaces,  etc.,  are  found 
here  and  they  claim  an  improved  style  of  work,  especially  in  sugar  machinery,  in  which  line  they 
have  had  great  experience.  Sugar  mills  and  kettles,  clarifiers,  vacuum  pans,  centrifugal  machines, 
drammg  machines,  saw  mills,  gin  gearing,  furnace  mouths,  grate  bars,  cotton  compresses,  boilers  of 
the  best  quality,  etc.,  are  made  in  large  numbers  at  these  works  and  a  wide-spread  reputation  has 
been  established  for  excellence  of  work,  throughout  Louisiana  princinally.  The  stock  of  materials 
etc.,  usually  carried,  is  valued  at  about  $100,000,  and  the  annual  business  reaches  about  $250  OOO’ 
with,  a  capacity  for  from  $500,000  to  $600,000  per  annum.  This  foundry  has  been  in  the  same  fam¬ 
ily  since  1826  and  the  present  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  Chas.  J  Leeds,  who  has  been  in  the  business 
since  1841,  and  Mrs.  0  B.  Leeds.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  both  natives  of  New  Orleans  and 
the  standing  and  reputation  of  the  firm  is  such  as  to  warrant  the  entire  confidence  of  those  with 
whom  it  has  business  relations  and  entitles  it  to  the  consideration  of  that  community  whose  general 
interests  the  concern  has  done  so  much  to  promote.  The  foundry  occupies,  in  all  respects,  a  com- 
mandmg  position  in  the  Crescent  City  and  the  worthy  superintendent  of  the  works,  Mr.  A.  Mitchell, 
having  been  employed  in  this  establishment  since  1840,  has  largely  aided  in  promoting  the  material 
welfare  of  this  enterprising  concern  and  deserves  high  commendation,  the  manner  in  which  the  work 
IS  conducted  being  such  as  to  inspire  the  confidence  of  dealers  throughout  the  South  and  wherever 
their  manufactures  are  in  use. 


B.  ALLEN — Saw  Repairer  and  Furnisher,  No.  108  Tchoupitoulas  St. 

In  1878  this  gentleman  established  the  above  business,  which  by  close  attention  and  judicious 
management,  has  since  been  greatly  augmented.  The  store  room  is  30x75  feet  in  size,  and  the  trade 
is  distributed  among  the  mills  in  the  city  and  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Texas,  Mississippi 
and  Florida.  Three  hands,  all  of  whom  are  skilled  workmen,  are  employed.  The  work  turned  out 
by  Mr.  Allen  is  first-class  and  warranted  in  every  respect.  Mr.  Allen  was  born  in  New  York  State 
in  1833.  and  has  been  engaged  in  this  special  line  of  work  since  early  boyhood  He  is  a  thorough 
practical  machinist  and  fully  competent  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  His  personal  attention  is  given 
to  his  business  and  nothing  transpires  in  his  establishment  but  what  he  is  fully  conversant  with  all 
the  details,  and  we  cheerfully  commend  Mr.  AUen  as  a  man  worthy  of  the  confidence  and  patronage 
of  the  general  public.  Mr.  Allen  makes  a  specialty  of  filling  orders  from  the  saw  mills  throughout 
the  entire  Southern  country,  and  all  work  consigned  to  him  will  receive  prompt  attention,  and  saws 
will  be  returned  immediately  after  being  repaired.  This  is  the  only  house  in  New  Orleans  making 
a  specialty  of  this  work,  and  it  is  well  worthy  of  the  extended  trade  that  he  is  receiving. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


185 


B.  GRISWOLD  &  CO. — Dealer  in  Watches,  Jewelry,  &c..  No.  119  Cana!  Si. 

This  old  establishment  was  first  founded  by  Hyde  &  Goodrich  in  1815,  and  under  that  firm  name 
the  business  was  conducted  for  forty  years,  but  finally  the  name  was  changed  to  the  above,  Messrs. 

A.  B.  Griswold  &  Co  ,  it  has,  through  its  extensive 
business  transactions, become  as  well  known  through¬ 
out  the  South  as  any  establishment  in  the  city  of 
New  Orleans.  This  great  establishment  is  located 
at  No.  119  Canal  street,  in  the  very  center  of  the 
business  portion  of  the  city,  the  premises  occupied 
being  a  beautiful  four  story  structure,  28x100  feet 
in  size,  and  filled  with  a  large  and  carefully  selected 
stock  of  all  kinds  of  jewelry,  watches,  diamonds,  &c 
Being  possessed  of  an  ample  capital,  this  firm,  is 
prepared  at  all  times  to  take  advantage  of  the 
market  in  making  their  purchases  direct  from  first 
hands  cheap  for  cash,  and  are  consequently  prepared 
to  offer  to  the  trade  of  this  city  and  customers 
throughout  the  country,  all  the  advantages  known 
to  the  trade  in  prices,  &c.  They  carry  an  average 
stock  of  about  $60,00 ),  and  transact  an  annual  bus¬ 
iness  of  over  $150,000.  Eight  skilled  and  exper¬ 
ienced  artizans  and  ten  clerks  are  kept  constantly 
employed,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid.  The 
individual  members  of  the  firm  are,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Griswold  and  Henry  Ginder,  both  of  whom  are  well 
and  favorably  known  to  the  citizens  of  this  community  as  being  honorable,  reliable  and  trust-worthy 
in  every  sense  of  the  term,  and  enjoy  in  an  eminent  degree  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  portion  of  this  community.  This  establishment  is  without  exception  not  only  the  largest  but 
best  arranged  in  all  its  departments  of  any  of  the  leading  imuses  engaged  in  this  class  of  trade  in 
the  city.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend  the  firm  of  A.  Griswold  k.  Co.  to  the  readers  of  this  work 
as  being  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  reliable  in  New  Orleans  connected  with  the  jewelry  trade. 

A.  WOLF — Wholesale  and  Retail  Crockery,  No.  24  Magazine  St. 

A  gratifying  fact  in  connection  with  this  business,  to  those  interested  in  the  industrial  prosperity 
of  this  country,  that  may  be  stated,  is  the  fact  that,  whereas  in  the  earlier  history  of  this  house,  the 
great  majority  of  the  articles  dealt  in  were,  of  foreign  manufacture,  and  were  imported  in  very  large 
invoices,  requiring  the  employment  of  large  capital  and  necessitated  the  carrying  of  immense 
stocks,  now  more  than  two-thirds  of  all  the  goods  sold  in  this  line  are  of  American  manufacture,  show¬ 
ing  the  rapid  strides  that  have  been  made  in  this  as  well  as  all  other  branches  of  industrial  progress, 
while  it  also  enables  the  great  jobbing  and  distributing  houses  to  more  frequently  replenish  their 
stock,  and  does  not  necessitate  the  employment  of  so  large  a  capital  as  formerly.  The  house  of  A. 
Wolf  is  one  of  the  leading,  as  well  as  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  this  line  of  trade  in  the  city, 
having  been  established  in  1865,  and  enjoys  a  very  extensive  wholesale  trade  throughout  the  South. 
The  building  occuped  is  28x120  feet  in  size,  four  stones  in  height  and  is  fully  stocked  with  a  complete 
line  of  crockery  valued  at  from  $40,000  to  $60,000.  Seven  hands  are  employed  and  two  traveling 
salesmen  kept  constantly  on  the  road  selling  wares  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi, 
Texas,  Arkansas  and  Florida,  the  annual  sales  amounting  to  $100,000.  Mr.  Wolf  is  a  native  of 
Germany,  and  commenced  business  in  1854,  at  first  in  the  dry  goods  trade  which  he  carried  on  for 
eleven  years,  afterwards  in  his  present  line.  He  is  an  able  and  intelligent  business  man,  fully  com¬ 
petent  to  maintain  and  increase  the  splendid  record  of  commercial  honor  and  perfect  reliability 
which  has  so  long  distinguished  this  house. 

JOSEPH  DAVID — Wholesale  Groceries  and  Rice  Mills.  No.  32  Decatur  St. 

In  reviewing  the  manufactures  and  commerce  of  this  city,  there  are  interests  so  closely  allied  to 
and  essential  to  the  promotion  of  that  part  of  the  commerce  of  New  Orleans  that  has  its  connection 
with  water  traffic,  as  to  make  them  appropriate  subjects  for  comment,  not  only  on  account  of  their 
general  usefulness  to  the  community,  but  also  as  being  particularly  interesting  and  available  to  the 
great  mass  of  people  engaged  in  business  in  the  city  and  vicinity.  Of  such  houses  as  are  largely 
engaged  in  this  relation  that  of  Mr  Joseph  David,  in  its  line,  the  most  conspicious  and  reliable 
This  enterprise  was  started  in  1860  by  the  present  proprietor,  and  the  facilities  have  gradually  been 
extended  and  increased  until  now  the  business  assumes  large  proportions.  The  storeroom  occupied 
is  85x125  feet  in  size,  three  stories  in  height,  each  floor  being  fully  stored  with  an  ample  and  most 
desirable  stock  of  wholesale  groceries,  the  average  value  being  estimated  at  $80,000.  The  rice  mills 
connected  with  this  establishment  are  located  at  Nos.  16  and  18  Toulouse  street,  are  69x175  feet  in 
size,  two  stories  in  height  and  contain  all  the  latest  improved  machinery  for  this  especial  work 
which  is  kexjt  in  motion  by  an  engine  of  50-horse  power  capacity.  Twenty  hands  are  employed  by 
this  house  and  a  large  trade  carried  on  throughout  the  United  States,  amounting  to  $500,000  per 
annum,  Mr.  David  was  born  in  France  in  1826  and  has  been  a  resident  of  New  Orleans  thirtv-six 
years,  during  which  time  he  has  been  thoroughly  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  the 
city  and  possessing  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  every  detail  in  the  various  departments  of  his 
business,  has  fully  established  himself  as  a  representative  business  man  of  the  Crescent  City. 


186 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


H.  ROLLING  &  CO— Carriage  Manufacturers,  Nos.  158,  160  and  162  Poydras  St 

Every  business  venture  that  evinces  in  its  conduction  genuine  enterprise  and  energy,  is  entitled  to 

a  work  of  this  character.  Among  the  numerous  carriage  building  establish¬ 
ments  m  this  large  and  prosperous  city,  we  notice  that  of  Messrs  H.  Rolling  &  Co.,  who  have  been 
their  business  o^y  since  the  early  part  of  1881,  but  who  have  already  established  a  large 
and  growmg  trade  Twenty  male  assistants,  many  of  whom  are  experienced  and  skilled  workmen, 
are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  difterent  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  premises  oc- 

T  f  u’  •  ^uildiiig  being  125x180  feet  in  size,  and  especially 

ranged  and  furmshed^for  the  business,  being  provided  with  all  the  latest  improved' machineiy  used 

extensive  trade,  both  m  the  city  and  surrounding  country. 
The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  H.  Rolling  and  Charles  Rolling,  both  of  whom  are  nativL 
ot  iNew  Orleans,  young,  active  and  energetic  business  men,  having  a  hfe  long  experience  in  the 
business,  they  are  fully  conversant  with  all  the  devils  of  the  trade.  They  manufacture  all  kinds  of 
^  swing  wagons,  and  painting  and  repairing  is  neatly  done  at  reasonable 
jnices.  While  their  trade  is  as  yet  m  its  infancy,  it  is  gradually  spreading  out,  and  we  predict  that  it 
will  not  be  many  years  until  they  occupy  the  leading  place  in  their  line  in  this  city. 

S.  ALEXANDER— Wholesale  and  Retail  Dry  Goods,  Red  Stores,’'  Nos.  1  and  2  French 

Market. 

^  ‘J  extent  of  the  commercial  houses  of  a  city,  largely  indicate  the  business  thrift 

What  names  are  more  familiar  in  the  history  of  the  great  Eastern  cities  than  the  old 
influential  dry  goods  houses.  The  diy  goods  concerns  of  this  country  have  always 
ytuelded  a  most  potent  influence,  and  as  culture,  taste  and  refinement  become  the  lea^ng  character- 
istics  of  commumties,  that  influence  grows  and  expands.  In  this  connection  we  select  the  house  of 
b.  Alexander,  as  a  representative  one  in  the  dry  goods  department  of  trade.  This  enterprise  was 
tir.-,t  started  m  1871,  with  smn  11  capital.  By  possessing  energy,  perseverance  and  eminent  business 
quahties  Mr  Alexancler  ^s  attamed  a  prominent  position  among  the  dealers  of  our  city.  A  three 
story  building,  60x80  in  pze  is  occupied,  which  is  admirably  adapted  to  the  display  of  goods,  cheap, 
fresh  and  fashionable,  which  are  constantly  kept  in  stock,  new  bargains  being  otfered  every  day. 
h  ifteen  assistants  are  employed  and  kept  busy  attending  the  wants  of  patrons  and  a  large,  flourish¬ 
ing  trade  throughout  the  city  generaUy  is  enjoyed  by  this  popular  house.  Having  been  formerly 
connected  with  the  house  of  Wallace  A  Co.,  dealers  in  dry  goods,  at  the  corner  of  Magazine  and 
Common,  Mr  Alexander  possesses  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade,  keeps  a  stock  as  complete  in 
selection,  as  elaborate  m  detail  and  as  perfect  in  style,  quantity  and  quality  as  is  to  be  found  in  the 
city.  Mr.  Alexander  is  a  native  of  Germany,  and  has  resided  in  this  city  since  1857,  during  which 
time  he  has  gamed  hosts  of  friends  and  numerous  patrons,  and  has  become  well  known  and  popu¬ 
lar  throughout  this  section.  In  the  consideration  of  the  community  no  house  takes  a  hio-herrank  or 
IS  more  deserving  of  the  success  it  has  achieved  or  the  spotless  reputation  it  bears.  ° 

GEO.  D.  MOFFAT  Successor  to  Moffat  &  Gugenheim,  Manufacturing  Confectioner 

and  Baker.,  No.  33  Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

in^stnes  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  establish¬ 
ment  ot  Mr.  Heo.  1).  Moffat  occupies  no  mconspicious  position  and  from  the  character  and  magnitude 
of  his  operations,  is  entitled  to  extended  notice,  conducing  in  so  high  a  degree  to  the  substantial 
benefit  of  tke  community  and  occupying  a  place  that  redounds  no  little  to  the  establishment  of  a 
reputation  for  New  Orleans  in  keepmg  with  its  real  merits.  The  office  and  storeroom  situated  at 

•  o-  ?to^ies  in  height.  The  bakery  department 

IS  2dxo0  feet,  the  confectionery  3oxl0  )  feet.  The  latest  improved  machinery  is  used,  run  by  an  en- 
gme^ot  15-hoise  power  and  the  manufacture  of  Moffat’s  lemon  sugar  and  fruit  syrups  is  carried  on 
to  a  large  extent.  The  stock  averages  $20,000  in  value,  while  the  annual  sales  reach  $150,000,  the 
trade  extending  throughout  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Texas,  Florida,  Alabama  and  Arkansas.  Sixty 
bands  are  required  m  the  manufacturing  department  and  four  travehng  salesmen  distribute  their 
products  throughout  the  South.  Mr.  Geo.  D.  Moffat,  late  of  Moffat  &  Jaeger,  and  of  Moffat  & 
Gugenheim,  is  the  proprietor  of  this  house,  which,  though  established  m  1880,  has  assumed  a 
leading  position  among  the  enterprising  and  substantial  business  firms  of  the  Crescent  City. 

M.  CARROLL — Dealer  in  Furniture,  No.  125  S.  Rampart  St. 

leading  business  enterprises  of  this  city  is  the  furniture  house  of  Mr.  M.  Carroll,  at 
No.  125  S.  Rampart  street.  Phis  house  was  estabhshed  iii  1879,  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  a 
moderate  capital  which  by  energy,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  business  has  so  largely  in- 

carries  an  average  stock  of  $4,000,  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over 
$12,00().  h  ive  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed.  The  premises  occupied  are  25x54  feet  in 
size,  weU  arranged  and  fitted  up  for  his  business.  He  does  a  city  trade  principally,  but  ships  large 
amounts  of  goods  to  the  adjacent  country.  Mr.  CaiToll  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  in  October 
^11  A!  engaged  in  his  trade  for  many  years.  He  gives  his  own  personal  attention  to 

all  the  details  of  his  business,  arid  is  justly  considered  one  of  the  most  prompt,  correct,  reliable  and 
agreeable  men  in  the  Crescent  City. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  187 


HERMAN  ISAAC — Wholesale  Tobacconist,  No.  69  Cana!  St 

This  house  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  respectable  of  this  character  in  the  entire  Southern  countiy. 
It  was  established  over  twenty-five  years  ago,  by  the  prese^it  proprietor.  He  is  an  active,  energetic, 
careful  and  attentive  business  man,  of  twenty-five  years  experience  in  the  business,  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  all  the  details  of  his  extensive  business  and  requirements  of  his  trade.  H€  does  a 
general  jobbing  business,  carrying  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  all  kinds  of  tobacco,  cigars,  <fec.,  and, 
also,  is  importer  is  smokers’  articles  and  Havana  cigars.  He  is  the  only  sole  agent  for  the  United 
States  for  the  celebrated  “L.  Lacroix  Fils,”  Augonleme,  France  and  ‘‘Riz  La”  cigarette  paper.  He 
keeps  five  experienced  and  capable  clerks  constantly  employed,  who  are  courteous  attentive  and 
polite  to  all  who  call  at  his  establishment.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently 
situated  on  the  principle  business  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  the  building  being  a  beautiful  four  story 
structure,  which  is  supplied  with  all  the  modem  appliances  for  successfully  carrying  on  his  special 
business.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  very  large,  extending  over  the  greater  portion  of  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Isaac  is  a  native  of  Europe,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  is  well  and 
favorably  known  in  this  community  as  an  honorable,  reliable  and  energetic  business  man,  with  a 
high  reputation  for  integrity  and  fair  deahng,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  in  which  he  is 
held  by  the  trade. 

CHAFFE  &  POWELL — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  36  Perdido  St. 

The  impoitance  of  the  cotton  trade  to  New  Orleans  and  its  great  influence  upon  the  prosperity  of 
the  community  has  been  a  frequent  subject  of  comment,  but  not  until  each  separate  venture  in  this 
line  of  trade  is  examined,  is  the  true  magnitude  of  the  industry  understood  and  appreciated.  And 
in  this  connection  we  can  not  complete  the  “Industries  of  New  Orleans”  without  a  mention  of  these 
leading  houses  in  the  city  engaged  in  the  cotton  commission  trade,  among  which  are  Chatfe  & 
Powell,  located  at  No.  86  Perdido  street.  This  firm  has  ample  capital  to  compete  successfully  with 
any  house  in  the  trade  and  have  facilities  for  extending  every  accommodation^  to  then'  correspon¬ 
dents.  They  receive  large  consignments  from  the  States  of  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  and 
other  cotton  growing  districts.  They  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments  and 
extend  every  favor  to  country  merchants  shipping  goods  to  this  market.  Through  long  experience 
in  every  detail  of  their  business,  and  a  high  reputation  for  integrity  and  fair  dealing,*  this  firm  is 
justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  in  which  it  is  held  by  the  trade.  Progressive,  enterprising  and  lib¬ 
eral  it  is  not  too  much  to  assert  that  no  firm  in  New  Orleans  has  done  more  to  promote  the  welfare 
and  industnal  thrift  of  the  community. 

L.  M.  GEX — Dealer  in  Roofing  Slate,  Building  Materials,  &c..  No.  136  Basin  St. 

Among  the  several  firms  in  New  Orleans  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business,  perhaps  none  wfll 
outrank,  with  reference  to  extent,  general  appointments  and  magnitude,  as  well  as  variety  of  stock, 
the  enterprise  of  Mr.  L.  M.  Gex,  located  as  above.  This  enterprise  was  started  by  the  present  pro¬ 
prietor  in  1872,  with  only  a  moderate  capital;  but,  through  the  energy,  enterprise  and  perseverance 
displayed  in  the  management  of  his  business,  he  has  largely  increased,  his  trade  and  now  enjoys  the 
returns  of  a  lucrative  and  constantly  increasing  business.  Seventeen  hands  are  constantly  employed 
in  the  various  branches  of  his  business.  He  carries  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  all  kinds 
of  building  materials,  slate,  etc.,  and  is  prepared  to  do  work  in  his  line  at  the  very  lowest  standard 
rates  and  on  short  notice.  This  business  is  largely  confined  to  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  sur¬ 
rounding  country.  Mr.  Gex  was  bom  in  Louisiana  m  1851,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  his 
present  business  since  1872.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  his  trade  in  all  its  details  and  is  well 
known  in  the  community  for  his  prompt  and  reliable  manner  of  transacting  business.  We  can 
cheerfully  recommend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  a  gentleman  in  every  sense  of  the 
term,  and  one  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  public. 

THEO.  H.  MARSH — Commission  Merchant,  Packer  and  Wholesale  Dealer,  No.  57 

Poydras  Street. 

Among  those  firms  which  are  most  intimately  connected  with  the  history  of  New  Orleans,  its 
struggle,  growth  and  subsequent  prosperity,  sharing  and  promoting  every  matter  of  public  interest, 
the  house  of.Theo.  H.  Marsh,  will  assuredly  take  a  prominent  position.  For  thi*ee  years  its  career 
has  been  closely  allied  to  the  Western  Produce  Commission  trade  in  all  its  various  stages,  and  to  a 
marked  degree  conducive  to  the  thrift  and  importance  that  places  this  branch  of  our  commerce  upon 
so  solid  a  footing.  He  has  grown  up  in  the  produce  commission  business  in  this  city,  so  to  speak, 
and  may  be  said  to  have  an  acquired,  as  well  as  an  inate  knowledge,  of  this  special  branch  of  indus¬ 
try,  which  is  evidently  tmmed  to  the  best  interests  of  the  house  in  securing  a  general  and  flourishing 
busmess  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Alabama,  iVIississippi,  Texas,  Florida,  and  extending 
into  Mexico  and  South  America.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of  $4,000,  while  his  annual  sales 
reaches  $150,000.  From  six  to  eight  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  business.  Receives 
large  consignments  from  the  North  and  Northwest,  of  all  kinds  of  country  produce,  giving  hberal 
advances  to  consignors.  Mr.  Marsh  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  in  1854,  is  a  young,  active  and  ener¬ 
getic  business  man,  with  an  extended,  practical  experience,  having  been  engaged  in  this  branch  of 
trade,  in  various  capacities,  since  1869.  He  has  made  for  himself  an  honorable  record  in  the  mercan¬ 
tile  community  and  built  a  business  which  will  compare  favorably  with  that  of  any  similar  establish¬ 
ment  in  the  Umted  States. 


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EDMOND  DUBOIS — Importer  of  Wines  and  Brandies,  No.  36  Decatur  St. 

In  speaking  of  the  commercial  advantages  of  New  Orleans,  it  affords  us  great  satisfaction  to  an¬ 
nounce  that  especially  in  the  traffic  of  wines,  liquors,  etc.,  inducements  are  accorded  purchasers’ in 
this  city  that  are  certainly  not  attained  at  any  other  point  in  the  South.  Indeed,  this  fact  has  be¬ 
come  so  generally  and  widely  known,  as  to  have  led  to  the  establishment  of  houses  whose  operations 
have  become  colossal,  productive  of  a  trade  that  extends  all  over  the  United  States.  The  largest 
importer  of  wines  and  brandies  in  this  city,  is  Mr.  Edmond  Dubois,  who  established  his  enterprise 
^re  in  lo74  and  possessing  ample  capital,  the  business  has  largely  increased,  his  house  being  now 
the  most  extensive  of  its  kind  in  the  entire  city.  A  large  four  story  building  35x110  feet  is  occupied 
which  contains  all  the  facilities  required  for  handling  the  immense  quantities  of  wines  and  brandies 

enjoys.  An  average  stock  of  from  $10,000  to 
$15,000  value  is  carried  at  all  times,  while  large  cargoes  are  sold  upon  arrival  in  port,  without 
handliTig*.  Six  GmployGS  aiG  rGcjuirGd  to  iiiGGt  tliG  dGnia.iids  of  tliG  trB,dG  wliilG  onG  travGlingf  salGs- 
kept  constantly  on  the  road  in  the  interest  of  the  house  and  goods  are  sold  all  over  the  Unit¬ 
ed  States,  the  sales  reaching  from  $275,000  to  $30  ',0  0  per  annum.  Mr.  Dubois  is  Southern  agent 

p  1  Pelle  and  Ponchan  &  Noel  of  Bordeaux;  J.  Lacosse  of  Lormont;  Videau  &  Brun 

of  Nice  and  Bordeaux;  A.  D-  Boiteau  Co.  and  Mre.  Castillon,  Jne,  Cognac;  A.  Seignette  of  La 
Kochelle;  Schade  &  Buysing  of  Schiedam;  B.  Reig  of  Port  Vendres  and  E.  Blouquier  &  Fils  and 
Leenhardt  of  Montpellier  &  Cette,  all  of  whom  are  well  known  all  over  the  country  for  excellence  in 
manufacture.  Mr.  Dubois  is  a  native  of  France  and  since  his  residence  in  this  country  has  done 
much  to  promote  the  welfare  and  thrift  of  this  city .  Being  so  well  and  favorably  known,  it  is  need- 
I*?®  I^rnis  regarding  him  and  we  can  only  add  that  business  relations  estab¬ 

lished  with  this  house  cannot  fail  to  be  of  the  most  satisfactory  character,  as  in  all  dealings  with  cus¬ 
tomers  he  has  been  found  prompt,  reliable  and  decisive,  and  has  received  the  approbation  of  the 
community  in  every  respect. 

SAMUEL  M,  TODD— Importer  and  Dealer  in  Paints,  Oils,  etc..  No.  37  Magazine  St. 

It  is  well  in  recording  the  various  industries  of  any  community  to  give  more  than  mere  passing 
mention  to  those  firms  or  men  in  any  particular  branch  of  trade  who  have  achieved  high  positions 
through  the'force  of  native  ability,  unaided  either  by  the  capital  of  others  or  any  influences,  save 
those  evoked  by  their  own  capacity.  This  enterprising  house  was  first  started  by  S.  M.  Todd  &  Co., 
in  1848,  and  it  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  house  of  our  city.  A  building  30x220  feet  in 
size,  and  four  stories  in  height  is  occupied  and  a  full  line  of  white  lead,  paints,  glass,  brushes,  var- 
msh,  artists’  and  coach  painters’  colors  and  materials,  linseed,  lard,  rosin  and  coal  oils,  naval  stores, 
axle  grease  etc.,,  is  carried,  the  average  value  being  placed  at  $30,000.  In  1859  Mr.  Todd  assumed 
the  entire  control  of  the  business,  and  under  his  management  the  trade  has  been  greatly  increased, 
necessitating  the  employment  of  seven  assistants  and  an  annual  business  of  about  $75,000  is  trans¬ 
acted.  He  IS  agent  for  Nobles  &  Hoares’  celebrated  English  varnish;  Manison  Brothers  &  Co.  pure 
white  lead;  Baxter  &  Bell  s  pure  liquid  paints;  Russell  M’fg  Co.’s  palette  and  putty  knives;  .lohn- 
ston’s  patent  dry  kalsomine  and  fresco  paints,  and  the  unrivalled  “Elaine,”  the  family  safeguard 
oil.  An  immense  business  is  transacted  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Florida,  Texas  and 
Alabama,  and  in  addition  to  other  specialties,  he  has  the  exclusive  sale  for  this  city  of  the  illuminat¬ 
ed  disc  and  match  box,  a  very  useful  article  for  every  house.  Mr  Todd  is  a  native  of  New  York, 
and  as  an  enterprising  and  thoroughly  reliable  dealer  is  fully  entitled  to  general  and  liberal  patro¬ 
nage  and  the  high  esteem  of  the  business  community. 

BEBKSON  BROS. — Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  12  and  14  South  Peters  St,  and  Nos.  12  and 

14  Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

In  endeavoring  to  preserve  some  record  of  our  commercial  firms  by  historical  notes,  our  object  in 
introducing  this  department  of  our  work  is  attributable  more  to  a  desire  to  gather  together  remem¬ 
brances  of  such  interesting  nature,  rather  than  to  seek  opportunity  for  personal  compliment.  But 
it  is  quite  admissable  for  us  to  say,  that  Messrs.  Berkson  Bros.,  wholesale  grocers  and  dealers  in 
Western  produce,  wines,  liquors,  tobacco  and  cigars,  at  Nos.  12  and  14  South  Peters  and  12  and  14 
Tchoupitoulas  streets,  belong  to  that  class  of  staunch,  sagacious  merchants  who  have  been  promi¬ 
nently  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  the  city  for  several  years  past,  and  to  .whose  enter¬ 
prise  and  perseverance  as  well  as  sterling  conduct  and  uprightness,  those  interests  are  indebted  for 
much  of  their  present  vigor  and  development.  This  enterprise  was  first  started  in  1866  by  Rosen¬ 
berg,  Schefck  &  Berkson,  who  were  succeeded  by  Scherck  &  Berkson  in  1871.  In  1876  the  firm 
name  became  Scherck,  Berkson  &  Bro  ,  the  present  firm  taking  the  management  in  1878  and 
throughout,  the  house  has  had  a  very  successful  career,  the  business  increasing]  steadily  year  by  year. 
A  large  four  story  building  is  occupied,  which  is  50x120  feet  in  size,  and  contains  a  large  assortment 
of  goods  in  which  they  deal  especially  and  the  usual  line  carried  by  wholesale  grocery  dealers,  the 
average  stock  being  estimated  at  $60,000  value.  Twelve  hands  are  employed,  who  keep  the  entire 
stock  in  perfect  order  and  all  orders  received  by  the  house  receive  prompt  attention.  An  annual 
trade  amounting  to. $500,000  being  transacted  throughout  the  South,  principally  in  the  States  of 
Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas  and  Texas .  Messrs.  Theodore  and’ Simon  Berkson  comprise  the 
firm,  both  natives  of  Prussia,  and  by  judicious  management  and  strict  attention  to  business  a  lucrative 
and  flourishing  trade  has  been  secured  throughout  the  Southern  States  and  from  indications  bid  fair 
to  become  one  of  the  largest  establishments  in  this  section  of  country. 


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189 


LOEB  &  GUMBEL — Wholesale  Notions,  No  82  Cana!  St. 

In  giving  descriptive  accounts  of  the  leading  and  representative  mercantile  houses  of  the  city  of 
New  Orleans,  evidencing  the  many  divisions  and  sub-divisions  of  the  trade  of  the  ever  busy  and  go- 
ahead-ative  to-day,  we  certainly  know  of  none  occupying  a  more  prominent  position  than  that  recog¬ 
nized  as  wholesale  notions,  nor  can  we  give  descriptive  accounts  of  any  house  in  this  trade  more 
entitled  to  the  first  place  and  mention  than  the  establishment  of  Loeb  &  Grumbel.  These  gentlemen 
commenced  business  in  this  city  in  1864  in  a  small  way  and  have  largely  increased  their  facilities 
The  building  at  present  occupied  by  the  firm  is  31x81  feet  in  size,  four  stories  in  height  and  contains 
a  well  selected  assortment  of  notions  of  which  it  would  be  impossible  for  us  to  enumerate  the  multi¬ 
farious  articles  included  in  the  trade.  The  average  amount  of  stock  carried  is  valued  at  $85,000,  and 
the  sales  reach  $200,000  per  annum.  Ten  hands  are  employed  and  a  large  and  lucrative  business 
transacted  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas  and  Florida,  four  trav¬ 
eling  salesmen  being  kept  constantly  on  the  road  in  the  interests  of  the  house.  Messrs.  E .  Loeb  and 
F.  Gumbel  compose  the  firm,  both  natives  of  Germany,  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business 
in  which  they  are  engaged.  The  history  of  this  city  is  mainly  the  result  of  the  indomitable  enterprise 
of  her  citizens  and  this  record  thus  becomes  a  part  of  the  record  of  the  State  and  Nation. 

J.  EDMOND  MEBILH — Importer  of  Leather  and  Findings,  Nos.  148  Royal  and  198 

Poydras  Streets. 

Few  establishments  are  better  known  in  this  State,  or  any  of  the  Southern  States,  than  that  of 
the  above  firm,  whose  business  house  occupies  a  three  story  brick  building,  stocked  with  a  full  and 
well  selected  stock  of  leather  and  findings.  This  house  was  founded  in  1870,  with  ample  capital, 
and  has  been  successful  from  the  start.  The  stock  carried  by  the  firm  is  quite  large  in  value,  and 
their  annual  sales  reach  about  $80,000.  From  twelve  to  fifteen  male  assistants  are  employed  in  the 
sales  and  manufacturing  departments  of  the  establishment.  In  addition  to  this  house,  Mr.  Merilh 
IS  the  proprietor  of  another  establishment  located  at  No.  148  Royal  street,  where  he  carries  a  full 
and  complete  assortment  of  the  same  line  of  goods.  He  also  carries  a  heavy  stock  of  leather  and 
findings,  and  manufactures  uppers  in  which  he  has  a  large  trade  both  in  the  city  and  from  the  sur¬ 
rounding  country.  Mr.  Merilh  was  born  in  France  in  1846,  and  has  had  an  experience  of  thirteen 
years  in  this  business.  As  a  business  house,  this  one  is  so  well  established  for  strict  adherance  to 
truthful  representations  and  reliability  in  commercial  honor,  that  any  comment  from  us  would  be 
superfluous.  He  has  long  been  identified  with  the  material  interests  of  New  Orleans,  and  has  a 
well-earned  reputation  g.s  a  bright,  active  business  man,  and  most  excellent  citizen. 

DEL  BONDIO,  WEBER  &  STAUDINGER — General  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale 

Liquor  Dealers,  No.  80  Magazine  Street,  near  Poydras  Street. 

Among  the  many  firms  engaged  in  the  general  produce  business  in  New  Orleans  and  which  add 
so  much  to  the  commercial  wealth  of  the  Crescent  City,  none  occupy  a  more  substantial  position  or 
are  deserving  of  more  worthy  mention  than  the  above  firm .  They  succeeded  Mr.  Fred  Del  Bondio  who 
was  among  the  first  to  enter  this  business  and  by  honorable  dealings  won  a  trade  that  has  been 
lasting  and  still  continues  with  the  house.  The  present  proprietors  are  all  active  intelligent  and  energetic 
men,  who  bring  an  experience  of  about  fifteen  years  to  the  business  and  have  so  admirablj^  divided  their 
attention  to  the  different  branches  of  their  trade  that  no  one  part  suffers  from  inattention,  but  each 
one  is  overlooked  and  superintended  by  one  of  the  partners.  Their  capital  is  ample  for  making 
liberal  advancements  on  consignments.  The  building  occupied  is  next  door  to  the  New  Orleans 
Produce  Exchange  and  their  facilities  for  selling  produce  are  such  that  they  realize  at  times  extra 
prices  and  always  guarantee  their  patrons  the  highest  prices  in  the  market.  In  connection  with  the 
general  commission  business  they  carry  a  stock  of  liquors  which  they  sell  at  unusally  low  prices. 
They  occupy  a  four  otory  brick  building  of  sufficient  dimensions  to  handle  produce  well  and  econom¬ 
ically,  and  we  are  glad  to  note  the  house  as  worthy  of  the  patronage  and  consignments  of  our 
Western  produce  dealers.  Their  annual  sales  amount  to  $250,000.  The  stock  carried  is  full  and 
ample,  but  varies  according  to  the  shipments  received  but  sufficient  for  the  trade.  The  house  dates 
back  at  least  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  business  prosperity. 

JAMES  McCaffrey  —  Produce  Commission  Merchant  and  Dealer  in  Hay,  Grain,  Corn 

Meal,  Flour,  ci^c..  No-  60  Magazine  Street. 

Among  the  many  leading  houses  in  New  Orleans  engaged  in  the  produce  commission  business  we 
cannot  omit  favorable  mention  of  James  McCaffrey  whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  60  Maga¬ 
zine  street.  He  does  a  general  commission  and  produce  trade,  receiving  large  consignments,  of  hay, 
grain,  com  meal,  flour  and  all  kinds  of  Western  produce,  and  is  prepared  by  his  long  practical  ex¬ 
perience  to  attend  to  his  consignors’  interests,  and  in  a  manner  not  only  satisfactoiy  but  profitably 
to  them.  His  facilities  and  long  acquaintance  give  him  many  advantages  not  to  be  overlooked  by 
the  country  merchants  and  shippers’ who  send  goods  to  this  market.  He  makes  prompt  sales  and 
ctuick  returns  and  guarantees  satisfaction  in  every  particular.  Being  possessed  of  ample  capital,  he 
is  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments.  Mr.  McCaffrey  is  a  thorough-going  busi¬ 
ness  man,  of  business  integrity,  ability  and  rehability  and  holds  a  high  position  in  commercial 
circles. 


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190 


H.  KERN — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  m  Fancy  and  Staple  Dry  Goods,  Nos.  104,  106 

and  108.  Baronne  street. 

Among  the  old  established  and  most  prominent  diy  goods  houses  in  this  portion  of  New  Orleans 
worthy  ot  a  prominent  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character,  is  that  of  Mr.  H.  Kern,  whose  name 
appears  at  the  head  of  this  article.  This  enterprise  was  first  started  as  early  as  1859,  by  the  present 
propnetor,  with  a  moderate  capital,  and  through  his  industry  and  perseverance,  backed  up  by  a 
thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  it  has  been  increased  with  each  succeeding  year 
until  at  present  he  does  a  busmess  amounting  to  from  $150,000  to  $200,000  per  annum  Twenty 
competent  male  assistants  are  kept  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment  to 
whom  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  from  $600  to  $1,000.  The  premises  occupied  are  spa- 
cious  and  conveniently  situated  in  the  center  of  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  occupying  Nos.  104 
106  and  108  Baronne  street,  the  storerooms  being  filled  with  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of 
both  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods.'  consisting  of  a  choice  Hne  of  prints,  sheetings,  muslins,  dress 
goods,  ribbons,  &c.  ,:  m  fact  every  article  to  be  found  m  a  first-class  establishment  of  this  kind  is 
always  to  be  had  at  Mr.  Kern’s,  and  at  the  very  lowest  cash  prices.  This  house  not  only  does  a 
large  city  trade,  but  has  an  extensive  business  extending  over  the  adjoining  States.  Mr.  Kern  has 
a  hle-long  e^erience  m  this  branch  of  b  .siness,  and  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  every  detail  of 
his  large  and  prosperous  trade.  He  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  familiar 
with  all  the  demands  and  requirements  of  the  community.  Prompt,  rehable  and  honorable,  in  all 
his  dealings,  he  is  deserving  of  a  liberal  patronage  from  a  generous  public. 


I  ALBERT  MONTGOMERY — Commission  and  Stock  Dealer,  at  Stock  Yards. 

I  Wwthy  of  liberal  mention  in  any  work  relating  to  the  general  business  activities  of  the  city  of 
A  ew  Orleans  are  all  enterprises  which  conduce  to  the  popularity  of  the  city  abroad,  and  with  these 
I  are  classed  our  commission  and  live  stock  merchants.  Prominent  among  the  houses  which  are 
i  of  mention  in  this  particular  is  Mr.  Albert  Montgomery,  commission  merchant  for  the 

sal^  of  live  stock,  cattle,  hogs,  sheep,  &c.  Mr.  Montgomery  began  business  in  1880  with  an  ample 
capital;  and  by  industiy.  energy  and  close  application  to  business,  being  backed  up  by  a  practical 
knowledge  of  this  special  business,  has  been  successful  from  the  start,  and  has  succeeded  in  estab¬ 
lishing  a  prosperous  and  lucrative  trade.  He  receives  consignments  from  all  the  Southern  and  West¬ 
ern  States,  and  being  possessed  of  ample  capital  is  prepared  to  make  liberal  cash  advances  on  con- 
si^ments.  Account  sales  and  remittances  are  promptly  remitted  to  correspondents,  and  every 
inducement  known  to  the  trade  can  be  obtained  from  this  house  The  annual  sales  of  live  stock  for 
the  past  year  amount  to  21,000  head,  which  will  be  largely  increased  during  the  coming  season. 
Bight  experienced  and  competent  hands  are  kept  employed  in  the  various  departments  of  the  estab- 
j  lishment.  The  office  and  yards  are  conveniently  situated  near  the  stock  landing,  and  every  accom¬ 
modation  is  given  to  shippers  for  taking  care  of  and  storing  their  stock  on  arrival  at  the  yards.  Mr. 
Montgomery,  the  proprietor  of  this  well  known  and  popular  establishment,  was  born '  in  the  State 
ot  Mississippi,  and  being  the  son  of  W.  B.  Montgomery,  of  Starkville.  who  is  Imown  to  the  South 
or  Gulf  States  as  a  breeder  of  Jersey  cattle,  and  recognized  as  the  leading  pioneer  in  the  new  indus¬ 
try  of  improved  stock  and  cultivated  grasses,  he  is  well  informed  as  to  all  classes  of  live  stock  and 
IS  conversant  with  all  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  Always  prompt,  reliable  and  correct  in  all  his 
busmess  affairs,  he  has  won  the  confidence  of  the  business  houses  in  New  Orleans,  and  that  of  his 
customers  who  deal  with  him.  The  entire  establishment  is  justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and 
patronage  of  the  public,  and  the  proprietor  to  the  esteem  that  energy,  reliability  and  talent  always 
inspire. 


P,  A.  VILLERMIN — Wholesale  Grocer  and  Commission  Merchant,  No.  103  Decatur  St. 

^  Among  the  many  industries  that  have  tended  to  extend  and  enlarge  the  commercial  importance  of 
Bew  Orleans,  perhaps  no  one  has  had  a  more  favorable  influence  upon  the  mercantile  relations  of 
this  community  than  the  produce  commission  and  wholesale  grocery  trade,  and  certainly  no  house 
in  that  trade  exhibits  more  energy  and  enterprise  than  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch.  Established 
in  1856  by  Mr.  L.  Terrebonne,  Mr.  \illermin  succeeded  to  the  management  in  1879,  and  the  business 
has  gradually  merged  out  of  comparative  obscurity  until  it  became  and  has  remained  for  a  number 
of  years,  a  controling  influence  to  the  entire  trade.  The  premises  occupied  are  well  adapted  to  the 
business,  and  consist  of  a  three  story  building,  40x75  feet  in  size,  where  a  large  and  ample  stock  of 
groceries  in  wholesale  quantities  and  of  the  very  best  quality,  together  with  produce  of  all  kinds 
which  is  sold  in  large  amounts  on  commission.  Seven  assistants  are  employed,  while  the  immense 
quantities  of  sugar,  molasses,  rice,  cotton  and  Western  produce  generally  which  is  sold  on  commis¬ 
sion  swells  the  annual  sales  to  $300,000  per  annum,  the  trade  lying  principally  in  Louisiana  and 
which  is  gradually  extending  in  eyeiy  direction.  Mr.  Yillermin  was  born  in  this  city  in  1856  and  as 
a  young  man  of  rare  business  ability,  energy  and  perseverance  deserves  and  occupies  a  high  position' 
among  dealers  in  the  city  and  vicinity.  In  all  the  attributes  that  lead  to  success  and  universal  con¬ 
sideration,  he  has  been  endowed  to  a  remargable  degree.  Since  writing  the  above  we  are  pleased  to 
note  a  change  in  the  above  firm.  Mr.  P,  A.  Villermin  has  connected  himself  with  his  father,  A. 
Villermin,  a  man  of  rare  business  abilities,  and  merchant  for  the  last  twenty-two  years  in  New 
Orleans.  So  much  for  the  energy  and  enterprise  of  our  young  friend  P.  A.  Villermin.  The  style  of 
the  new  fiim  will  be  A.  &  P.  A.  Villermin. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


191 


J.  P.  BRUNET— Manufacturer  of  Ladies’  and  Children’s  Shoes,  Nos.  135  and  137 

South  Rampart  street. 

This  old  and  well  established  business  was  commenced  in  1848  by  Messrs.  Brunet  &  Bros.,  and 
conducted  by  them  until  1872,  when  Mr.  P.  Branet  became  the  sole  proprietor,  and  by  strict  atten¬ 
tion  to  business  has  built  up  a  large  and  growing  trade.  He  employs  from  fifteen  to  twenty  male 
assistants,  two  of  whom  are  salesmen,  in  the  different  departments  of  the  business.  The  salesroom 
occupied  is  40x50  feet  in  size,  and  very  handsomely  fitted  up  for  this  especial  branch  of  the  trade. 

has  an  extensive  city  trade,  besides  shipping  a  large  amount  of  his  manufactured  wares  to  Mo¬ 
bile,  Galveston  and  other  cities.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  manufacturing  a  fine  quality  of  ladies' 
and  children’s  shoes,  for  which  he  has  a  ready  sale  for  all  that  he  can  nianufacture.  Mr.  Brunet 
was  bom  in  France  in  1820,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  since  1853,  and  is  fully 
conversant  with  all  the  details  of  his  business  To  those  who  will  call  on  Mr.  Bmnet,  we  can 
safely  say  that  his  goods  are  always  just  what  he  represents  them  to  be.  He  has  established  his 
trade  by  honest  dealing,  and  proposes  to  hold  it  that  way. 

OCTAVE  FORSTALL — Lime,  Cement r  Plaster  Paris,  Fire  Bricks,  Paints,  Oils,  Brushes, 

Naval  Stores,  etc.,  No.  32  Natchez  street. 

One  of  the  special  qualifications  of  the  business  men  of  New  Orleans  is  conservatism,  the  vital 
principle  of  certain  success.  Among  the  many  staunch  houses  of  the  city,  whose  reputation  is  not 
only  local,  but  extends  throughout  the  State,  is  that  of  Mr.  Octave  Forstall.  This  enterprise  was 
started  in  1872,  and  has  been  largely  increased  by  close  application  to  business  and  a  thorough  know¬ 
ledge  of  its  requirements.  Mr.  Forstall  deals  extensively  in  lime,  cement,  plaster  paris,  fire  bricks, 
paints,  oils,  brushes,  naval  stores,  etc.,  and  carries  an  ample  stock  to  meet  the  demands  of  his  trade, 
which  is  extending  year  by  year.  Three  assistants  are  employed,  and  a  large  two  story  buildings 
occupied,  80x75  feet  in  size,  and  a  warehouse  also  for  storing  large  quantities  of  goods  The  trade 
is  general  throughout  this  State,  and  those  desiring  goods  in  this  line  should  call  onJMr.  Forstall  be¬ 
fore  purchasing  elsewhere.  He  is  a  native  of  Louisiana,  and  one  of  our  most  energetic  and  relia¬ 
ble  citizens. 


L.  C.  ARNY — Bottler  of  Lager  Beer,  Ale,  Porter,  Cider,  Ginger  Ale,  &c.. 

Nos.  26  to  30  Bienville  Street. 

The  bottliner  business  of  Mr.  L.  C.  Arny  is  a  surprise  to  all  who  visit  his  establishment,  for  it  is 
really  a  model  m  its  workings.  Here  may  be  found  bottles,  corks,  wire,  &c,,  which  is  so  extensively 
used  m  bottling  wmes,  beer,  ales,  pickles,  preserves,  &c.  Mr.  Amy  succeeded  Mr.  J.  A.  Pollafer,  in 
1874,  and  since  that  time  the  business  has  continued  to  increase  with  each  succeeding  year  until  now 
he  occupies  two  floors  of  the  building,  about  ninety  feet  deep,  which  are  constantly  filled  with  every 
article  required  in  this  special  line  of  business.  From  six  to  twelve  men  are  kept  constantly  employ¬ 
ed  in  the  transaction  of  his  business.  His  trade  is  large  and  extends  over  the  entire  city  and  through¬ 
out  the  Southern  States.  It  is  something  unusual  for  a  steamboat  or  steamship  to  leave  this  port 
without  some  of  Mr..  Amy’s  bottled  beer  and  ale.  His  success  is  mainly  due  to  the  excellent  quality 
of  his  products,  for  he  is  particular  that  nothing  deliterious  shall  enter  into  his  bottles,  every  material 
is  carefully  selected  for  its  good  quality,  inferior  goods  always  being  rejected.  The  trade  having 
imphcit  confidence  in  the  products  manufactured  by  Mr.  Arny  that  they  order  them  without  question. 
He  is  the  agent  of  a  Philadelphia  Brewing  company,  and  is  prepared  to  supply  the  trade  in  bulk  or 
in  bottles  as  may  be  desired.  Mr.  Amy  is  in  every  way  deserving  of  lioeral  patronage. 

C.  MERLE  &  CO. — Live  Stock  Commission  Merchants,  at  Stock  Yards. 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  popular  houses  engaged  in  this  line  of  business  in  all  this  sec¬ 
tion  of  the  country.  Mr.  Jacob  Mehle  was  the  pioneer  in  the  Texas  cattle  trade,  his  son,  Mr.  C. 
Mehle,  following  in  the  business  in  1856,  and  m  1870  the  present  firm  was  organized,  with  an  ample 
capital.  The  gentlemen  composing  this  firm  bemg  active,  energetic  and  stirring  men,  hav€, 
through  their  industry  and  application  to  the  demands  of  their  trade,  succeeded  in  building  up  a 
trade  which  extends  oyer  all  the  Southern  and  Western  States.  They  do  a  general  live  stock  com¬ 
mission  business,  receiving  consi^ments  of  cattle,  hogs,  sheep,  &c.,  their  annual  transactions  aver- 
about  50,000  head  of  stock.  Being  possessed  of  ample  capital,  they  are  prepared  to  make 
liberal  advances  on  consignments,  and  can  offer  every  advantage  to  their  customers  and  correspond¬ 
ents.  Sateen  competent  and  experienced  men  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  different  branches 
of  their  immense  business.  The  offices  and  yards  of  this  firm  are  large  and  commodious,  being 
conveniently  situated  near  the  stock  yards,  which  are  supplied  with  all  the  necessary  conveniences 
for  properly  caring  for  stock  consigned  to  them;  in  fact,  everything  is  found  in  the  most  perfect  con¬ 
dition  for  successfully  conducting  this  branch  of  business.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are 
Mr.  C.  Mehle,  who  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  business  since  1856;  Mr.  B.  C.  Steinbeck,  Mr. 
J.  Donaldson  and  Mr.  J.  J.  McGinnis,  all  of  whom  are  thoroughly  and  practically  conversant  with 
all  the  details  of  the  business,  as  well  as  the  requirements  and  demands  of  the  trade.  ‘They  are 
well  known  in  commercial  circles  as  honorable,  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizens,  who  have  in  an 
eminent  degree  the  esteem  and  confidenee  of  their  patrons,  as  well  as  the  community  at  large.  It 
is  a  pleasure  for  the  editors  of  this  work  to  recommend  the  firm  of  Messrs.  C.  Mehle  <fe  Co.  as  being 
one  justly  entitled  to  the  favorable  consideration  of  the  readers  of  this  volume,  and  worthy  of  liberal 
patronage  from  the  generous  public. 


192  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


JOHN  DOUGLAS — Engraver  and  Lithographer,  No.  10  Camp  Street 

Among  the  arts  and  trades  that  have  in  the  last  half  century  risen  to  the  dignity  of  the  highest 
order,  none  is  so  conspicuous,  or  in  which  such  marvelous  improvement  has  been  and  is  constantly 
being  made,  as  that  of  the  engraving  and  lithographic  art.  Mr.  Douglas,  for  a  number  of  years, 
has  devoted  his  energies  and  talent  to  the  development  of  this  art  in  its  various  departments  and 
adaptations  to  the  requirements  of  the  age.  He  was  the  first  to  introduce  transfemng  engravings 
from  copper  plates  to  stone  in  this  city.  He  commenced  his  trade  in  New  Orleans  in  1852  wiHi 
limited  facilities  which  have  been  amply  enlarged,  the  most  perfect  machinery  required  in  this 
branch  of  business  being  used  in  his  establishment,  A  large  four  story  building  is  occupied  and  a 
stock  of  $40,000  average  value  is  carried,  on  which  a  large  business  is  transacted  throughout  the 
city  and  surrounding  country.  The  elegant  specimens  of  work  turned  out  by  Mr.  Douglas  has 
gained  fcr  this  house  a  wide  reputation  and  orders  are  constantly  being  received  from  all  sections  of 
the  country.  He  makes  a  specialty  in  visiting  and  wedding  cards  of  all  conceivable  designs.  Mr. 
Douglas  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  in  1827,  is  a  thorough  and  accomphshed  artist  and  employs 
only  the  best  workmen  in  the  various  departments  of  his  extensive  establishment. 


Maitre  first  established 


floral 


fi.  MAITRE — Florist  and  Seedsman,  Nos.  602  and  976  Magazine  Street  and  526  Old 

Camj)  Street,  near  the  Market. 

business  in  1858 — the  ante-bellum  days  of  New  Orleans, 
when  floriculture  was  as  poorly,  as  sparingly  practiced  and 
little  better  supported  by  the  general  public-  Nevertheless, 
being  young,  energetic,  well  educated  and  skilled  in  this 
department  of  trade,  the  depression  in  his  business  did  not 
mar  his  onward  progress,  and  with  the  return  of  peace  in 
1865,  added  the  seed  department  to  his  house.  Very  much 
embarrassed  shortly  after,  by  a  long  and  tedious  illness,  his 
good  wife  came  to  the  front  and  assumed  the  control  of  the 
business  for  a  time.  Her  most  excellent  qualities  soon 
secured  an  increase  of  trade,  and  it  was  through  her  energy 
and  popular  manners  that  much  of  the  present  establish¬ 
ment  in  all  its  branches,  is  indebted.  With  the  return  of 
health,  Mr  Maitre  purchased  the  Delachaise  grounds  in 
1867,  where  at  present  the  large  and  magnificent  conserva¬ 
tories  and  floral  bazaar  are  located  Provided  with  all 
modem  improvements  for  plant  and  flower  growing,  a  large 
and  rare  collection  of  plants  and  a  select  stock  in  and  out 
doors  for  the  cut  flotver  trade,  the  Delachaise  floral  estab¬ 
lishment  may  be  considered  as  second  to  none  in  the  South. 
The  business  becoming  so  extensive  and  diversified  an  as¬ 
sistant  was  required  and  in  1878,  Mr.  M.  Cook,  brother-in- 
law  ot  Mr  Maitre,  was  admitted  as  a  partner,  and  at  the  same  time  the  nursery  stock  was  removed 
to  the  present  location  on  St.  Charles  street,  near  Carrollton.  Mrs.  Maitre,  with  an  able  corps  of 
young  lady  assistants,  has  charge  of  the  floral  bazaar,  opposite  Magazine  market,  which  is  elegantly 
fitted  up  and  contains  an  attractive  and  well  selected  stock.  Taken  as  a  whole,  the  nurseries,  three 
in  number,  the  conservatories  in  which  alone  from  eight  to  ten  men  are  employed,  and  the  several 
stores  with  their  useful  as  well  as  ornamental  stock,  and  the  artistic  display  made,  the  enterprise  of 
Mr.  Maitre  evinces  great  managerial  abihty  and  is  the  result  of  much  time,  labor  and  expense. 
Three  separate  catalogues  announce  to  the  public  the  stock  on  hand,  together  with  anj'  new  varieties 
which  may  be  ottered  for  sale  with  many  useful  hints  on  sowing,  planting  and  trimming  of  trees 
and  shrubs.  No  one  should  fad  to  call  or  send  for  these  descriptive  catalogues  as  they  are  furnished 
free  and  thus  be  convinced  that  R.  Maitre ’s  establishment  contains  “  Everything  for  the  Southern 
Garden." 


NEW  YORK  BIRD  STORE — John  Warner,  Proprietor,  No.  83  Chartres  St. 

This  bird  emporium  was  founded  by  Mr.  Warner  thi-ee  years  ago,  and  so  well  has  he  conducted  it 
that  his  increasing  trade  has  compelled  him  to  carry  not  oidy  a  full  line  of  all  fancy  and  singing 
birds,  but  the  best  breeds  of  imported  and  domestic  fowls,  curious  animals,  fish,  A’C.  Among  tie  large 
and  yaifled  assoidment  may  be  noticed  parrots  of  all  colors  and  kinds,  mocking  birds,  canaries  of  the 
different  vaifleties,  fancy  colored  birds,  common  poultry,  and  all  of  the  best  imported  breeds.  Pets 
of  every  description,  consisting  of  monkeys,  alligators,  gold  fish  and  various  animals  and  birds. 
All  kinds  of  cages,  fancy  shells  and  numerous  articles  connected  with  such  a  stock  are  found  at  this 
house.  Mr.  Warner  has  had  twenty  years  experience  in  this  branch  of  business  and  knows  how  to 
prepare  the  best  food  for  these  birds  and  keeps  it  on  hand  for  sale  to  liis  customers.  The  salesrooms 
are  about  30x80  feet  in  size.  Three  experienced  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  business 
while  Mr.  Warner  devotes  his  personal  attention  in  superintending  the  entire  establishment.  All 
orders  from  the  country  are  promptly  attended  to  and  at  prices  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.  He 
deals  with  only  first-class  houses  and  can  guarantee  his  birds  and  fowls  to  be  of  pure  blood.  Mr. 
Warner  is  a  candid,  reliable  and  trustworthy  gentleman,  well  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who 
have  business  relations  with  him. 


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193 


MEYER'S  EATING  HOUSE — Bernard  Meyer,  Proprietor,  No.  18  Exchange  Alley. 

The  establishment  of  Mr.  Meyers  ranks  among  the  numerous  enterprises  of  the  city  which  tend  to 
enhance  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  general  public.  Mr.  Meyer  has  had  fourteen  years 
of  experience  in  catering  to  the  wants  of  patrons  and  is  considered  among  the  first-class  restaurateurs 
of  the  city.  This  eating  house  was  first  started  in  1878,  and  has  been  so  ably  conducted  throughout, 
that  it  has  increased  in  public  favor  and  patronage,  and  to-day,  at  the  meal  hour,  shows  that  hfe 
and  activity  that  speaks  favorably  for  the  management.  It  has  become  well  known  from  the  abund¬ 
ance  provided  and  the  exceller^  manner  in  which  the  food  is  prepared  and  the  charges  are  perfectlv 
reasonable,  being  but  three  dollars  per  week  for  two  meals  per  day.  This  low  rate  is  the  result  of 
the  practical  knowledge  possessed  by  Mr.  Meyer,  of  the  proper  time  and  place  to  purchase  supplies. 
The  premises  occupied  are  25x100  feet  in  size,  three  stones  high,  and  the  entire  building  is  occupied 
in  the  prosecution  of  the  business.  No  more  popular,  well  regulated  and  convenient  house  is  to  be 
found  in  this  part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Meyer  is  a  native  of  England,  and  possesses  the  characteristics  of 
that  nation,  succeeding  admirably  in  catering  to  the  public  tastes. 


JOSEPH  SCHWARTZ  &  CO. — Importers  and  Dealers  in  Carriage,  Wagon  and  Cart 

Materials,  also  Manufacturers  of  Carriages,  (£-c.,  Nos.  41  to  47  Perdido  SU'eet. 


One  of  the  most  enterprising  establishments  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  caniages, 
buggies,  wagons,  ko.,  in  the  city,  which  we  cannot  omit  in  compiling  the  industries  of  New  Orleans, 

IS  the  house  of  Messrs.  Joseph  Schwartz  &  Co.  They 
started  their  present  business  in  1854  with  a  small  capi¬ 
tal,  which,  by  business  ability  of  a  practical  nature  they 
have  largely  increased,  and  now  carry  one  of  the  largest 
and  carefully  selected  stocks  of  carriage,  wagon  and 
cart  materials  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment 
in  this  or  any  other  market.  In  the  manufacture  of 
carriages,  buggies  and  spring  wagons  they  do  a  large 
business,  which  adds  greatly  to  the  magnitude  of  their 
enterprise.  Forty  experienced  mechanics  are  kept  con¬ 
stantly  employed,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are  paid. 
The  office  and  salesroom  occupied  by  the  firm  at  Nos.  41  to  47  Perdido  street,  is  a  beautiful  three 
story  structure  96x100  feet  in  size,  and  furnished  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  fixtures 
suitable  for  carrying  on  the  business.  A  new  factory  located  on  the  square  between  Baronne  and 
Dryades  streets  is  now  being  erected,  the  dimensions  being  65x103  feet  in  size,  and  two  stories  high, 
which  will  be  supplied  with  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  used  in  this  special  branch  of 
manufacturing.  A  twelve-horse  power  engine  of  the  most  improved  pattern,  is  used  to  furnish  the 
motive  power  to  drive  the  machinery  in  the  various  departments.  They  make  a  specialty  in  manu¬ 
facturing  carriages,  buggies,  and  light  spring  wagons,  while  they  deal  largely  in  all  kincls  of  wagon 
and  carriage  materials.  The  trade  of  this  well  known  house  is  extended  over  the  States  of  Louisiana, 
Texas,  Alabama,  Mississippi  and  Mexico.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Joseph  Schwartz 
and  Owen  E.  Sullivan,  both  of  whom  have  a  large  and  practical  experience  in  this  special  branch  of 
.trade.  They  are  skilled  workmen  themselves,  and  have  a  rare  judgment  in  selecting  stock  in  their 
line  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  well  and  favorably  known  in  commercial  and  financial  circles  in 
the  city  as  gentlemen  of  high  social  and  business  standing,  and  their  financial  responsibility  is  of  such 
a  nature  as  to  warrant  unbounded  confidence  in  the  firm.  The  business  policy  of  Schwartz  &  Co.  is 
honorable,  liberal  and  progressive  in  every  respect,  and  to  this  is  attributed  much  of  the  success 
which  has  come  to  the  house. 


JAMES  REGAN — Proprietor  Stonewall  Jackson  Stables,  Nos.  134  to  140  Raronne  St. 


Among  the  old  and  reliable  establishments,  whose  career  for  the  past  fifteen  years  has  reflected 
honor  and  credit  upon  commercial  life  in  New  Orleans,  none  deserve  a  higher  rank  than  the  name 
of  James  Regan,  which  heads  this  article.  His  extensive  stables,  Nos.  134,  138  and  140  Baronne 
street,  is  one  of  the  best  arranged  and  most  convenient  in  the  city.  This  enterprise  was  started 
with  about  $2, ('00  capital,  which  by  industry  and  perseverance  backed  up  by  a  thorough  and  prac¬ 
tical  knowledge  of  the  business,  has  been  very  largely  increased  with  each  succeeding  yeai ,  until 
now  he  owns  the  property  which  he  occupies  besides  having  a  large  stock  of  number  one  horses  and 
mules,  carriages,  buggies,  &c.,  in  fact,  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-class  establishment  of  this 
character  is  found  at  the  “Stonewall  Jackson  Stables.”  He  keeps  on  hand  an  average  stock  of  about 
one  hundred  head  of  horses  and  mules  and  sells  during  the  year  from  $100,000  to  $200,000  worth  of 
stock.  From  ten  to  twelve  hands,  who  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  business,  are  kept  con¬ 
stantly  employed.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  arid  commodious  and  furnished  with  all  the 
'  conveniences  for  successfully  conducting  this  branch  of  business.  Mr.  Regan  buys  largely  on  his 
own  account,  as  well  as  doing  an  extensive  commission  business.  The  trade  is  largely  local,  being 
mostly  in  the  city  and  with  the  planters  throughout  the  surrounding  countr5^  Mr.  Regan  was  born 
in  Ireland,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years.  He  is  a  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable 
man  in  all  his  business  relations  and  is  well  worth  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
The  Stonewall  Jackson  Stables  under  his  able  management  will  always  be  successful. 

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194  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


J.  P.  H.  SHORT — Dealer  in  Coal,  Office,  Corner  Camp  and  Girod  Sts. 

One  of  the  best  known  firms  in  the  coal  trade  is  the  house  of  J.  P.  H.  Short.  It  is  entitled  to 
honorable  mention  in  this  work  on  the  industries  of  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Short  has  had  some  seven 
years  experience  in  this  business,  and  has  built  up  a  trade  which  is  not  onlv  comfortable,  but  envi¬ 
able.  He  started  in  1874,  on  a  moderate  capital,  and  has  increased  his  business  at  the  rate  of  40 
per  cent,  per  annum,  until  now  he  does  a  business  of  from  -$50,000  to  $75,000  per  annum,  carrying 
an  average  stock  of  from  $10,000  to  $15,000,  and  giving  employment  to  from  ten  to  twelve  hands. 
His  establishment  compares  favorably  with  any  other  of  its  kind  in  ^e  citv.  Mr.  Short's  long  ex¬ 
perience  has  given  him  an  advantage  which  is  invaluable.  His  yards  located  on  Tchoupitoulas, 
near  Fourth  street,  are  spacious  and  well  arranged  for  the  business,  Vnd  his  trade' extends  all  over 
the  city  and  adjoining  territor\’.  Mr.  Short  was  bom  ip  Virginia,  in  1839,  but  has  resided  in  New 
Orleans  nearly  aU  his  hfe.  He  is  a  man  of  comprehensive  faiowledge  of  general  commercial  busi¬ 
ness  and  affairs.  His  career  has  been  marked  by  a  pohcy  of  rectitude,*  and  as  conducing  to  the  in¬ 
dustrial  thrift  of  the  community,  this  gentlemen  has  contributed  largely  and  is  entitled  to  the 
esteem  and  respect  which  he  has  acquired  in  so  large  a  measure. 


J.  S.  McClure — Photographer,  No.  131  Poydras  St. 

Mr.  McClure,  finishing  his  education,  he  became  interested  in  the  study  of  photography,  and  after 
investigating  it  -and  finding  that  he  had  both  the  inclination,  taste  and  knowledge  for  it,'  adopted  it , 
as  his  profession.  The  rooms  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  and  are  supplied  with ' 
all  the  latest  and  most  improved  appliances  and  fixtures  used  in  this'  branch  of  the  art.  From  the 
start  he  h^  been  successful  and  secured  by  his  evident  merit  in  and  knowledge  of  his  profession  a 
l^ge  and  increasing  trade.  His  thorough  and  practical  education  has  been  greatly  in  his  favor  in 
giving  hirn  the  business  idea  of  proving  that  energv,  enterprise  and  perseverance  lead  to  success. 
His  portrmt  photography  is  remarkable  for  its  faithfulness  to  nature,  elegant  finish  and  pleasing  va¬ 
riety.  His  positions  are  characterized  by  ease  and  grace  and  his  results  are  invariably  satisfactory. 
He  is  an  artist  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word,  thoroughly  understanding  position  and  hght  in  their 
effect.  Tal^g  pride  and  pleasure  in  his  art,  his  success  is  not  to  be  wondered  at.  We  cheerfully 
commend  him  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  an  artist  worthy  of  confidence  in  everv  sense  of  the 
term,  and  deseiwing  of  a  liberal  patronage. 


EDWARD  THOMPSON — Building  and  RooEng  Materials,  Nos.  112  and  114  Poydras  St. 

In  reviewing  the  enterprise  of  ISiew  Orleans,  no  one  more  useful  or  necessary  to  the  general  pub¬ 
lic,  has  been  found  than  the  estabhshment  forming  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  proprietor,  Mr. 

Edward  Thompson,  started  this 


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BUILDING  PAPER 

Patented  December  7,  IS  SO. 


industry  in  1852,  and 
since  that  time  has  made  sales  of  over  a  $1,000,000  per 
annum.  Being  a  jnactical  man  and  close  observer,  he 
has  from  time  to  time  placed  before  the  public  many 
useful,  ^d  we  may  say  indispensable  articles,  which  are 
needed  in  every  household  in  the  land,  among  which 
are  the  followmg  worthy  of  special  mention :  Thomp¬ 
son 's  Improved  Building  Paper,  patented  in  1880. 
After  much  experience  with  the  different  papers  manu¬ 
factured,  he  offers  a  paper  equal  in  strength  to  the 
heavy  strain  ornamental  building  paper,  with  only  one- 
third  its  weight,  thus  making  a  great  saving  in  trans¬ 
portation,  costing  less  than  plaster,  and  is  free  from  the 
annoyance  to  housekeepers  of  crumbling  on  the  carpet 
Combining  a  neater  finish,  with  equal  comfort,  durabil¬ 
ity  and  being  more  economical,  it  can  be  put  on  by  any 
one  that  can  drive  a  tack,  bordering  and  tacks  being 


A  substitute  for  PI,ASTERrV«  aiul  WaU 
Paper  combined,  and  for  Wall  Pai>er  and 
t-AXVAS.  Beautiful,  durable,  and  econom¬ 
ical.  Adapted  for  the  fiuest  as  well  as  the 
liainblest  Daellinsrs.  Depota.  .Station 
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supphed  free.  This  paper  is  elegant  enough  for  fine  building,  the  cheaper  quality  being  suitable  for 
humble  dwellings,  and  in  two  years  has  given  perfect  satisfaction,  so  that  its  sales  is  superceding  all 
other  make.  The  manufacture  of  paper  carpeting  is  also  carried  on  by  Mr.  Thompson  and  it  is  hand¬ 
some,  durable  and  economical.  He  is  sole  agent  for  patent  metalhc  shingles.  Monarch  Corn  Mill  and 
Home  Corn  Sheller.  Imperial  house  colors,  three-ply  ready  roofing,  roofing-felt,  roofing  pitch,  paper 
pads,  prepared  Windsor  lime  in  cans,  lapboards,  Japanese  paper  od  cloth,  cement,  plaster  paris  and 
nearly  all  articles  used  by  budders.  With  ample  capital  and  close  attention  to  the  interests  of  his 
matrons,  he  has  seen  his  trade  increase  steaddy  untd  now  it  is  assuming  vast  proportions,  adding  no 
ittle  to  the  commercial  wealth  and  prosperity  of  the  Crescent  City.  His  goods  are  now  ordered 
.  argely  for  use  in  aU  the  Southern  States,  Mexico  and  British  Honduras.  The  International  Exposi¬ 
tion  Budding  at  Orizaba.  Mexico,  now  about  to  open,  a  large  and  magnificent  budding  of  some  540 
square  yards  interior  surface,  is  entirely  furnished  with  Mr.  Thompson's  building  paper,  whde  the 
entire  roof  are  covered  with  his  three-ply  ready  roofing.  AU  orders  are  carefuUy  selected  and  ship¬ 
ped  by  competent  assistants  under  Mr.  Thompson's  personal  supervision.  His  business  in  aU  its 
various  details  of  management  is  conducted  upon  principles  of  integrity  and  prudence  and  it  is  to 
these  meritorious  qualifications  that  he  owes  Im  credit,  reputation,  success  and  fuU  confidence  of  the 
pubUc. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


195 


JOHN  FRANK  &  CO. — Importers  of  and  Dealers  in  Leather  and  Shoe  Findings,  Manu¬ 

facturers  of  Boot,  Gaiter  and  Shoe  Upi^ers,  No.  14:2  Poydras  Street. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  firms, -which  it  is  our  pleasure  to  mention  in 
connection  with  the  industries  and  business  of  New  Orleans,  is  that  of 
Messrs.  John  Frank  &  Co.,  importers  and  dealers  m  leather,  &:c.,  at  No. 

142  Poydras  street.  This  concern  was  starfed  by  Mr.  Frank  in  1863,  on  a 
small  capital,  who  continued  the  business  until  1872,  when  Mr.  Adolph  G. 

Ricks  and  George  Muth  became  connected  with  the  firm,  and  the  present 
firm  of  John  Frank  &  Co.  was  organized,  which  has  since  conducted  the 
estabhshment  very  successfully.  They  now  carry  an  average  stock  of  about 
$60,000,  while  their  annual  sales  will  reach  $200,000.  Employment  is 
given  to  eighty  skilled  workmen,  and  the  monthly  pay  roll  will  amount  to 
$3,000.  The  premises  are  30x90  feet  in  size,  and  three  stories  high,  which 
IS  occupied  with  the  business,  together  with  the  upper  floors  of  an  adjoining 
building.  A  silent  gas  engine  of  two-horse  power  is  used  to  furnish  the 
motive  power  necessary  to  drive  the  sewing  machines.  The  trade  of  this 
well  known  house  extends  over  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Alabama,  Mississippi 
and  Texas.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  all  natives  of  Germany, 
in  the  prime  of  life,  active,  energetic  and  thoroughly  practical  men 
their  business,  having  had  a  life  time  experience  in  this 
specialty.  Mr.  Ed.  Beeg  is  the  gentlemanly  book¬ 
keeper  of  the  establishment,  who  looks  closely  after  the 

ofl&ce  affairs.  This  firm  is  a  desirable  one  with  which  to 
estabhsh  pleasant  and  profitable  relations,  and  is  fully 
entitled  to  the  prosperity  that  has  attended  an  honora¬ 
ble  career. 


GEORGE  LEMLE  &  SON — Copper,  Tin  and  Sheet-Iron  Workers,  No.  169  Raronne  St. 

This  business  was  first  organized  in  1841,  by  Mr.  George  Lemle  with  an  ample  capital,  who  suc¬ 
cessfully  conducted  the  business  for  several  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  of  George 
Lemle  &  Son.  Six  male  assistants  are  constantly  kept  employed  in  the  transaction  of  the  business. 
A  large  and  well  selected  stock  of  copper,  tin  and  sheet-iron  is  constantly  kept  in  stock.  Special 
attention  is  given  to  all  kinds  of  guttenng,  slating,  Ax.,  at  the  most  reasonable  terms.  Repairs  exe¬ 
cuted  with  dispatch,  and  satisfaction  guaranteed.  They  are  the  inventors  of  Lemle’s  patant  Rain 
Water  Cut  Off,  the  best  now  in  use.  Estimates  for  city  and  country  work.  The  building  occupied  is 
30x100  feet  in  size,  and  well  arranged  for  this  especial  business.  The  trade  of  this  establishment  is  spread 
out  over  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and  surrounding  countr3^  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are 
George  Lemle  and  David  Lemle,  both  of  whom  are  energetic  active  and  experienced  men  in  this 
particular  branch  of  industry,  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the 
trade.  Mr.  George  Lemle,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  bom  in  Europe,  while  his  son,  Mr. 
David  Lemle,  is  a  native  of  New  Orleans,  and  has  devoted  his  life  to  the  business  in  which  he  is 
now  engaged.  Determined  to  be  in  advance  of  all  contemporaries  in  every  respect,  it  is  not  too 
much  praise  to  say  that  they  have  achieved  this  object  bej’ond  cavil,  and  this,  together  with  the 
high  standard  of  commercial  honor  and  enterprise  with  which  they  conduct  their  business,  well 
merits  the  respect  accorded  them. 


MAR  TIN  WEYDIG — Manufacturer  of  Harness,  Saddlery  and  Military  Goods  170  Poydras  St. 

There  are  few  branches  of  industry  that  are  of  more  interest  and  importance  to  the  general  pub¬ 
lic  than  the  harness  and  saddlery  business.  What  business  is  carried  on  in  this  or  any  other  city  of 
any  importance  that  is  not,  in  the  daily  transaction  of  their  operations,  dependent  upon  the  harness 
maker,  and  entirely  at  the  mercy,  in  that  dependence,  of  his  honesty,  good  judgenient  and  skill? 
The  impor^nce,  therefore,  to  any  community  of  an  honest,  reliable,  prompt  and  sknlful  establish¬ 
ment  of  this  kind  is  very  great;  and  such  an  one,  in  an  eminent  degree  is  that  of  Martin  Weydig. 
Selecting  the  above  business  for  his  pursuit  in  life,  Mr.  Weydig  commenced  to  leam  his  trade  some 
thirty-five  years  ago,  and  from  that  day  his  ability,  skillful  workmanship,  square,  honest  dealing, 
and  genial  and  affable  deportment  has  won  him  friends,  and  his  trade  has  steadily  grown  and  pros¬ 
pered.  He  carries  a  stock  of  $8,600,  and  does  a  yearly  business  of  from  $12,000  to  $15,000.  He 
employs  seven  hands,  all  thorough,  skillful  workmen — he  will  have  no  others — to  whom  he  pays 
liberal  wages.  His  store,  which  is  30x80  feet  in  size,  three  stories  high,  is  completely  stocked,  and 
his  business  is  the  best  in  the  city.  He  manufactures  and  deals  in  harness,  saddlery,  militarj’- 
goods,  fireman’s  and  lodge  supplies,  saddle  cloths,  horse  coverings,  buggy  robes,  fly  nets  and  whips, 
and,  in  fact,  everything  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  South.  Mr.  Weydig  is  a 
gentleman  worthy  of  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  our  citizens,  and  one  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to 
deal  with. 


OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


t,  Proprieior,  No.  49  Chartres  Street 

In  preparing  a  history  of  the  various  industries  oi 
New  Orleans  we  find  it  necessary  to  speak  in  terms 
of  praise  of  many  of  the  different  estabhshments 
which  tend  to  enhance  the  real  value  of  New  Orleans 
as  a  manufacturing  and  commercial  center.  We 
would  consider  our  work  incomplete  were  we  to  omit 
mention  of  this  wonderful  patent  of  Mr.  Paquett’s, 
and  at  the  same  time  give  his  establishment  the 
prominence  which  it  so  well  deserves.  The  Sun 
Light  gas  machine  was  patented  by  Mr.  Paquett,  in 
February,  1877,  and  again  in  April  of  the  same  year, 
and  since  that  time  has  been  in  constant  demand 
and  the  patentee  is  to  be  congratulated  on  its  won¬ 
derful  success.  Mr.  Paquett  is  a  practical  plumber 
and  has  been  in  the  business  in  this  city  for  a  num¬ 
ber  of  years,  and  since  starting  has  met  with  the 
success  which  energy  and  close  attention  to  business 
together  with  honesty  and  fair  dealing,  always 
bring.  We  do  not  deem  it  necessary,  nor  do  we 
consider  ourself  equal  to  the  task,  to  give  a  descrip¬ 
tion  of  this  wonderful  gas  machine,  and  would 
therefore  advise  the  thousands  of  readers  of  this 
work  to  visit  the  establishment  and  see  it  for  them¬ 
selves;  and  we  will  further  guarantee  that  they  will  be  treated  with  that  courtesy  and  respect  char¬ 
acteristic  of  the  proprietor,  J.  J.  Paquett. 

MERCHANTS’  RICE  MILLS — 7.  A.  Kendig  &  E.  Daboval,  Proprietors,  Nos.  108,  110  and 

112  Magazine  Street. 

In  recording  any  adequate  account  of  the  industries  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  progress  made  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  quarter  of  a  century  in  commercial  and  manufacturing  importance,  it  would  be  impos¬ 
sible  to  omit  mention  of  Messrs.  Kendig  &  Daboval,  proprietors  of  the  Merchants’  Rice  Mills,  locat¬ 
ed  at  Nos.  108, 110  and  112  Magazine  street.  Established  by  its  present  owners  in  1881,  the  resources 
and  trade  of  this  establishment  have  more  than  kept  equal  pace  with  the  general  prosperity  of  the 
Crescent  City.  Founded  with  an  ample  capital,  and  being  conducted  with  every  advantage  to  be 
derived  from  a  stainless  reputation  and  business  policy,  the  success  of  the  firm  increased  with  each 
succeeding  year,  until  at  the  present  time  it  stands  at  the  head  of  all  similar  establishments  in  the 
South.  Thirty-five  experienced  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  departments  of 
the  establishment  to  whom  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  '$1,.500.  The  premises  occupied  are 
spacious  and  commodious,  the  mill  building  beinsr  a  substantial  three  story  structure  which  is  sup¬ 
plied  with  all  the  latest  and  mqst  improved  machinery,  all  of  which  is  of  New  Orleans  manufacture, 
the  motive  power  being  furnished  by  a  sixty  horse- power  engine  of  the  latest  patern.  The  firm,  also, 
have  a  large  and  convenient  warehouse  in  which  is  stored  all  of  their  surplus  stock.  They  are  the 
inventors  of  many  improvements  in  the  art  of  hulling  and  cleaning  rice,  which  are  now  in  use  in  the 
“Merchants’  Mill.”  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  both  natives  of  Louisiana,  having  a 
practical  experience  of  seven  years  in  this  special  branch  of  business  and  are  fully  acquainted  with 
every  detail  and  requirement  of  their  extensive  business.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  every 
business  transaction,  they  possess  ,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  commu¬ 
nity,  and  are  worthy  of  an  extended  patronage  from  the  business  men  of  New  Orleans. 


F.  C.  CARLISLE  &  CO. — General  Commission  Merchants  in  Western  Produce,  No.  78 

Magazine  Street. 

This  firm,  though  of  comparatively  recent  start  in  this  city,  have  had  some  fifteen  years  experience, 
thus  thoroughly  fitting  them  for  the  commission  business  in  all  its  details.  Being  from  Missouri  their 
effort  will  be  to  make  the  W est  and  South  understand  the  advantages  in  a  common  exchange  of  pro¬ 
ducts  as  they  are  on  the  spot  and  enabled  to  see  the  wants  of  buyers  here.  They  propose  in  giving 
information  to  derive  some  benefit  therefrom,  making  the  business  not  only  reciprocal  but  mutually 
profitable.  Prompt  in  their  dealings,  energetic  and  gentlemanly  in  all  their  transactions  they  have 
already  drawn  around  them  a  circle  of  commercial  friends,  to  be  envied  by  houses  older  in  the  busi¬ 
ness.  Possessed  of  such  qualifications  there  is  no  question  as  to  ultimate  success,  for  with  integrity 
and  fair  dealing  they  offer  every  recommendation,  a  cordial  reception  and  enjoy  continued  patronage 
of  the  public.  Messrs.  Carlisle  &  Co.  refer  to  Messrs.  LarmoreBros  ,  of  St.  Louis,  Glenn  k  Sons,  of 
Cincinnati,  and  State  National  Bank  at  New  Orleans,  and  with  the  increased  volume  of  trade  from 
the  West  by  way  of  the  Mississippi  river  and  the  L.  &  N.  and  Northwestern  Railroads  soon  to  be 
completed,  they  will  be  prepared  to  meet  the  demand  for  live,  active  merchants  to  take  charge  of 
and  execute  the  business  offered.  Fully  believing  that  the  future  is  rich  with  success  for  Messrs.  Car¬ 
lisle  &  Co.  and  wishing  them  all  speed,  we  cheerfully  introduce  them  to  the  favorable  consideration 
of  the  entire  South,  feeling  fully  satisfied  as  to  the  results. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


197 


BRICE  SEMBRE — Importer  of  Canes,  Umbrellas,  Corsets,  Trimmings,  Sh  rts,  Toys, 

dtc.,  No.  104  Noyal  Street.  ^ 

One  of  the  most  favorably  known  importing-  houses  m  this  line,  in  New  Orleans,  is  that  of  Mr. 
Brice  Sembre,  located  as  above,  on  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  thoroughfares  of  the  city. 
This  industry  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietor,  about  twelve  years  ago,  with  only  a  limited 
capital.  His  business,  however,  has  steadily  increased  since  that  date,  until  it  reaches  a  very  hand¬ 
some  sum,  and  is  regularly  improving  each  succeeding  year.  He  occupies  a  storeroom  30x30  feet  in 
size,  and  transacts  a  general  trade  in  canes,  umbrellas,  corsets,  trimmings,  shirts,  undershirts,  draws 
ers,  stockings,  socks,  toys,  &c.,  and  all  kinds  of  fancy  goods.  Canes,  umbrellas  and  parasols, 
repaired.  A  large  assortment  of  children’s  carriages  constantly  m  stock.  The  trade  of  this 
well  known  emporium  is  not  confined  to  the  city  alone,  but  extends  over  the  entire  South.  Mr.  Sem¬ 
bre  is  a  native  of  France,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  since  he  has  been  in 
business  in  this  city  has  won  many  friends  and  patrons  among  our  citizens.  Two  competent  clerks 
are  constantly  kept  employed,  who  are  courteous,  polite  and  ever  ready  to  attend  upon  the  wants 
of  customers  who  visit  this  popular  establishment. 

E.  H.  WILSON  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants,  No.  73  Carondelet  St. 

l^is  iniportant  enterprise  was  founded  as  early  as  1837  and  successfully  conducted  fro^p  that  time- 
until  1870,  when  the  present  firm  was  organized,  with  ample  capital,  and  through  the  industry  and 
perseverance  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  together  with  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the 
business,  the  trade  has  been  increased  with  each  succeeding  year,  until  at  present  they  are  handling 
from  ten  to  fifteen  thousand  bales  of  cotton,  seventy-five  thousand  sacks  corn  and  fifteen  hundred 
hogsheads  of  tobacco  per  annum.  Their  consignments  of  cotton  are  largely  from  the  States  of  Lou¬ 
isiana,  Arkansas  and  Mississippi,  while  their  tobacco  comes  from  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  Seven 
competent  and  experienced  men  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  branches  of  the  busi¬ 
ness,  who  are  always-  courteous  and  attentive  to  all  the  patrons  and  frien  is  of  the  establishment. 
The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  E.  H.  and  J.  T.  Wilson,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Ken¬ 
tucky,  but  have  been  residents  of  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  are  well  and  favorably  known  to 
the  trade'as  -an  honorable,  prompt  and  reliable  house  with  which  to  establish  business  relations. 


A.  T.  MATHER — Rea!  Estate  Agent  and  Appraiser,  No.  71  Camp  St. 

This  well  knowii  enterprise  was  established  in  this  city,  in  1881,  by  the  present  proprietor,  and  is 
deserving  of  due  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character.  This  establishment  does  a  general  real  estate 
business,  will  sell,  purchase,  (at  private  or  auction  sale,)  lease  real  estate,  collect  rentals,  negotiate 
morigage  paper  and  attend  to- the  payment  of  taxes  and  correction  of  assessments.  All  business 
entrusted  to  this  office  will  receive  prompt  attention.  Telephonic  connection  with  all  the  principal 
parts  of  the  city  and  all  orders  transmitted  will  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Special  and 
satisfactoiy  arrangements  made  for  advertising  in  daily  papers.  A  brokerage  of  two  per.  cent,  will 
be  charged  on  the  amount  of  the  lease.  Mr.  Mather  is  a  native  of  St.  James  Parish,  La.,  and  is  a 
thorough,  practical  and  energetic  business  man,  with  an  experience  of  five  years  in  this  special  line, 
fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  Prompt,  reliable  and  honorable 
in  every  business  transaction,  he  is  justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  public,  and 
worthy  of  an  extended  patronage. 


C.  B.  BUDDECKE  &  CO. — Commission  Merchants,  No.  56  South  Peters  St.  . 

Among  the  leading  representative  houses  engaged  in  this  branch  of  commercial  business  deserving 
of  special  mention  in  a  work  of  this  kind  devoted  to  a  detailed  account  of  the  manufacturing  and 
commercial  advantages  of  New  Orleans,  the  firm  of  Messrs.  C.  B.  Buddecke  &  Co.  are  not  to  be 
overlooked.  This  important  enterprise  was  founded  in  1836,  by  the  father  of  the  present  proprietor, 
and  was  known  by  the  name  and  style  of  C.  T.  Buddecke  &  Co.,  until  1881,  when  Mr.  C.  B.  Bud¬ 
decke  succeeded  as  sole  proprietor  of  the  business.  Energetic,  enterprising  and  reliable,  he  has 
been  successful  from  the  start.  He  does  a  general  commission  and  produce  business,  receiving  con- 
si^nrnents  of  all  kinds  of  produce.  He  is  also  resident  agent  for  a  number  of  the  finest  flouring 
mills  in  the  Northwest,  and  always  keeps  on  hand  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  well-known  brands 
of  fancy,  choice  and  family  flour,  which  he  offers  to  the  trade  at  the  lowest  cash  prices  Among  the 


Threads,”  “Creole  XXX,”  and  “Pine  Mill.”  Being  possessed  of  an  ample  capital,  he  is  prepared 
to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments.  Four  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are 
kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  branches  of  his  business,  who  are  ever  ready  to  attend  up¬ 
on  the  wants  of  all  visitors  to  his  establishment.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commo¬ 
dious,  the  building  being  a  large  three  story  structure,  situated  in  the  very  center  of  the  business 
portion  of  the  city,  and  is  wholly  occupied  by  this  business.  Mr.  Buddecke  was  born  in  New  Orleans 
le  1845,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  branch  of  trade  for  the  past  seven  years.  He  is  well 
known  in  commercial  circles  as  perfectly  reliable,  straightforward  and  honorable  in  every  business 
traansction,  and  is  a  gentleman  deserving  of  the  fullest  confidence  and  esteem  of  our  citizens.  He  is 
justly  entitled  to  an  extended  patronage  from  the  public. 


198 

INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 

A.  iN.  HYATT — Stationer,  Printer,  Lithographer,  Engraver,  Book  Binder,  and  Blank 

Book  Manufacturer,  No .  13  Camp  Street. 

Of  the  several  firms  or  individuals  in  this  city  engaged  in  the  stationery  and  book  business,  it  may 
be  safely  asserted  that  none  are  better  stocked  or  conducted  with  more  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
trade  than  the  establishment  of  A.  W.  Hyatt.  This  house  was  first  started  by  Christian  &  Co.,  in 
1869,  who  conducted  the  business  until  the  latter  part  of  that  year,  when  the  firm  was  changed  to 
Christian  k  Hyatt,  and  so  continued  until  1871,  when  Mr.  Hyatt  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  estab¬ 
lishment.  The  stock  carried  is  large  and  varied,  comprismg  all  articles  pertaining  to  this  line  of 
business.  With  an  elegant  site,  the  largest  printing  office  and  bhideiy  in  the  South,  and  a  fuU 
and  complete  stock,  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  Hyatt  is  justly  entitled  to  the  consideration  and  patronage 
of  the  public,  audits  proprietor  to  the  esteem  that  energy,  reliability  and  talent  always  insphe. 

I  Twenty-five  male  and  many  female  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed.  His  trade  is  not  con- 
j  fined  to  the  city  alone  but  extends  over  all  the  surrounding  country.  Mr.  Hyatt  is  the  agent  for  the 
j  following  firms:  Mackellar,  Smith  k  .Jordon,  typefounders,  Philadelphia;  Chas.  Enu  Johnson, 

!  printing  inks,  Philadelphia;  and  J.  H.  Wilson,  military  goods  and  regalia,  Philadelphia;  Levison  & 

I  BljThe  Celebrated  Champion  Violet  writing  and  copying  fluid  ink .  Mr .  Hyatt  was  bom  in  Brighton,  • 
England,  October  26,  1832,  and  commenced  the  study  of  his  profession  at  Galveston,  Texas,  about 
1843,  on  the  Galveston  ISlews.  He  is  prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  and  has  through  these  qualifi- 
’  cations  laid  the  foundation  of  a  competence  that  will  be  a  pride  and  pleasure  to  him  in  the  future. 
Mr.  Hyatt  will  always  duplicate  Eastern  and  Western  prices  for  hthographing  and  printing. 


i  STEPHEN  DuLAC — Western  Manufacturing  and  Milling  Agency,  Office,  No.  109  Poydras 

SU'eet. 

The  handling  of  flour  in  New  Orleans  is  one  of  the  mammoth  enterprises  of  the  city,  and  repre¬ 
sents  a  veiy  large  amount  of  capital  as  well  as  conducing  largely  to  the  commercial  thrift  and  enter¬ 
prise  of  the  Crescent  City  In  giving  a  detailed  account  of  the  many  industries  of  this  city  we  can 
j  not  omit  mention  of  the  house  of  Stephen  DuLac,  established  in  this  city  in  1881  He  does  a  gen- 
eral  agency  business,  representing  the  Southern  Mills,  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  Crown  Mills  Company  (Belle- 
I  ville),  Gardner's  and  Ruma  Mills,  Ill.  From  the  Southern  Mills  he  handles  grits,  of  all  grades, 
j  cream  meal,  pearl  meal,  Southern  ]\Iills  com  meal,  Louisiana  Queen  meal,  Robert  E  Lee  meal,  and 
1  K.  D.  meal.  From  the  “Crown  Mills  Co.”  he  handles  the  following  celebrated  brands:  The  “Royal 
Crown”  (patent  process),  which  received  the  first  premium  at  the  St  Louis  fair,  October  7,  1881; 
the  “Crown,”  extra  fancy  brand,  and  the  “Charm,”  both  of  which  have  received  the  first  premiums 
at  several  State  fairs.  In  addition  to  the  above,  he  handles  other  choice  brands  of  flour,  and  offers 
it  to  the  trade  on  advantageous  terms.  Mr.  DuLac  has  been  identified  with  the  trade  m  New  Or¬ 
leans  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  is  a  man  that  conducts  his  business  upon  a  basis  of  sound  mercan¬ 
tile  integrity  and  ^vith  a  liberal  policy  to  his  patrons.  It  is  unnecessary’  for  us  to  comment  further 
than  to  say  that  all  goods  consigned  to  him  will  be  handled  to  the  best  advantage  of  the  consignors. 
AU  orders  from  country  merchants  wiU  receive  his  prompt  attention.  His  address  is  post-office  box 
No.  1978,  New  Orleans,  La. 


J.  0.  LABOSE — Dealer  in  Building  Materials,  Nava!  Stores,  &c..  No,  37  Natchez  St. 

The  large,  handsome  and  splendidly  stocked  establishment  of  Mr.  Larose,  is  located  at  No.  37 
Natchez  street,  and  is  recognized  as  a  leading  house  in  this  line  in  the  city.  The  building  occupied 
is  a  three  story,  25x100  feet  in  size,  and  filled  from  top  to  bottom  with  a  full  and  complete  stock  of 
naval  stores,  paints,  oils,  bmshes  and  building  materials  of  all  descriptions.  He  also  occupies  a 
large  warehouse  at  No.  62  Notre  Dame  street,  in  which  he  carries  a  large  and  well  selected  stock  of 
goods  Two  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in  the  business,  which  is  not  confined  to  the 
city  alone,  but  extends  over  the  surrounding  country.  Mr.  Larose  was  bom  in  New  Orleans,  in  1836, 
and  is  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him.  Mr.  Larose  has,  by  his  tact,  energy 
and  square  dealing,  made  himself  exceedingly  popular  and  placed  himself  on  the  high  road  to  success. 


i  S.  JAMISON'S  SON — Sole  Agent  Shelby,  Ala.,  Lime,  Office,  No.  69  Carondelet  St. 

\  An  estabhshment  worthy  of  mention,  is  that  of  S.  Jamison’s  Son,  at  No.  69  Carondelet  street, 
j  sole  agents  Shelby,  Ala. ,  lime,  sole  proprietor  of  the  celebrated  Crescent  Sugar  lime,  and  dealer  in 
all  kinds  of  lime,  cement,  roll  sulphm*,  fire  brick,  plaster  paris,  white  sand,  hair,  laths  and  building 
!  materials  generally.  The  proprietors’ father  started  this  business  in  1868,  and  has  continued  ever 
since,  his  son,  Ii-win  Jamison,  has  lately  become  proprietor.  He  carries  an  average  stock  of  $5,0(X), 
and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  $25,000.  Sis  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in 
the  business.  Mr.  Irwin  Jamison,  the  proprietor,  is  a  thorough  and  practical  man,  with  years  of 
experience  in  the  business,  under  his  father's  direction,  having,  also,  the  benefit  of  his  father’s  ex¬ 
perience  and  help,  is  fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  J.  R. 
Flood  is  the  gentlemanly  book-keeper  of  the  estabhshment,  and  takes  care  of  the  office  affairs.  Mr. 
Jamison  has  an  extensive  city  trade,  besides  furnishing  the  sugar  plantations  with  a  large  supply  of 
lime,  together  with  a  good  jobbing  business  among  country  dealers.  !Mr.  Jamison  was  bom  in  New 
Orleans  in  1860,  is  an  attentive  and  obhging  gentleman,  and  remarkably  well  qualified  to  succeed 
in  his  special  business . 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  199 


WfNTELER  &  RICKS — Dealers  in  Leather  and  Shoe  Findings,  Tools,  Oils,  &.C.,  No. 

109  Poydras  Street. 

The  trade  of  New  Orleans  in  leather  is  an  important  industry,  which  is  constantly  growing  in 
importance  and  well  worthy  of  proper  recognition  in  this  compendium  of  the  city’s  wealth  and 
commercial  standing.  Among  those  who  have  done  no  little  to  establish  the  leather  trade  upon  its 
present  admirable  foundation,  the  house  of  Winteler  &  Ricks  is,  perhaps,  the  most  widely  known. 
Since  its  establishment  in  1879,  with  but  a  limited  capital,  this  house  has  held  a  prominent  place  in 
the  leather  trade,  through  all  the  changes  incidental  to  a  career  covering  that  portion  of  general 
depression  in  business.  Their  efforts  were  sustained  by  rare  j  adgment,  natural  talent  and  unwav- 
erring  integrity.  With  these,  year  after  year,  their  business  increased,  until,  at  present,  the  stock 
carried  will  average  $10,00  *,  while  an  annual  business  of  over  $70,000  is  transacted.  Sixteen  male 
assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  the  weekly  pay  roll  amounting  to  $250.  The  individual 
members  of  the  hrm  are  M.  Winteler  and  F .  Ricks,  both  of  whom  have  an  experience  of  over  twenty 
years  in  the  business.  Mr  Winteler  was  born  m  Switzerland,  and  Mr.  Ricks  in  Germany.  The 
premises  occupied  are  80x100  feet  in  size  and  three  stories  high,  the  entire  building  being  used  in 
their  business.  A  full  and  complete  stock  of  leather,  shoe  findings,  tools,  oils,  &c.,  are  kept  con¬ 
stantly  in  stock.  Besides,  they  do  a  large  business  in  the  manufacture  of  boot,  shoe  and  gaiter 
uppers.  The  establishment  is  well  provided  with  all  the  latest  improved  machinery  used  in  the 
business.  While  relying  to  a  certain  extent  upon  city  custom,  they  have  a  large  and  growing  trade 
from  the  surrounding  country.  With  a  stainless  business  policy  of  the  most  liberal  and  enter¬ 
prising  kind,  they  deservedly  hold  the  high  position  accorded  them  in  commercial  and  manufac¬ 
turing  circles,  and  a  continuation  of  a  prosperity  so  well  merited. 

I  JOHN  T.  HARDIE  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors,  No.  67  Carondelet  St. 

One  of  the  oldest  and  most  reliable  houses  engaged  in  this  branch  of  the  trade,  is  that  of  Messrs. 
John  T.  Hardie  &:  Co.,  whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article.  This  house,  founded  as  far 
back  as  1853,  has  been  successful  from  the  start.  Commencing  on  a  moderate  capital,  through  in¬ 
dustry  and  close  application,  backed  up  by  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  it 
has  been  increased  from  year  to  year  until  at  present  they  are  in  possession  of  an  extensive  and 
gradually  increasing  trade,  extending  throughout  the  States  of  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Loui¬ 
siana  and  other  cotton  growing  States.  They  have  an  ample  capital,  and  are  prepared  to  make 
liberal  advances  on  consignments  from  the  country’.  This  firm  have  an  enviable  reputation,  both  at 
home  and  abroad,  as  being  prompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  business  transactions,  and 
have,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  dealers  and  merchants  throughout  the 
South.  Ten  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of 
the  business,  to  whom  monthly  wages  are  paid  aggregating  from  $500  to  $800.  Their  sample 
rooms  and  offices  are  large,  commodious  and  well  lighted,  being  especially  arranged  and  fitted  up 
for  this  special  business  The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  Mr.  John  T.  Hardie  and  Wm. 
T.  Hardie,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Alabama,  and  have  been  engaged  in  the  cotton  trade  for 
the  past  twenty-eight  years,  giving  them  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  in  which  they  are 
engaged.  Energetic,  reliable  and  honorable  in  every  sense  of  the  term,  they  are,  in  an  eminent 
degree,  entitled  to  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended  them.  The  firm  of  Messrs,  John  T.  Hardie 
&  Co.  is  composed  of  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  business  relations. 

ALEXANDER  HILL — Dealer  in  best  American  Slates,  Slabs,  Hearths  and  Files,  No.  110 

Caroudelet  Street. 

Few  establishments  in  New  Orleans  are  more  favorably  known  than  the  house  of  Alexander  Hill, 
at  No.  110  Carondelet  street.  The  present  firm  succeeded  Davidson  &  Hill,  in  about  1840,  and  has 
controlled  the  business,  and  very  successfully,  ever  since.  The  same  may  be  written  of  this  house 
that  goes  to  make  up  the  history  of  all  large  and  successful  wholesale  houses.  To  the  building  up 
of  such  a  business  strong  natural  talent,  coupled  with  years  of  training,  and  seconded  by  an  industry 
that  has  never  flagged.  The  average  stock  carried  amounts  to  $15,000,  on  which  an  annual  busi¬ 
ness  of  $40,000  is  transacted.  The  stock  contains  the  best  American  slates,  slabs,  hearths,  tiles,  &c., 
and  every  article  kept  in  the  largest  wholesale  houses  of  this  character.  The  marvelous  success  of 
this  house  is  deserved  and  has  been  reached  and  attained  by  a  faithful  study  of  the  wants  and  needs 
of  the  trade.  Prompt,  energetic  and  reliable,  the  house  of  Alexander  Hill  is  in  every  way  worthy 
of  the  most  liberal  public  patronage. 

CARONDELET  HOUSE — M.  S.  Burk  &  Co.  Proprietors,  NO.  88  Carondelet  St. 

This  hotel  in  the  past  has  been  one  of  the  most  popular  in  the  city,  and  deservedly  so,  but  under 
the  management  which  has  recently  taken  charge  of  the  house,  it  promises  to  become  not  only  one  of 
the  most  popular  family  hotels  in  the  city  but  of  the  entire  South.  The  building,  a  three  story  edi¬ 
fice;  is  large  and  commodious,  containing  thirteen  rooms,  besides  an  elegant  parlor,  dining  room, 
Ac.,  and  can  accommodate  from  thirty  to  fifty  guests.  The  rooms  are  all  newly  refurnished,  and  the 
house  thoroughly  cleaned  and  renovated  from  top  to  bottom.  A  first  class  table,  in  every  sense  of 
the  word,  is  one  of  the  many  attractions  at  the  “Carondelet.”  Families  desiring  a  first  class 
house,  where  all  the  conveniences  of  a  larger  hotel  can  be  had  at  reduced  prices,  can  do  no  better 
than  by  patronizing  M.  S.  Burke  A  Co,,  at  the  Carondelet  House.  The  proprietors  have  had  an  ex- 

L  perience  of  over  twenty  years  in  the  business,  and  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details  of 
the  business.  Rooms  in  suite  or  single,  with  or  without  board,  on  most  reasonable  terms. 


200 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


J.  F .  McCRYSTAL — Tm,  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Worker  and  Manufacturer  of  Tin  and 

Japan  Ware,  No.  4J  Lafayette  Street,  up  stairs. 

The  manufacture  of  the  various  articles  of  coinmerce  from  tin,  in  their  dilTerent  forms,  is  sufficient¬ 
ly  extensive,  in  the  aggregate,  to  constitute  an  important  industry,  which  is  worthy  of  recognition 
and  c9nsideration  in  this  volume.  The  house  of  Mr.  J.  F.  McCrystal  was  started  in  1875  and  since 
that  time  the  business  has  been  steadily  increasing  year  by  year  and  now  it  occupies  a  prominent  po¬ 
sition  among  the  industries  of  the  city.  Two  floors,  24x60  feet  in  size,  are  occupied,  at  No.  47  Lafa- 
ette  street,  where  all  the  machinery  usually  found  in  an  establishments  of  tliiskind  is  used  and  a  sup¬ 
ply  of  materials  sufficient  for  the  trade  generally,  kept  on  hand.  Eight  hands  are  employed  and  a 
large  trade  enjoyed  throughout  the  city,  Mr.  McCiystal  being  fully  prepared  to  supply  city  dealers 
and  country  merchants  at  short  notice,  heavy  dealers  giidng  this  house  large  orders  for  special  work. 
The  annual  sales  reach  $5,000  and  at  times  have  been  as  high  as  $11,000,  the  capacity  being  equal 
to  a  larger  and  more  extended  trade.  Mr.  McCrystal  was  bom  in  New  Orleans,  in  1849,  is  a  thor- 
9ugh,  practical  man,  having  a  life  experience  in  the  business  and  in  special  manufactures  of  tin  and 
japan  ware  deserves  high  commendation  for  the  enterprise  he  has  shown.  He  is  an  able  and  relia¬ 
ble  workman,  a  leading  representative  in  this  department  of  trade  and  his  enterprise  is  eminently 
worthy  the  respect  and  patronage  of  the  community. 


W.^  F.  GOLDTHWAITE — Antiquarian,  Law,  Medical  and  Miscellaneous  English  and 

French  Bookseller,  Exchange  Place-,  near  Catial  Street,  Branch  Store,  No.  42  Exchange 

Alley. 

None  of  our  friends  should  fail  to  visit  the  bookstores  of  Mr.  W.  F.  Goldthwaite.  He  is  not  only 
an  enterprismg  merchant,  but  a  gentleman  of  refined  and  artistic  taste.  He  has  made  it  a  study  to 
collect  in  his  establishments  the  oldest  and  choicest  gems  of  literature,  the  latest  legal  and  miscel¬ 
laneous  works,  m  many  languages,  in  fact,  almost  every  publication  to  make  his  stock  the  most 
select  and  valuable  in  New  Orleans.  That  he  has  succeeded  will  be  the  verdict  of  every  one  who 
visits  his  stores.  This  enterprise  was  first  established  about  thirty  years  ago,  and  his  is  one  of  the 
oldest  houses  engaged  in  this  oranch  of  business  in  this  city.  Beginning  with  a  small  capital  he  has 
by  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  business,  succeeded  in  largely  increasing  his  trade, 
so  that  now  he  has  the  largest  and  most  lucrative  ^ook  trade  of  any  similar  house  in  New  Orleans. 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  collecting  second-hand  law  and  miscellaneous  books,  of  which  he  keeps  on 
hand  a  large  and  varied  assortment.  Persons  desirous  of  making  rare  and  valuable  additions  to 
their  libraries,  for  a  moderate  sum  of  money,  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  at  his  establishments 
before  making  their  purchases.  Attentive  and  competent  salesmen  are  employed  at  these  well  known 
and  popular  resorts.  Mr.  Staub  the  original  cheap  news  man,  has  charge  at  No.  2  Exchange 
Plax^e,  near  Canal  street,  and  Mr.  Bauer,  at  No.  42  Exchange  Alley,  between  Customhouse  and 
Beinville  streets,  the  proprietor  personally  superintending  both  establishments.  Mr.  Goldthwaite 
is  a  gentleman  of  liberal  education,  has  resided  in  the  State  and  city  over  a  quarter  of  a  century,  is 
well  known  in  the  community  as  an  honorable,  upright  citizen,  and  is  justly  entitled  to  the  confi¬ 
dence  and  liberal  patronage  of  the  pubhc.  Law  and  miscellaneous  libraries  purchased. 


J.  W.  LEE — Practical  Slater,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  American  and  English  Slates, 

Ridge  Tiles,  d-c..  No.  109  St.  Charles  Street. 


Every  business  venture  that  evinces  in  its  conduction 
genuine  enterprise  and  energy,  is  entitled  to  due  con¬ 
sideration  in  a  work  of  this  character.  Among  the 
many  prominent  houses  in  this  large  and  prosperous 
city,  we  notice  that  of  Mr  J.  W.  Lee,  who  commenced 
this  business  in  1881,  and  by  his  energy  and  persever¬ 
ance  has  succeeded  in  gaining  a  strong  foothold  with 
the  commercial  men  of  the  city,  as  well  as  building  up 
a  large  and  lucrative  trade  in  the  community.  He 
employs  from  six  to  eight  hands,  and  carries  a  large 
stock  of  goods,  consisting  of  American  and  English 
slates,  ridge  tiles  and  fire  bricks,  cement,  lime,  sand 
and  hearth  slabs,  which  he  is  prepared  to  ofter  to  the 
trade  on  the  most  reasonable  terms  and  at  low  rates, 
yards  are  located  at  No.  817  Magazine  street,  the 
and  salesroom  located  at  No.  109  St.  Charles,  be- 
^  _  _ _  _  _  60x100  feet  in  size,  and  especially  arranged  to  dis¬ 

play  the  goods  and  laciiiLate  ineir  sale.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  extended  over  the  entire  city  of 
New  Orleans  and  sun-ounding  country.  Mr.  Lee  is  a  young,  active  and  energetic  business  man, 
and  has  been  indentified  with  the  business  industries  for  many  years  past,  and  by  earnest  apphca- 
tion  to  business,  backed  up  by  a  thorough  practical  expenence  and  commercial  integrity,  won  for 
himself  a  prominent  place  among  the  dealers  of  the  city. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


201 


CRESCENT  CITY  ICE  COMPANY — Central  Office,  Nos.  71  and  73  South  Front  Street, 

Up  Stairs,  Depots,  Nos.  11  and  13  South  Front  Street,  Soraparu  Street  Opposite  Soraparu 

Market,  and  Nos.  35  and  31  Victortf  Street,  Near  Pontchartrain  Rail  Road. 

In  a  city  like  New  Orleans,  with  its  long  and  extreme  heated  term,  it  necessarily  makes  the  ice 
trade  an  important  one  in  the  commercial  and  business  interests  of  the  city.  This  company  is  com¬ 
posed  of  Addison,  Gage  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  and  Mr.  John  F.  Kranz,  of  New  Orleans,  and  this  is  the 
oldest  establishment  in  the  ice  business  in  the  Crescent  City.  It  was  organized  over  thirty  years  ago 
and  has  ^ven  to  the  citizens  here  and  residents  of  the  suiTOunding  country  pure  Northern  and 
Western  ice,  formed  bj"  nature  from  the  pure  springs  and  lakes  of  those  healthful  climates.  Many 
of  their  customers  have  been  dealing  regularly  with  this  company  for  the  past  twenty-five  years  and 
long  continued  patronage  shows  the  high  estimation  in  which  it  is  held.  A  large  trade  has  been 
enjoyed  for  a  number  Of  years  with  sugar  planters  on  the  coast,  in  neighboiing  cities  and  surround¬ 
ing  country,  large  shipments  being  made  to  all  parts  of  the  Southern  country.  Every  facility  for 
filling  orders  and  supplying  the  demands  of  consumers  is  possessed  by  this  coinpany  and  any  quantity 
desired  may  be  obtained  at  the  lowest  possible  price.  The  long  and  successful  career  of  this  firm  is 
due  to  the  integrity  and  liberal,  upright  dealings  in  all  business  transactions. 

GRAND  ISLAND  HOTEL  RESORT — JOHN  E.  KRANZ,  PROPRIETOR,  LOCATED  ON  GRAND  ISLAND. 

This  extensive  and  popular  bathing  resort  was  commenced  in  1858,  and  consists  of  a  little  village 
of  beautiful  cottages,  capable  of  accommodating  conveniently  four  hundred  guests,  some  of  the 
buildings  being  from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred  feet  long.  This  Island  Hotel  is  known  as  one  of 
the  most  comfortable  and  popular  bathing  resorts  in  the  entire  South,  in  fact  the  surf  bathing  is  not 
surpassed  in  the  United  States.  The  hotel  is  furnished  with  modern  furniture  and  every  improve¬ 
ment  for  the  convenience  of  guests.  It  is  a  model  pleasure  resort  and  during  the  epidemic  of  1878  in 
New  Orleans,  no  case  ot  yellow  fever  occurred  at  this  healthful  resort  and  no  accident  has  ever  hap¬ 
pened  since  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Kranz.  The  proprietor,  Mr.  J.  F.  Kranz,  who  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Crescent  City  Ice  Company,  is  building,  under  the  supervision  of  Capt.  T.  P.  Leathers, 
a  beautiful  and  fast-running,  boat,  in  every  way  adapted  to  the  business,  and  which  will  run  to  Grand 
Island  and  return  regularly.  The  route  wdl  be  through  Harvey  Canal,  Bayou  Terre,  Little  Lake 
and  Grand  Lake,  affording  visitors  an  excellent  opportunity  of  viewing  the  surrounding  country. 
Parties  desiring  to  make  summer  tours  in  1882  will  find  this  a  pleasant  resort. 


G.  T.  LATHROP — Dealer  in  Books,  Stationery  and  Notions,  112  Camp  St. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  firms  which  it  is  our  pleasure  to  mention  in  connection  with  the 
industries  and  business  of  New  Orleans  is  that  of  Mr.  G  T.  Lathrop,  dealer  in  books  of  all  kinds, 
stationery,  notions,  school  books,  <fec.,  located  at  No.  112  Camp  street.  This  concern  was  started  by 
the  present  proprietor,  in  1878,  succeeding  Mr.  R.  J.  Harp.  It  was  started  with  a  moderate  capital, 
but  energy  and  a  thorough  adaptation  to  the  business  soon  gave  him  a  liberal  patronage  and  gradual 
increase  in  trade,  the  business  during  the  past  year  having  increased  at  least  100  per  cent.  He  car¬ 
ries  a  fuU  stock,  which  he  keeps  in  excellent  condition,  and  he  is  daily  receiving  fresh  goods,  thus 
keeping  his  stock  replenished  with  the  latest  and  best  publications.  He  also  does  a  general  job 
printing  business,  giving  employment  to  twenty-five  hands,  and  does  an  annual  trade  of  about 
$100^000.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conveniently  situated,  the  building  being  30x150 
feet  in  size,  and  four  stories  high,  which  is  provided  with  an  engine  of  5-horse  power,  together  with 
all  the  presses  and  latest  improved  machinery  required  in  this  special  branch  of  business.  The 
trade  of  this  well  known  house  extends  over  all  the  Southera  States,  Mexico  and  Cuba.  Mr.  Lathrop 
was  born  in  New  York  in  1843,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans  for  many  years,  and  is  well  and 
favorably  known  to  the  business  men  of  this  community,  where  he  has  established  an  enviable 
business  reputation,  and  assumed  a  high  position  among  the  dealers  of  this  city,  to  which  he  is  justly 
entitled. 


DELTA  WAREHOUSE — A.  C.  Winn,  Proprietor,  Nos.  81  to  91  Front,  and 84  to  94  Fulton 

Streets. 

One  of  the  largest  and  most  commodious  warehouses  in  the  city,  the  “Delta,”  located  as  above 
stated,  is  owned  and  managed  by  Mr.  A.  C.  Winn,  who  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  com¬ 
munity  for  his  prompt,  rehable  and  honorable  manner  of  doing  business.  He  succeeded  as  proprie¬ 
tor  of  this  estabhshment  in  1873,  and  under  his  judicious  and  able  managenient  it  \vds  since  proven 
a  financial  success.  The  “Delta”  has  a  capacity  of  over  80,000  bags  of  grain,  and  is  200x3'  0  feet 
m  size,  being  conveniently  located  both  to  the  river  and  railroad  depots.  A  large  number  of  hands 
are  here  kept  constantly  employed  in  receiving  and  shipping  freights.  The  warehouse  is  one  of  the 
most  convenient  and  perfectly  arranged  of  any  in  the  city,  and  is  liberally  patronized  by  our  largest 
merchants  having  a  surplus  of  merchandise  on  hand  Cfonsignments  from  the  country  are  received 
at  this  warehouse,  and  the  goods  taken  proper  care  of  while  in  store.  Mr.  Winn  attends  personally 
to  the  books  and  accounts,  and  every  one  having  business  relations  with  him  always  find  him  prompt, 
rehable  and  correct  in  all  his  dealings.  Having  an  extensive  experience  in  the  warehouse  business, 
he  is  fully  conversant  with  every  detail  and  requirement  of  his  trade,  and  justly  entitled  to  a  Hberal 
share  of  the  public  patronage. 


202  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


C.  B.  &  iV.  D.  MAGINNIS — Public  Storage  and  Warehouse,  Office  Corner  Girod  and 

Magazine  Streets. 

Among  the  young  busines  men  of  our  city,  who  have  made  an  enviable  record  by  their  energy, 
tact  and  ability,  none  are  more  deservedly  esteemed  than  Messrs,  C.  B.  &  W.  D.  Maginnis.  Their 
frank  candid  and  courteous  bearing  have  secured  them  a  host  of  friends  in  the  business  circles  of 
the  city.  This  enterprise  was  started  in  1878,  with  an  ample  capital,  and  has,  under  the  able  man¬ 
agement  of  these  gentlemen,  proven  a  success  from  the  start.  They  own  and  control  the  following 
warehouses :  The  ‘  ‘ Lafayette ,  ’  ’  which  is  used  mostly  for  storing  general  merchandise ;  the  ‘  ‘Eagle,  ’  ’ 
used  as  a  coffee  warehouse,  with  a  capacity  of  fifty  thousand  bags,  and  the  “Boston”  with  a  storage 
capacity  of  twenty  thousand  barrels,  and  also,  the  “Girod,”  having  spacious  accommodations  for  su¬ 
gar  and  molasses.  The  “Lafayette”  and  “Girod,”  being  supplied  with  an  engine  of  seven  horse¬ 
power  and  are  furnished  with  all  the  necessary  appliances  for  conveniently  conducting  the  business. 
A  large  force  of  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed  in  the  different  warehouses,  to  whom  libeial 
wages  are  paid .  Consignments  are  received  by  this  firm  from  the  country,  the  goods  taken  in 
charge,  drayage  and  all  expenses  being  paid  by  the  firm,  and  everything  properly  attended  to  while 
the  goods  are  under  their  care.  The  four  warehouses,  “Lafayette,”  “Girod,”  “Boston”  and  “Eagle” 
are  under  the  management  of  C.  B.  &  W.  D,  Maginnis,  only.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm, 
C.  B.  and  W.  D.  Maginnis,  are  both  young  men,  natives  of  New  Orleans,  and  energetic  and  relia¬ 
ble  in  every  sense  of  the  term.  They  commenced  in  this  branch  of  business  in  early  boyhood  and  are 
thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  business.  The  firm  of  C.  B.  & 
W.  D.  Maginnis  are  deserving  of  the  liberal  patronage  being  extended  by  the  business  men  of  our 
city. 

FRED.  STAEHLE — Bakery,  &c..  No.  117  South  Rampart  St. 

This  enterprise  was  started  in  1876,  by  the  present  proprietor,  with  a  limited  capital  and  in  a  small 
way.  By  close  application  to  business  and  good  work  he  has  increased  his  business  from  year  to  year 
until  now  he  has  one  of  the  finest  trades  in  the  city.  Nine  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed 
in  the  different  departments  of  the  establishment.  The  premises  occupied,  a  two  story  building,  is 
28x96  feet  in  size,  and  well  arranged  and  fitted  up  for  the  bakery  business,  Mr.  Staehle  is  a  man  of 
large  experience  in  the  bread  business,  having  commenced  the  study  of  the  trade  in  1862,  and  is 
fully  conversant  with  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Staehle  was  born  in  Europe 
in  1846,  is  a  prompt,  energetic  and  reliable  man,  and  has  through  these  qualifications  laid  the 
foundation  of  a  competence  that  will  be  a  pride  and  pleasure  to  him  in  the  future.  His  prices  are 
reasonable,  his  work  done  well,  and  he  is  deserving  of  the  liberal  patronage  of  the  public. 

C.  REDERSHEIMER — Dealer  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries,  Nos.  139  and  141  Ram¬ 

part  Street. 

In  compiling  the  business  interests  of  New  Orleans,  it  is  safe  to  assert  that  this  house  is  one  of 
the  most  enterprising  and  reliable  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Redersheimer  started 
in  business  in  1878,  on  a  small  capital,  and  has  attained  a  large  share  of  the  public  patronage  by  his 
agreeable  and  courteous  manners.  Buying  strictly  for  cash,  he  is  enabled  to  sell  articles  in  his  line  at  a 
cheaper  rate  than  many  other  similar  houses.  Having  eighteen  years  experience  in  the  business, 
this  firm  is  eminently  qualified  to  hold  the  high  position  which  it  does  in  the  regard  of  our  citizens. 
He  carries  a  full  line  of  fresh  goods,  consisting  of  coffees,  sugars,  teas,  spices,  flour,  syrups,  canned 
goods,  etc.,  and,  in  fact,  every  article  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  in  the  city.  Six  male 
assistants  are  employed.  The  building  occupied  is  42x54  feet  in  size,  and  completely  filled  with  a 
full  and  complete  stock  of  goods.  Mr.  Redersheimer  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  since  he  has  been 
engaged  in  business  has  won  many  friends  and  patrons  among  our  citizens.  Mr.  George  R.  is  the 
manager  of  this  extensive  establishment.  Mr.  Casper  Redersheimer  devotes  his  time  to  buying 
goods  for  the  house  on  the  most  advantageous  terms.  The  building  occupied  is  owned  by  the  firm 
an  evidence  of  what  energy  and  enterprise  will  do  for  young  men. 


'NATIONAL  OIL  CO.  —  Manufacturers  of  Lubricating  Oils,  Quin  &  Brown,  Agents,  No. 

86  'Tchoupitoulas  Street. 

The  Southern  branch  of  Messrs.  Telfair,  Snedeker  &  Co,  “National  Oil  Works,  ”  whose  main 
office  and  works  are  located  in  New  York  City,  was  established  in  this  city  in  1879,  and  by  careful 
attention  to  business,  backed  up  with  energy  and  entei-prise,  a  large  and  growing  trade  has  been 
established  in  this  city  as  well  as  in  nearly  all  of  the  Southern  States.  This  branch  of  the  National 
Works  handles  from  10,600  to  15,600  barrels  of  oil,  and  does  an  annual  business  of  over  $100,000. 
Employment  is  given  to  six  male  assistants,  all  of  whom  are  intelligent  and  experienced  salesmen, 
who  attend  to  the  wants  of  the  customers.  The  premises  occupied  are  commodious,  the  building  be¬ 
ing  40x60  feet  in  size  and  three  stories  high.  This  firm  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  full  stock  of 
lubricating  oils,  which  they  furnish  largely  to  railroads,  steamboats  and  mills  throughout  the  entire 
Southern  country.  Messrs.  Quin  &  Brown,  the  popular  managers,  are  active,  energetic  and  honor¬ 
able  business  men,  and  fully  conversant  with  all  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  They  possess 
business  ability  and  energy  of  a  high  order,  well  qualifying  them  to  carry  on  their  business  success¬ 
fully  This  establishment  is  every  way  worthy  of  liberal  patronage,  and  to  the  esteem  of  the  public 
for  its  unusal  facilities  for  cariying  on  this  special  branch  of  business,  the  first  in  the  South  to  devote 
itself  entirely  to  the  sale  of  lubricating  oils  and  greases. 


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MILLER  BROS. — Commissison  Merchants,  No.  34  Poydras  St. 

There  is  probably  no  branch  of  trade  in  a  more  healthy  condition  than  the  commission  business. 
Prominent  amongf  the  firms  engaged  in  this  branch  of  commercial^  trade  in  the  Crescent  City,  and 
one  that  is  deserving  more  than  a  passing  notice  m  a  work  professing  to  give  an  adequate  display  of 
the  commercial  advantages  of  this  city,  is  the  establishment  of  Miller  Bros.,  situated  at  No.  34  Poy¬ 
dras  street.  The  premises  occupied  are  24x90  feet  in  size,  three  stories  high,  and  a  larire  and  exten¬ 
sive  assortment  of  produce  usually  found  in  an  establishment  of  this  kind,  is  always  kept  on  hand. 
Poultry,  eggs,  butter  and  a  general  assortment  of  country  produce  is  daily  received  from  all  over  the 
surroundino"  country,  which  is  placed  upon  the  market  on  reasonable  terms.  This  well  known  house 
was  first  started  by  Miller  Myers  in  1863,  and  conducted  by  them  successfully  until  1881,  when  it 
was  transferred  to  Miller  Bros.  Their  capital  is  ample,  their  annual  sales  reaching  about  $200,000. 
Five  male  assistants  aie  kept  constantly  employed.  The  individual  members  of  the  firin  are  N. 
Miller,  Jr.,  and  W.  F  Miller,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Louisiana,  and  thorough  practical  com¬ 
mission  men,  having  had  an  experience  of  over  thirty  years  in  the  business.  The  trade  is  general 
throughout  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  number  of  years  they  have  been  engaged  in  this  special 
business,  together  with  their  immense  transactions,  cause  them  be  known  as  the  leadmg  merchants 
in  their  line  of  goods  in  New  Orleans.  Honorable  and  reliable  and  characterized  by  fair  dealing 
and  moderate  prices,  this  firm  stands  high  among  the  commercial  houses  of  the  Crescent  City. 


AYERS,  RICHARD  &  CO.— Wholesale  Groceries  and  Commission  Merchants,  74  and[  76 

Magazine,  and  88  to  92  Poydras  Streets. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  firms  we  are  called  upon  to  mention  m  connection  witJi  the  industries 
and  business  of  New  Orleans  is  that  of  Messrs.  Ayers,  Richard  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  and  com¬ 
mission  merchants.  This  firm  was  organized  m  1881,  with  an  ample  capital,  but  merit,  business 
ability,  and  continued  fair  dealing  has  greatly  increased  their  trade.  They  keep  eight  male  assist¬ 
ants  constantly  employed  in  the  transaction  of  the  business,  starting  their  new  enterprise  with 
ample  capital,  they  brought  in  addition,  their  many  years  of  experience,  ripe  judgement  and  busi¬ 
ness  habits,  making  it  one  of  the  substantial  and  reliable  establishments  of  Louisiana.  They  have 
already  built  up  a  large  and  growing  trade  in  the  legitimate  channels  of  commerce,  through  their 
superior  business  qualifications,  and  they  are  destined  to  still  further  enlarge  it,  as  such  men  never 
stand  still,  but  increase  naturallv  in  a  ratio  commensurate  with  the  times.  Their  storeroom  has  a 
frontage  of  60  feet,  by  100  feet  in  depth,  occupying  four  floors  which  are  filled  with  a  large  and  well 
selected  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries.  Their  trade  extends  throughout  Louisiana,  Mississippi 
and  adjacent  States.  The  close  application  to  business  and  the  wants  of  the  trade,  which  are 
characteristic  of  this  house,  is  gradually  but  surely  extending  their  trade.  Their  stock  comprises 
the  most  complete  variety  of  everything  connected  with  the  grocery  trade.  Their  assortment  is 
excellent  for  buyers  to  select  from,  and  they  are  able  to  hold  out  special  inducements.  The  indi¬ 
vidual  members  of  the  firm  are  T.  D.  Ayers,  J.  E.  Richard  and  W.  J.  Parham.  Mr.  Ayers,  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm  was  bom  in  Texas  in  1855;  Mr.  J.  E  Richard  is  a  native  of  Louisiana, 
and  Mr.  Parham,  of  Alabama.  Liberal,  enterprising  and  energetic,  they  are  esteemed  as  amongst 
our  best  business  men.  New  Orleans  has  reason  to  feel  a  pride  in  the  house,  as  one  of  her  solid 
mercantile  institutions,  all  the  individual  members  of  the  firm  being  too  well  known  to  require  com¬ 
mendation  at  our  hands. 


FRITZ  &  HELMANN — Druggists,  No.  206  Poydras  St. 

The  establishment  of  these  popular  pharmaceutists  and  draggists  is  located  at  No.  206  Poydras 
street,  in  the  very  center  of  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  where  they  keep  in  their  elegant  rooms  as 
complete  a  stock  of  drugs,  chemicals,  fine  Instruments,  fancy  goods,  &c.,  as  is  to  be  found  in  any 
establishment  in  this  city,  in  the  display  of  which  their  fine  tastes  are  apparent.  The  business  was 
started  in  its  present  location  about  two  years  ago,  by  the  present  proprietors,  since  which  time, 
by  their  courtesy  and  popular  manners  they  have  won  the  confidence  of  the  public,  and  been  success¬ 
ful  in  establishing  a  prosperous  business,  and  securing  the  generous  patronage  of  an  appreciate 
public.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Michael  Fritz  and  Otto  Helmann,  both  of  whom 
are  young  men,  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  prescription  and  drug  business.  They  started  in 
a  small  way,  but  by  their  economy  and  excellent  business  intelligence  they  have  built  up  a  trade 
which  is  most  prosperous,  and  they  are  now  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
the  medical  fraternity  and  the  community  at  large.  They  are  gentlemen  of  great  intelligence,  and 
are  among  the  leading  druggists  in  this  portion  of  the  city.  Mr.  Fritz,  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm,  has  been  practically  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  the  past  twenty  years,  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  all  the  detaifs  and  requirements  of  the  business.  In  1878,  during  the  terrible 
epidemic  in  Grenada,  Miss.,  he  was  among  the  volunteers  who  served  the  Howard  Association  dur¬ 
ing  those  trying  times.  He  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Howard  drug  store,  and  in  the  capacity  of 
druggist  rendered  valuable  assistance  to  the  stricken  people  of  that  place.  The  firm  of  Fritz  & 
Helmann  ig  composed  of  active,  energetic  and  reliable  business  men,  who  are  in  an  eminent  degree 
justly  entitled  to  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  our  people.  Mr.  Otto  Helmann,  by  his  many  social 
and  genial  qualities  has  won  a  host  of  admiring  friends  in  social  circles  as  well  as  among  the  business 
men  of  New  Orleans. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


McGRA  TH  &  LEMON— Importers  of  Dundee  and  Burlap  Cloths  and  Manufacturers  of 

Sachs  and  Bags,  Nos.  81  and  89  J^Iagazine  Street. 

selection  of  the  Mississippi  river  as  the  outlet  for  a  large  portion  of  the  grain  of  the 
fn  n?’  manufacture  of  gmn  bags  has  become  a  business  of  such  magnitude  as  in  many  instances 

®  omupation  o^nany  firms.  Prominent  among  those  in  New  Orleans,  the  house 
of  McGriath  &  located  at  Nos.  87  and  89  Magazine  street,  deserves  more  than  passino-  men¬ 

tion  as  agents  for  Messrs.  Ritchie  &  Son,  London,  whose  burlaps  are  without  superior  with  facilities 
fmMaily  manufmtureof  2  bOOO  bags  capable  of  still  largi  increase 

in  Size.  Employing  thirty  hands  they  are  constantly  busy,  though 
perfectly  willing  to  have  orders  rushed  in  upon  them  without  limit,  as  they  feel  prepared  to  meet 
demand  be  it  ever  so  large,  ^leir  material  being  the  very  best,  their  workmanship  equal  to  any 
defying  cmmetition  as  regards  prices,  quality  considered,  they  may  well  feel  tiroud  of  this  business’ 
M^srs.  McGr^h  &  Lemon  are  weU  aware  of  the  fact  that  with  the  rapidly  increasing  grain  trade  of 

of  gram  bags  made  from  first  quality  of  burlaps  will  be  needed,  and 
desire  to  mform  public  th^-t  they  are  ready  at  all  times  to  execute  orders  for  any  quantity  that 
may  be  desired,  the  larger  the  quantity  the  cheaper  the  price,  for  they  feel  able  to  compete  with  any 
m^ket  in  prices,  all  thing  considered.  During  the  past  six  months  they  have  sold  1,00  »  000  bae-/ 
which,  considering  the  coinparmive  newness  of  the  business,  is  beyond  their  anticipations.  Each 
month  IS  an  improvement  on  the  last.  Buyers  from  the  country  are  always  assured  of  a  cordial 
reception  when  meeting  either  of  the  firm  or  their  employes.  The  genial,  happy  disposition  of  Mr. 
Mcbratn  is  recognized  and  appreciated  by  all  and  the  stranger  is  made  to  feel  so  perfectly  at  home 
that  he  gives  this  house  ^s  order  and  goes  on  his  way  rejoicing,  happy  in  the  feeling  that  he  has 

AT  commission  business  in  all  its  branches  is  conduct¬ 

ed  by  xMr.  James  McGrath.  Here  the  country  merchant  can  obtain  at  the  lowest  market  prices,  every- 
t  mg  m  the  grocery  line.  Mr  McGrath’s  long  experience  and  extensive  acquaintance  enables 
him  to  compete  more  than  favorably  with  larger  and  more  pretentious  houses.  The  constant  activitv 
ol  his  employes  is  convincing  evidence  of  his  success  in  this  department  and  between  this  and  his 
bag  factory  he  is  alloAved  but  little  time. 


WIEGEL  &  DANNENFELSER — Steam  Furniture  Manufactory,  Nos.  62  and  64  Perdido 

Street. 

Among  those  in(^stries  that  it  becomes  the  special  province  of  this  work  to  display,  the  firm  of 
Messrs.  VViegel  &  Dannenfelser  occupy  no  inconspicuous  position,  and  from  the  character  and  maff- 
nnude  of  their  operations  are  entitled  to  more  than  brief  mention.  The  manufacture  of  bank 
olhce,  store  and  bar-room  fixtures  is  carried  on  extensively  by  this  firm.  All  kinds  of  church  work 
made  to  OTder,  and  repairing  and  revarnishing  done  at  short  notice.  Designs  of  the  work  made  at 
their  estabiisment  will  be  furnished  free  of  charge.  This  enterprise  was  started  December  !  1881 
with  ample  capital.  From  twenty-five  to  thirty  skilled  ivorkmen  are  kept  constantly  at  work  in  the 
different  departments  of  them  manufactory.  All  work  turned  out  from  this  establishment  is  guar¬ 
anteed  to  be  just  as  represented,  and  will  be  sold  at  the  lowest  standard  prices.  The  premises  occu- 
pied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  covering  an  area  of  two  entire  lots,  the  manufactory  being  sup- 
phed  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery.  An  improved  engine  of  twenty-five  horse 
power  IS  used  to  furmsh  the  iiiotive  power  required  to  drive  the  machinery  in  the  various  depart- 
ments  of  this  extensive  estabhshment.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  largely  confined  to  the  city,  but 
extends  over  the  entire  Southern  country.  The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  men  of  long 
and  practical  experience  in  this  branch  of  business,  having  been  connected  with  some  of  the  best 
and  largest  fmmiture  manufacturing  establishments  in  New  Orleans  for  the  past  eighteen  or  twenty 
years.  Mr.  Weigel  and  Mr.  Dannenfelser  are  both  natives  of  Germany,  and  for  years  before 
commg  to  this  country  were  engaged  in  this  special  branch  of  business  in  the  capacitv  of  journey- 
rnen.  rrompt,  reliable  and  honorable  in  all  their  dealings,  they  are  justly  entitled  to  a  liberal 
share  of  the  pubhc  patronage. 


RUSH  &  LEVERT  Cotton  and  Sugar  Factors,  and  Commission  Merchants,  No.  31  Per-- 

dido  Street. 

Among  the  many  industries  that  have  tended  to  extend  and  enlarge  the  commercial  importance 
Orleans,  perhaps  no  one  has  had  a  more  favorable  influence  upon  the  mercantile  relations 
of  this  community  than  the  cotton  and  sugar  trade,  and  certainly  no  house  in  that  trade  exhibits 
more  energy  and  enterprise  than  the  subject  of  this  article.  This  house  was  established  in  1878  by 
the  present  firm,  on  an  ample  capital,  and  by  industry  and  perseverance  exhibited  by  the  indmdual 
F  bave  largely  augmented  the  business,  until  now  they  handle  from  10,000 

to  12,000  hogsheads  of  sugar  per  annum,  besides  trading  in  cotton  and  rice.  They  have  an  ample 
capital  employed  m  the  business  and  are  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  to  customers  on  con¬ 
signments.  competent  and  experienced  men  are  kept  employed,  to  whom  liberal  wages  are 
paid,  ihe  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Louis  Bush,  John  B  Levert  and  Reuben  G.  Bush, 
all  of  whom  are  natives  of  Louisiana,  and  are  known  in  this  community  as  business  men  with  unim¬ 
peachable  reputations  for  honorable,  upright  and  liberal  dealings,  and  as  a  firm  are  certainly  justly 
entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  .the  general  pubhc. 


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INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS.  205 

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I  — . . I 

'  P.  DESMARIES — Proprietor  and  Successor  to  A.  F,  Ricau,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  | 

‘  French  and  American  Calf.  Kij),  Morocco,  Sheej)  Skins,  Shoe  Findings,  etc..  No.  36  Chartres 

[  Street. 

I  The  trade  of  New  Orleans  in  leather  and  shoe  findings  of  all  kinds  is  no  small  part  of  the  city’s 
I '  commercial  wealth,  and  a  means  of  drawing  from  the  sun-ounding  country  a  large  share  of  the  i 
money  that  supports  the  cih'.  The  city  has  gained  a  wide  celebrit>-  as  regards  the  quality  of  goods  i 
’  sold  by  our  merchants,  and  among  others  the  house  of  Mr.  P.  Desmaries  is  noted  for  carrying  j 
I'  a  first-class  stock  of  both  French  and  American  goods.  He  had  for  a  number  of  years  been  an  . 

assistant  for  Mr.  A.  F.  Ricau,  and  was  favorably  knoi^Ti  to  the  patrons  of  the  house,  and  only  in  | 
i  1881  did  he  become  sole  owner  and  proprietor  of  the  house,  and  we  are  glad  to  say  endeavors  to  ; 
']  keep  up  the  high  standard  and  executive  abihty  of  the  house  for  fair  and  honorable  dealing.  He  ! 
occupies  the  three-story  house  No.  36  Chartres  street,  40x80  feet  deep,  as  a  salesroom,  and  here  can  . 
be  found  on  sale  at  low  rates  a  full  assortment  of  all  leather  goods  usually  found  in  such  a  store,  i 
'  consisting  of  foreign  and  domestic  kip  and  calf  skins,  hemlock  and  oak  sole  leather,  morocco,  sheep  I 
skins,  shoemakers'  findings,  lasts,  threads,  nails,  pegs,  inks,  awls,  etc.;  shoemakers’  tools  of  aU  ^ 

kinds  and  descriptions,  and  also  all  the  different  articles  for  boot  and  shoe  stores’  use,  such  as  but-  ; 

tons,  button  hooks,  heel  plates,  stiffeners,  blackings,  dusters,  twines,  peg  rasps,  punches,  silk  tas-  | 
sels,  cork  soles,  etc.  Tlie  third  story  of  the  builchng  is  used  for  the  boot  and  shoe-upper  factory, 

^  where  all  styles  and  qualities  of  boot  and  shoe-uppers  are  made  by  skilled  workmen,  with  the 
cheapest  American  calf  skins  as  well  as  with  the  best  imported  French.  Mr  P.  Desmaries  intends  i 
i  to  conduct  his  business  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  entirely  satisfactory  and  profi^ble  to  his  city  and  i 
country  patrons,  and  when  goods  are  ordered  by  mail  will  receive  prompt  shipments  and  at  low  | 
figures. 

P.  MACOU  &.  CO. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Fancy  and  Staple  Dry  Goods,  No. 

204  Poydras  Street,  corner  of  Baronne.  i 

In  writing  a  descriptive  review  of  the  commercial  advantages  of  New  Orleans,  and  in  meiitioning  ! 
the  various  enterpiises  which  add  so  materially  to  the  general  sum  of  our  vital  business  quahties,  no 
house  contributes  more  toward  the  gi'and  aggregate  than  that  of  Messrs.  P.  Macou  A  Co.,  wholesale 
and  retail  dealers  in  fancj"  and  staple  dr\’  goods,  Ac.,  at  No.  204  Poydras  street.  This  house  was  ^ 
founded  in  1844,  on  a  moderate  capital,  which,  by  the  industry,  perseverance  and  close  attention  to  i 
the  business  manifested  by  the  different  individual  members  of  the  firm,  has  been  very  largely  in-  j 
creased,  until  at  present  they  are  in  possession  of  a  prosperous  and  steadily  increasing  trade.  The  i 
firm  now  carries  an  average  stock  of  about  $35,000.  and  transacts  an  annual  business  of  over  i 
■  $80,000.  Twelve  competent  and  experienced  male  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed,  the  ! 

monthly  pay  roll  amounting  to  from  $700  to  $800.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  conve-  : 
mently  situated  in  the  business  center  of  the  city,  the  storeroom  being  the  corner  building  with  a 
depth  of  200  feet,  which  is  filled  with  a  large  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  both  staple  and  fancy 
dry  goods,  potions,  Ac.,  in  fact,  every  variety  of  articles  to  be  found  in  any  similar  establishment  of 
the  kind  in  the  city.  The  trade  of  this  house  extends  over  the  entire  city  of  New  Orleans  and  sur- 
’•ounding  country.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  P.  Macou  and  L  Philippe,  both  of 
whom  are  natives  of  France^  but  have  resided  in  this  city  for  many  years,  and  are  well  and  favor¬ 
ably  known  in  this  community  as  upright,  honorable  and  worthy  citizens,  who  have  every  industry 
and  business  mterest  of  the  Crescent  City  at  heart,  are  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  they  people  with  whom  they  have  become  so  thoroughly  identified.  As  a  firm,  Messrs.  P.  Macou 
A  Co.,  are  deserving  of  a  hberal  patronage  from  the  general  public,  and  we  cheerfully  commend 
them  to  the  readers  of  this  work  as  being  gentlemen  with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  have  j 
business  relations.  j 

KIRKPATRICK  &  CO. — Cotton  Factors  and  Commission  Merchants,  71  Carondelet  St.  ; 

One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  cotton  factor  and  commission  houses  in  New  Orleans  is  i 
that  of  Messrs.  Kirkpatrick  A  Co.,  who  stand  prominent  among  the  houses  of  similar  business  in  the  j 
city.  This  estabUshment  was  founded  before  the  war.  with  a  small  capital,  and  by  industry  and  | 
perseverance  the  trade  of  the  house  has  been  increased  until  at  present  they  handle  a  liberal  busi-  i 
ness  both  in  cotton  and  tobacco.  They  receive  large  consignments  from  all  over  the  States  of  Lou-  i 
isiana,  Texas,  Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Arkansas.  Tliey  have  an  ample  capital  and  are  able  to  ex-  ; 
tend  liberal  advances  on  consignments  from  their  customers.  Five  capable  office  men  are  kept  con-  j 
stantly  employed  in  the  various  branches  of  their  extensive  business  This  fiiin  was  formerly  en-  ! 
gaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  removed  to  this  city  in  1859.  The  in-  | 
dividual  members  of  this  firm,  Mr.  E.  Kirkpatrick  and  H.  F,  Kirkpatrick,  are  both  men  who  have  | 
had  a  practical  experience  in  the  cotton  trade  of  over  nineteen  years,  and  are  well  known  on  the  j 
streets  as  thorough,  practical  and  reliable  business  men  in  every  sense  of  the  term.  They  do.  in  ad-  i 
dition  to  their  cotton  business,  also,  an  extensive  trade  in  leaf  tobacco,  in  which  line  Mr.  E.  Kirkpat-  ; 
rick,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  has  had  an  extended  experience  while  engaged  in  business  in  I 
Kentucky  and  Tennes.see.  This  house  has  prosecuted  a  successful  trade  through  the  legitimate  chan-  ! 
nels  of  commerce,  and  is  justly  regarded  as  taking  rank  among  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  and 
^  full}’^  entitled  to  the  consideration  and  esteem  in  which  it  is  universally  held.  Both  members  of  the 
firm  are  energetic,  active  business  men,  thoroughly  conversant  with  their  business,  and  are  members 
’  of  the  cotton  exchange. 


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206  INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


PATTON  &  BENEDICT — Western  Produce  Commission  Merchants,  No.  98  Poydras  St 

Among  the  more  prominent  mercantile  institutions  in  connection  with  the  industries  and  business 
of  New  Orleans  worthy  of  special  mention  is  that  of  Messrs.  Patton  &  Benedict,  commission  mer¬ 
chants,  at  No.  98  Poydras  street  The  business  of  this  house  was  first  started  in  1857  by  Watts, 
Pleasents  &  Co.,  and  earned  by  them  until  1863,  after  which  time  it  was  successfully  conducted  by 
Charles  Pleasents  until  February,  1883;  at  which  time  the  business  was  transferred"  to  the  present 
firm,  Patton  &  Benedict.  They  have  an  ample  capital  with  which  to  handle  their  large  and  increas¬ 
ing  trade.  Seven  male  assistants  are  constantly  employed  in  the  establishment.  The  produce 
received  by  this  firm  is  largely  from  Illinois,  Indiana,  and  the  North,  while  the  trade  is  spread  out 
over  the  city  and  surroundmg  country.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  John  Patton  and 
Wm.  T.  Benedict,  both  of  whoin  are  old  and  experienced  commission  merchants,  and  fully  conversant 
with  all  the  details  of  the  business.  Mr.  Patton,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of 
Indiana,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  grain  and  hay  business  for  twenty-nine  years  here  and  in 
Vevay,  Indiana.  Mr.  Benedict  was  bom  in  Lafourche,  Louisiana,  and  has  served  in  all  capacities 
with  the  above  named  firms  since  1859.  Prompt,  reliable  and  energetic,  they  have  achieved  a 
remarkable  success,  retaining  the  high  consideration  of  the  trade  and  the  conhal  esteem  of  the  public. 
In  their  business  policy  and  characteristics  they  are  liberal,  enterprising  and  honorable,  commanding 
the  respect  of  the  community  and  inspiring  a  degree  of  confidence  that  few  houses  are  fortunate  in 
acqmriiig. 


H.  DeVERGES  &  CO. — Hardware,  17  and  19  Decatur  St,  Opposite  Post  Office. 

The  firm  ofDeYerges  &  Co.,  was  started  in  September,  1877,  under  the  auspices  of  the  proprie- 
tois  who  now  direct  its  transactions.  The  capital  layed  out  at  the  beginning  was  sufficient  to 
secure  an  extensive  business,  and  the  business-hke  manner  with  which  the  enterprise  was  followed 
up  brou^t  success  as  a  natural  consequence.  The  firm  has  had  a  continual  increase  in  capital  and 
trade.  The  average  amount  of  stock  carried  on  is  about  $45,000,  while  the  business  rises  to  the 
amount  of  $100,000  per  annum.  Seven  hands  are  employed— hands  that  are  enured  to  their  tasks 
and  with  wlioin  there  is  no  failing  or  indiscretion.  They  are  paid  good  salaries.  DeVerges  &  Co. 
deal  largely  in  iron,  nails,  cutleiy,  agricultural  implements,  oils,  paints,  cordages,  plows,  &c.,  and 
^ery thing  in  the  best  possible  condition,  taking  good  care  of  any  machinery  in  their  possession. 
They  occupy  an  excellent  four  story  building  on  Decatur  street,  and  part  of  an  adjoining  building. 
The  business  rooms  are  capacious  and  well  lighted,  admirably  suited  to  their  present  purpose.  The 
stock  of  hardware  is  comprehensive,  including  aU  the  varieties  of  inventions  and  kinds  of  articles 
made  in  that  especial  department  of  manufacture.  The  trade  of  this  firm  extends  to  all  the  important 
points  of  Louisiana,  and  to  many  towns  in  Texas.  The  local  trade  is  greater  than  that  of  many 
houses  of  the  same  capacity  Messrs.  DeYerges  are  natives  of  Louisiana,  and  Mr  Lacoste  was  bom 
m  ^ew  Orleans.  Having  been  brought  up  in  this  section  of  the  comitry  it  is  evident  that  they  are 
weU  acquainted  with  the  tastes  and  wants  of  the  Southern  people.  Thus  from  circumstances  they 
have  ingratiated  themselves  into  the  hearts  of  their  fellow  men,  and  necessarily  have  thg-t  grip  on 
the  popular  feeling  which  only  similar  circumstances  can  insure.  From  a  business  career  of  pre¬ 
caution  and  study  they  found  out  the  wants  of  the  people  and  the  kinds  of  implements  needed  by 
the  planters.  This  firm  has  long  suppHed  a  great  number  of  farmers  with  necessary  tools,  and 
keeping  pace  with  the  popular  demand  has  been  enabled  to  supply  all  new  improvements.  Mr. 
Henry  DeYerges,  Richard  DeYerges,  and  P.  N.  Lacoste  are  gentlemen  whose  social  and  business 
qualities  are  of  the  highest,  and  whose  reputation  for  integrity,  honesty  and  business  is  that  of  men 
who  have  devoted  their  lives  to  a  noble  work  and  have  received  the  favor  of  the  best  citizens  in  the 
community.  Messrs.  DeYerges  &  Co.,  at  Nos.  17  and  19  Decatur  street,  will  handle  the  celebrated 
standard  paint,  manufactured  by  Messrs.  T.  Hammar  &  Co.,  of  No.  177  East  Pearl  street,  Cincin¬ 
nati,  Ohio,  and  in  connection  with  this  well  known  house  will  no  doubt  enjoy  an  extensive  sale 
throughout  the  city  and  surmunding  States. 

A.  OLIVIER  &  CO. — Importing  and  Foreign  Agents,  No.  17  Decatur  St. 

This  enterprise  was  started  in  1854,  and  has  been  in  successful  operation  ever  since.  Beginning 
with  a  small  capital,  but  through  the  industry  and  perseverance  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  it  has 
been  increased  from  year  to  year,  until  at  present  the  annual  sales  will  aggregate  $200,000.  They 
carry'  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  all  ^nds  of  imported  hardware,  cutlery,  &c.,  and  are  prepared  to  ' 
fill  aU  orders,  in  bond  or  otherwise,  giving  the  merchants  every  advantage  known  to  the  trade  They 
are  the  agents  of  the  following  well  known  foreign  manufacturers:  W.  &  S,  Butcher,  Sheffield; 
Alfred  Field  k  Co.,  Birmingham,  and  the  sub-agency  of  Jos.  Rodgers  k  Sons,  (limited)  Sheffield. 
The  premises  occupied  by  Messrs.  A.  Olivier  &  Co.,  as  a  sample  and  salesroom,  are  30x50  feet  in  size, 
m  which  they  have  a  full  assortment  of  goods  from  all  of  the  popular  manufactories  in  the  world, 
engagedin  manufacturing  this  special  line  of  goods.  They  do  a  large  trade  with  the  hardware 
houses  in  New  Orleans,  besides  having  an  extensive  trade  throughout  the  Southern  States,  Mexico, 
Cuba  and  South  America.  This  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  Arthur  Ohvier  and  Mr.  T.  Generehy,  both 
of  whom  are  native  born  Louisianians,  and  have  resided  in  this  city,  and  been  actively  engaged  in 
business  for  the  past  twenty-seven  years.  They  occupy  an  enviable  position  among  the  commercial 
houses  of  New  Orleans,  as  well  as  all  others  with  whom  they  have  business  relations.  They  are  en¬ 
ergetic,  prompt  and  rehable  business  men  and  are  entitled  to  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  peo¬ 
ple  of  this  community. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


207 


P.  J.  COCKBURN — Cotton  Facior  and  Commission  Merchant,  No.  77  Carondelet  St. 

Among  the  old  established  and  most  prominent  of  our  commission  merchants,  is  the  house  of  P. 
J.  Cockbum,  whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  article,  and  is  deserving  of  more  than  a  pass¬ 
ing  notice  in  a  work  of  this  character.  This  house  was  founded  as  early  as  1839,  and  has  been  ac¬ 
tively  engaged  in  business  ever  since  that  date.  Mr.  Cockburn  is  one  of  the  oldest  cotton  men  in 
New  Orleans,  having  been  continuously  in  that  branch  of  trade  since  the  year  1839.  He  is  recog¬ 
nized  among  the  business  men  of  this  city  as  a  thorough  and  reliable  cotton  man  in  every  sense  of 
the  word,  and  one  in  whom  the  dealers  of  this  community  have  all  confidence,  both  in  his  manner 
of  doing  business  and  his  integrity  and  honesty  as  a  private  citizen.  The  trade  of  this  well  known 
establishment  comes  largely  from  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  in  the  way  of 
consignments  from  his  country  customers,  the  staple  being  sold  on  the  market  in  this  city  Being 
possessed  of  ample  capital  he  is  prepared  to  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments,  and  the  account 
sales  are  promptly  rendered.  Mr.  Cockburn  is  a  native  of  England,  but  has  resided  in  New  Orleans 
for  many  years  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  all  her  industries  and  business  interests.  He  is 
deserving  of  an  extended  patronage  from  the  generous  pubhc. 


H.  &  N.  SAMORY — Genera!  Auctioneer  and  Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  45  and  47 

Decatur  Street. 

Sales  of  boots,  shoes  and  hats  are  a  specialty  on  Tuesday  and  Thursday  of  each  week.  Messrs. 
H.  k  N.  Samory  are  about  the  oldest  firm  in  this  business  in  New  Orleans,  having  been  thus  en¬ 
gaged  some  forty  years,  so  that  we  may  say  without  fear  of  contra.dication,  they  fully  understand 
their  business  in  every  way.  They  keep  on  hand  for  sale  to  the  jobbing  trade,  at  all  times  a  stock 
of  their  specialties,  strictly  on  commission,  and  they  employ  about  fifteen  men  all  the  time  in  order 
to  give  their  transactions  dispatch.  Receiving  large  consignments,  for  part  of  which  they  make, 
from  time  to  time,  advancements,  they  are  enabled  to  give  the  country  merchants  bargains  not  to  be 
obtained  elsewhere.  Their  Tuesday  and  Thursday  auctions  are  always  hberally  attended,  for  buyers 
have  long  since  found  that  this  is  the  place  to  obtain  goods  of  standard  quality  at  the  lowest  price. 
Having  been  so  long  in  the  business  they  have  an  extensive  acquaintance  and  flourishing  trade 
throughout  the  adjacent  States,  and  we  are  sure  that  no  firm  more  richly  deserves  the  high  standing 
to  which  they  have  attained  than  Messrs.  Samory,  and  it  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  be. enabled  thus 
to  refer  to  a  house  which  has  made  itself  one  of  the  features  of  the  city.  Messrs.  H.  &  N.  Samory 
in  their  business,  serve  as  a  connecting  link  between  the  past  and  the  present,  with  all  the  prudence 
of  the  conservative  days  of  “ye  olden  time”  added  to  the  fire  and  progress  of  the  present,  they 
stand  a  worthj’^  example  for  the  beginner  as  well  as  a  bulwark  against  the  rash  and  imprudent. 
They  occupy  two  stores,  each  60x120  feet  in  size  and  three  stories  in  height,  substantially  built  of 
brick,  where  for  years  they  have,  month  by  month,  converted  large  supplies  into  ready  cash  to  make 
way  for  fresh  invoices.  Thus,  it  is  al’v^^ays  changing,  keeping  the  enthe  stock  new  and  desirable.. 
With  a  high  appreciation  of  their  integrity,  probity  and  rare  business  capacity,  we  gladly  commend 
them  to  buyers  who  appreciate  the  old  saying,  “Goods  well  bought  are  half  sold.” 


LOUIS  SCHWARZ — Nursery,  New  Levee  Street,  between  Joseph  and  Arabella  Streets. 

Store,  No.  15  Chartres  Street. 

About  ten  years  ago  Mr.  Schwarz  started  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  He  has  suc¬ 
cessfully  demonstrated  beyond  a  doubt  that  grapes  can  be  grown  in  New  Orleans  as  nearly  to  per¬ 
fection  as  in  France,  and  that  the  wine  made  from  them  is  unequalled  in  quality,  flavor,  &c.  It  is 
the  pure  juice  of  the  grape,  perfectly  free  from  any  artificial  ingredients  or  adulterations.  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  wine  growing,  Mr.  Schwarz  is  extensively  engaged  in  flower  culture,  making  a  specialty  of 
camellias  and  azaleas.  He  has  his  hot-house  furnished  with  all  the  modern  conveniences,  using  a 
small  engine  with  which  he  furnishes  steam  that  is  forced  through  iron  pipes  all  through  the  build¬ 
ings.  thus  enabling  him  to  keep  up  an  even  temperature  at  all  seasons  of  the  year  He  is  able  to 
furnish  families  with  cuttings  from  the  most  delicate  flowers,  for  birthday  parties,  family  gather¬ 
ings,  &c.,  on  short  notice.  All  orders  left  at  No.  1.5  Chartres  street  will  receive  his  prompt  attention. 
Mr.  Schwarz  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  representative  men  of  New  Orleans,  and  is  justly  enti¬ 
tled  to  a  high  degree  of  consideration  for  the  services  which  he  has  rendered  the  wine  producers,  m 
the  improvements  and  inventions  introduced  by  him.  Prompt,  reliable  and  energetic,  honorable  in 
all  his  dealings,  he  is  especially  commended  to  the  favorable  consideration  of  the  trade,  both  in  the 
city  and  in  the  rural  districts.  Mr.  Schwarz  is  also  engaged  in  the  book  and  stationery  business,  at 
No.  15  Chartres  street,  and  has  been  for  thirty-five  years,  where  he  carries  a  full  and  well  selected 
stock  of  foreign  and  domestic  books  and  stationery,  artists’  materials,  chromos,  paintings,  engrav¬ 
ings,  frames,  fancy  and  Russia  leather  goods,  wax  and  paper  flower  materials,  scrap  pictures  in 
large  varieties;  the  most  beautiful  selection  in  natural,  dried  and  colored  flowers  and  grasses;  also 
moss  in  all  the  different  colors.  He  has  a  large  city  trade,  besides  doing  aif  extensive  business  in 
jobbing  throughout  the  States  of  Louisiana,  Texas  and  adjoining  States  Mr.  Schwarz  is  a  Euro¬ 
pean  by  birth,  being  born  in  1819,  and  has  been  engaged  in  his  present  business  since  early  boyhood. 
By  his  own  force  of  character  and  business  capacity  he  has  reached  the  first  place  in  his  line  of 
trade,  and  richly  deserves  the  patronage  of  the  public  and  the  abundant  success  which  has  come 
to  him. 


INDUSTRIES  OF  NEW  ORLEANS. 


LHOTE  &  CO. — Lumber,  Sash,  Doors,  Blinds,  Etc.,  Works,  Office  and  Yards,  Head  of  Old 

Basin;  Branch  Office  Xo.  34  Carondelet  Street. 


The  enterprise  dis¬ 
played  by  those  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business 
in  the  Crescent  City  has 
been  and  is  of  such  an 
active  and  aggressive 
character  as  to  center  at 
this  point  an  enormous 
trade,  and  give  every 
assurance  of  rapid  in¬ 
crease  and  development. 
iVIany  operators  in  this 
direction  are  now  trans¬ 
acting  a  business  that 
involves  a  large  amount 
of  capital  and  results  in 
a  product,  the  dimen¬ 
sions  of  wliich  are  al¬ 
most  colossal.  Among 
such,  Lhote  A  Co.  must 
be  accorded  a  conspicu¬ 
ous  and  justly’  promi¬ 
nent  position,  as  one  of 
the  pioneer  firms  in  this 
line  of  business.  This 
enterprise  has  been  in 
existence  since  prior  to 
1850,  and  was  founded 
by  Mr.  G.  Lhote,  and  at 
present  the  yards  extend 
for  five  blocks  along  the 
Old  Basin,  from  three  to 
five  mills  being  con- 
stantl}’  in  motion,  pre¬ 
paring  lumber  for  the 
trade.  These  works  con- 
;  sist  of  planing  mill,  and 
sash,  door  and  blind 
factory,  all  the  usual 
machinery  required  for 
rapid  and  satisfactory 
work  being  in  use,  and 
two  engines  of  80-horse 
power  each  are  neces¬ 
sary  to  keep  the  various 
machines  in  motion.  In 
addition  to  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  sash,  doors, 
blinds  and  moulding, 
they  deal  extensively  in 
all  kinds  of  rough  and 
dressed  lumber;  planta¬ 
tion  cabins  are  cut  to 
order  and  designs  fur¬ 
nished  for  all  Mnds  of 
buildings.  The  lumber* 
is  sawed  across  the  lake 
and  a  large  number  of 
laborers  and  mechanics 
receiving  Hberal  wages 
are  required  to  handle 
the  immense  amount  of 
material  used  by  the 

- — ^ - - - -  - woi'ks,  a  large  force  of 

clerks  and  foremen  being,  employed.  The  saw  mills  are  located  in  Louisiana  and  Mississippi  from 
which  the  most  of  the  lumber  is  obtained,  while  the  mahogany  is  imported  from  the  Honduras. 
With  long  experience,  sufficient  capital,  and  every  facility  for  business,  this  house  will  long  retain 
the  commercial  standing  and  business  prosperity  which,  by  probity  in  their  dealings,  is  their  due. 


NEW  ORLEANS  CARD  RACK— a 


M.  LEHMAN, 

DEALER  IN 

Fancy  &  Staple  Dry  Goods, 

l^TOTIOn^TS,  cScc., 

Men’s,  Boy’s  and  Children’s  Hats  k  Caps, 

455  A  457  l>ryartes  St.,  near  Kuterpe. 

Gents’  Furnishing  Goods  a  specialty. 

See  Page  163. 

F.  FREDERICKSON, 

Wholesale  and  Retail 

DRUGGI  ST 

Hub  llmportcf, 

(TOPKO  Bni.DlXtjJS.) 

See  Page  164. 

A.  B.  GRISWOLD  &  CO. 

Importers  of 

Watches,  Diamonds, 

Jewelry  &  Silverware, 

Corner  Canal  and  Royal  Sts,, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 

See  page  185. 

JOSEPH  COOPER, 

S  T  EV’"  E IZ)  0 15  E, 

AND 

Opposition  Towboats^ 

Steamers  C.  C.  KEYSER  k  J.  COOPER,  Jr. 

•70  Old  Exchange  Building, 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  ^ 

CABLE  ADDRESS  Use  “Scott’s  ’81”  and  “  Anglo  Ameri¬ 
can  Codes, 

P.  A.  BARKER, 

GENERAL 

Insurance  Agent, 

Fire.  Marine,  Life  and  Hull  Insurance 

Agency. 

Xo.  58  Cai'ondelet  Street. 

NEW  ORLE.ANS. 

-K/f  I  1  .'T 

Bar  and  Billiard  Saloon, 

143  Common,  St.  Cor.  St.  Charles  Sts., 

Opposite  St,  Charles  Hotel, 

NEW  ORLEANS,  -  -  LA. 

JOHIT  MILLEH,  PEOFEIETOB. 

Ribbons,  Labels,  Edgings,  Brands,  etc. 

liOui^iana  Steam  Power 

Wood,  0igiP  &  Paper  Box  Factory 

Every  description  of  Cigar  Box.  Every  de¬ 
scription  of  Wood  &  Shelf  Box. 

I_i.  Xj'O.clsiiner,  Sr., 

93  A  95  Magazine  8t.. 

JV3ES-W  OH.IjEA.-IVS. 

Goods  of  our  manufacture  are  the  best  made  in  the 
South  or  West  without  exception.  Correspondence  (or 
prices  and  samples  solicited. 

t 

MILLER  &  DIELMANN, 

1 

50,  52  &L  54  Sou+h  Peters  Street, 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

T77"li.olesa.le  Oon.fectiorLers, 

dealers  in 

CaliforniaWines  &  Liquors, 

Agents  for  Adam  Bez’s  celebrated  Bottled  Beer 
and  H.  P.  Diehl’s  Fireworks. 

A.  Q.  Kennett.  W.  R.  P.  Huey 

KENNETT  &  HUEY, 

SHIP  CHANDLERY 

And  Boat  Stores, 

No.  11  Delta  Streets. 

E.  E.  LELAND, 

Wholesale  and  Retail 

MILLINERY 

Straw  Goods,  Flowers,  Feathers,  Laces,  Ruch- 
ing,  Crapes,  Ladies’  Neckwear,  T rim- 
!  mings,  Corsets  and  Parasols. 

135 

Imported  pattern  Hats  for  City  and  Country 
Milliners,  See  page  173. 

NEW  ORLEANS  CARD  RACK— b 


NORTON  &  MANNING, 

93  &  95  South  Peters  Street. 

i 

STERN,  H.  STERN, 

84  Summer  .Street,  Boston,  Mass.  New  Orleans 

H.  STERN  &  CO,  ' 
AUCTIONEERS  &  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 

For  the  exclusive  Sale  of 

IBoots  a-nd.  Slices, 

At  Auction  and  Private  Sale, 

WKW  ORIiEAXS. 

Auction  Sales  every  Monday  and  Friday.  Liberal 
cash  advances  on  consignments. 

ROBERT  W.  CASEY, 

-HORSE-SHOEING,- 

Blacksmithing  &  Wheelwright, 

1 05  &  107  Peters  Street,- 

Between  Lafayette  &  Girod, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 

• 

ESTABLISHED  1869. 

J.  CURTIS  WALDO, 

PHOTO  ENGRAVER, 

And  Publisher  of 

The  Present  Age.  The  Royal  Herald.  The  St 
Louis  Commercial  Age.  Jf^ew  Orleans  Annual 
Cominercial  Review.  Gazetteer  of  Great 
Jackson  Route.  Missouri  Pacific  Gazet¬ 
teer.  St.  Louis  Exposition  Guide 
Directories,  etc.,  etc., 

61  Camp  St^et,  |  Room  34,  McLean’s  Build’g. 

New  Orleans.  |  gt.  Louis. 

MRS,  CHAS.  WEIS, 

COSTUMER  &  RENTER 

OF  COSTUMES. 

No.  loi  Baronne  Street, 

THOS.  J.  CARVER, 

Cotton  Factor, 

60  Carondelet  Street, 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Odd  Fellows,  Masonic,  and  other  Societies  can 
have  Regalia  made  on  short  notice. 

S.  MEYERS, 
Commission  Merchant 

And  Dealer  in 

WESTERN  PRODUCE, 

53  Poydras  St-^eet,  bet.  Tchoupitoulas  &.  Peters  Streets, 

NlEl^  ORIiEA^IS,  L.A. 

PROCTER  &  GAMBLE’S 

Soaps  and  Candles 

Extra  Olive  Soap,  full  weight, 

Star  and  Adamantine  Candles,  also  Signal  laght 
Railroad,  Coach,  Carriage  and  Church  Cancfles! 
Office  and  Warehouse : 

49  Poydras  Street, 

C.  A.  FRENCH,  Agent,  j 

Specialty  in  Potatoes,  Apples,  Onions,  Cabbage,  Sour 
Krout,  Cow  Peas,  Beans,  Dried  Fruit,  &c. 

LEVI  &  CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers  in 

CrocReri^,  (Glassware 

And  House  Furnishings, 

48  CHARTRES  STREET, 

P.  0.  Box  780.  New  Orleans. 

0.  G.  Jones,  E.  S.  Dumee, 

New  Orleans.  Mobile. 

JONES  &  DUMEE, 

COTTON  BUYERS 

AND  EXPORTERS,  | 

60  Carondelet  St.,  1 

New  Orleans,  La.  | 

NEW  ORLEANS  CARD  RACK 


— 

E.  K.  CONVERSE, 

Commission  Merchant 

Provisions  and  Produce, 

3^0-  'T’^Z  Street, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 

A.  G.  RAMSEY  &  CO., 

-LEAF  TOBACCO - 

No.  148  Common  St., 

REFERENCES : 

Citizens' Bank.  Z.  B.  Vance,  N.  C. 

Union  National  Bank.  John  D.  Adams,  Ark. 

Wm.  McLaughlin.  Thomas  Sheehan. 

WM.  McLaughlin, 

DEALER  IN 

Western  Produce, 

Sa,lted.  lsJIea.ts, 

Bacon,  Pork,  Lard,  Flour,  Corn  Meal,  Grits,  &c. 

Ko.  »1  Poydras  ^itreet, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 

Eugene  Barbler.  Louis  Thourot- 

Barbier  &  Thourot, 

'  f 

(Successors  to  S.  Fournier,) 

eW'  (fe  m<Am, 

DEALERS  IN  JEWELRY, 

MO.  60  ROYAIi  STREET, 

Bet.  Bienville  and  Conti  Sts., 

MEW  OREEAMS,  EA. 

DAN.  HURLEY, 

Hat  and  Cap  Store, 

Cor.  St.  Charles  Sl  Poydras  Streets, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 

Keeps  on  hand  a  large  assortment  of  Fine  Hats, 
of  the  latest  style  at  reduced  prices.  Give  us  a  call. 

A.  J.  LEROY, 

Book-Binber,  IRuler, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturer, 

*1  Commercial  Place, 

[3d  Floor.] 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Music  Books,  Prayer  Books  and  Periodicals  bound 
in  any  desired  Style. 

970ST.  CHARLES  STREET-097 

Lodging  Roomie  and  Glean  Beds 

At  50  Cents  per  IKight, 

<3rO  1*0 

OLD  FLED, 

97  ST.  CHARLES  STREET, 

Opposite  tli-e  aris-ea-tres. 

Meals  can  also  be  had  at  all  hours  on  Ground  Floor. 

JAMES  FLYNN, 

Dealer  in 

Bag'S,  T'TT^ine,  E!tc. 

No.  91  and  93  MAGAZINE, 

Bet  Poydras  and  Lafayette, 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Grain  Sacks  furnislied  to  ships.  Orders  of  Cotton 
Seed  Oil  Mills  specially  solicited. 

P«ter  Donald.  Robert  McKenzie. 

Donald  &  McKenzie, 

Soiler 

AND  BLACKSMITHS, 

BOIliKR  REPAIKIXO  A  SPECIALTY. 

Flue  and  Cylinder,  Boiler  Water  Tanks. 

Steamboat,  Steamship  and  Plantation  Work  promptly 
attended  to. 

Nos.  119  &  121  Front  and  122  &  i2i  Fulton  Streets. 

B«twetn  Oirod  mnd  Notre  D.'.ua  r  trictd. 

1 

A,  BROUSSEAU'S  SON. 

17-Chartres  Street-17 

All  the  Latest  Styles  and  Novelties. 

NEW  ORLEANS  CARD  RACK— d 


Sodlej  Brothers. 


Wagon  Repository,  20  Union  street. 
Factory  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Manufactu¬ 
rers  of  Planta¬ 
tion  Wagons, 
Cane  Carts, 
Cane  Wagons, 
Small  Carts, 
Log  Wheels, 
all  with  Black 
Locust  Hubs, 
Bodley’s  Steel 

_ _ _  Skein  Wagon, 

the  best  skein  wagon  sold.  Wheel-barrows,  Axle 
Grease,  Spokes,  Felloes,  Cotton  Meal  Distributor*,  Stub¬ 
ble  Shavers,  Pea  Vine  Rakes.  Can  deliver  goods  on  the 
r  ver,  direct  from  factory  and  i^  car  loads  on  railroads. 


L.  J.  DUFFY, 


Manufacturer  of 


Trunks,  Bags,  Valises,  Etc. 

No.  24  Baronne  Street, 

Bet.  Canal  and  Common.  ISIEW  ORIiEASlS. 


Trunks  made  to  order,  covered  and  repaired  at  the 
shortest  notice. 

See  page  141. 


JAMES  A.  LAFITTE, 

Commission  Merchant 

— AND— 

Broker  in  Cotton  Futures. 

See  page  152. 


FLORIAN  LANGE. 


FELIX  LEGENDRE. 


LANGE  &  LEGENDRE, 

<3-eaaera,l 


■1 


And  Dealers  in  all  kinds  of 


OoTAn-tr^T  IProca.-u.ce, 

P.  O.  Box  445.  AEW  OREEAX^$. 


JAS.  P  GUINALT, 

Auctioneer  and  Appraiser, 

CORNER 

'(Exchange  Alley  and  Bienville  Street, 

NEW  ORLEANS. 


ALBERT  PAUL, 

^-croTZorTEE  zb 

Office  and  Sales  Room,- 

38  Royal  Street,  AEW  OREEAKii^. 

Port  Warden,  Real  Estate  and  out  Door  Sales,  of 
every  Description  attended  to. 


LOANS  SECURED  ON  FURNITURE,  &c. 
Z'^ar^3.1't‘^a.re  'Z'a.lzezx  oan.  Stoxscg-e. 


H.  F.  KLUMPP. 


GEO.  B.  REUSS. 


G.  B.  REUSS  &  CO., 

GENERAL 

No.  42  UNION  STREET, 

REFERENCES : 

.’Metropolitan  Bank,  New  Orleans. 

See  page  93.  P.  O.  Box,  13^9. 


A.  KOEHLE, 

C3- 1  Xj  ID  E 

105  BAROXXE  JsiTREET, 

New  Orleans,  La. 
Looking  Glass  and  Picture  Frames,  Cornices, 

Tables,  &c  ,  made  to  order. 

Paintings  and  Engravings  cleansed.  Stores, 
Steamboats,  &c  ,  ornamented  in  every  style.  JRe- 
gilding  done  on  the  most  reasonable  terms 


JOHN  B.  LAFITTE, 

Commission  Merchant 

.^O-EISTT 

^  Orient  Mutual  Insurance  Co. 


OF  NEW  YORK. 


Set  page  141. 


J.  S.  Aitkens  &  Son, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in 

Hardware  and  Tools, 

Hoop,  Band  and  Bar  Iron,  Bolts,  Nuts, 

Woodscrews  and  Washers.  Builder’s  Hardwaie, 
Fire  Grates.  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes, 
Window  (ilass. 

No.  235  and  *242  Tchonpitoulas  Street, 
Seepage  I66.  XEIV  ORLKAA’S. 


THE 

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